2023 Best Urban Ministry Master’s Degree Colleges for Veterans

When pursuing a degree in today’s world, veterans have many different options to choose from. One of our goals at College Factual is to give you as much information as we can - such as our “Most Veteran Friendly for Urban Ministry for a Master’s” ranking - to help you make that decision.

In 2020-2021, 65 people earned their degree in urban ministry, making the major the 1072nd most popular in the United States.

This year’s “Most Veteran Friendly for Urban Ministry for a Master’s” ranking looked at 2 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in urban ministry. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great urban ministry programs and a strong support system for veterans and active service members.

To come up with these rankings, we looked at factors such as veteran satisfaction, veteran affordability, and overall quality of the urban ministry program at the school. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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Since the program you select can have a significant impact on your future, we’ve developed a number of rankings, including this “Most Veteran Friendly for Urban Ministry for a Master’s” list, to help you choose the best school for you.

We’ve created a tool called College Combat that lets you create your own customized comparisons based on the factors that matter the most to you. Test it out when you get a chance! You may also want to bookmark the link and share it with others who are trying to make the college decision.

Most Veteran Friendly for Urban Ministry for a Master’s

The following schools top our list of the Best “Most Veteran Friendly for Urban Ministry for a Master’s”.

Top 2 Best Urban Ministry Master’s Degree Colleges for Veterans

1

Olivet Nazarene University
Bourbonnais, Illinois

57 GI Bill® Students**

#1 in overall quality

$12,334 Average GI Bill® Award

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Olivet Nazarene University. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Most Veteran Friendly for Urban Ministry for a Master’s list. Olivet Nazarene University is a private not-for-profit institution located in Bourbonnais, Illinois. The school has a small population, and it awarded 6 masters’s degrees in 2020-2021.

In addition to being on our master’s degree vets studying urban ministry list, Olivet Nazarene has also earned the #1 rank in our “Best Urban Ministry Master’s Degree Schools” ranking.Of the 3,764 students enrolled at Olivet Nazarene, 57 were GI Bill® students, according to our most recent data. Out of that number, 35 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average tuition and fees award for the Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients was $12,334. To help with additional expenses, 11 students qualified for the Yellow Ribbon Program. Olivet Nazarene offers credit for military training for eligible students.

The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is [DEFAULT_RATE_STRING]%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.

[Read full report on veteran student life at Olivet Nazarene]](/colleges/olivet-nazarene-university/student-life/veterans/)

2

Gordon - Conwell Theological Seminary
South Hamilton, Massachusetts

6 GI Bill® Students**

#2 in overall quality

$6,506 Average GI Bill® Award

Out of the 2 schools in the Most Veteran Friendly for Urban Ministry for a Master’s that were part of this year’s ranking, Gordon - Conwell Theological Seminary landed the #2 spot on the list. Located in South Hamilton, Massachusetts, this small private not-for-profit school handed out 7 degrees to qualified masters’s urban ministry students in 2020-2021.

In addition to being on our master’s degree vets studying urban ministry list, Gordon - Conwell Seminary has also earned the #2 rank in our “Best Urban Ministry Master’s Degree Schools” ranking.Of the 1,489 students enrolled at Gordon - Conwell Theological Seminary, 6 were GI Bill® students, according to our most recent data. Out of that number, 4 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average Post-9/11 GI Bill® award for tuition and fees at the school was $6,506. On top of their other funding sources, 0 students received funds through the Yellow Ribbon Program.

The impressive undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of to 1 means that students may have more opportunities to work more closely with their professors than they would at other schools. The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is [DEFAULT_RATE_STRING]%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.

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Notes and References

References

• The Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) from the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES), a branch of the U.S. Department of Education (DOE) serves as the core of our data about colleges.
• Some other college data, including much of the graduate earnings data, comes from the U.S. Department of Education’s (College Scorecard).
• Veteran-specific data can be found at the U.S. Department of Veteran Affairs.
• Information about the national average student loan default rate is from the U.S. Department of Education and refers to data about the 2016 borrower cohort tracking period for which the cohort default rate (CDR) was 10.1%.

Read more about our data sources and methodologies

Footnotes

• *Avg Salary and Avg 4-Year Grad Rate are for the top schools only.
• **GI Bill® student total includes all chapters of the GI Bill® program (e.g., Post-9/11, Montgomery GI Bill, Reserve Education Assistance Program, and Veteran Readiness and Employment)
• Some schools otherwise deserving of recognition may have been removed from this ranking in the event that new data identified post-publication warranted it, or at the request of the school.