2023 Most Focused Master’s Degree Colleges for Women’s Ministry

With all of the options students have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. Our mission at College Factual is to arm you with as much information as we can to help you make that decision. Our “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Women’s Ministry Major” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.

In 2021-2022, 63 people earned their degree in women’s ministry, making the major the 1230th most popular in the United States.

At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 10 women’s ministry graduates with average earnings and debt of $58,979 and $43,370 respectively.

This year’s “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Women’s Ministry Major” ranking analyzed 5 colleges that offered a degree in women’s ministry. The colleges and universities that top this list are recognized because their women’s ministry program is one of the largest majors offered at the school.

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Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Women’s Ministry Major

The colleges and universities below are the best for master’s degree women’s ministry students.

Top 5 Most Focused Master’s Degree Colleges for Women’s Ministry

1

Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary
Wake Forest, North Carolina

Out of the 5 schools in the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Women’s Ministry Major that were part of this year’s ranking, Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary landed the #1 spot on the list. SEBTS is a private not-for-profit institution located in Wake Forest, North Carolina. The school has a small population, and it awarded 3 masters’s degrees in 2021-2022.

Since the school has a undergrad student-to-faculty ratio of 9 to 1, those pursuing a degree will have more opportunities to interact with their professors. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 86%.

Read full report on Women’s Ministry at Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary

2

Truett McConnell University
Cleveland, Georgia

Out of the 5 schools in the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Women’s Ministry Major that were part of this year’s ranking, Truett McConnell University landed the #2 spot on the list. TMU is a small private not-for-profit school situated in Cleveland, Georgia. It awarded 0 masters’s women’s ministry degrees in 2021-2022.

The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 2.9%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.

Full TMU Women’s Ministry Report

3

Grace College and Theological Seminary
Winona Lake, Indiana

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Grace College and Theological Seminary. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Women’s Ministry Major list. Grace College is a small private not-for-profit school situated in Winona Lake, Indiana. It awarded 2 masters’s women’s ministry degrees in 2021-2022.

The low undergrad student loan default rate of 0.9% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%.

Read full report on Women’s Ministry at Grace College

4

Midwestern Baptist Theological Seminary
Kansas City, Missouri

Out of the 5 schools in the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Women’s Ministry Major that were part of this year’s ranking, Midwestern Baptist Theological Seminary landed the #4 spot on the list. Kansas City, Missouri is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out masters’s women’s ministry degrees to 8 students in 2021-2022.

Read more about Women’s Ministry at MBTS

4

New Orleans Baptist Theological Seminary
New Orleans, Louisiana

Out of the 5 schools in the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Women’s Ministry Major that were part of this year’s ranking, New Orleans Baptist Theological Seminary landed the #4 spot on the list. New Orleans Baptist Theological Seminary is a small private not-for-profit school situated in New Orleans, Louisiana. It awarded 28 masters’s women’s ministry degrees in 2021-2022.

Read full report on Women’s Ministry at New Orleans Baptist Theological Seminary

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).
• 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.
• 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.