2022 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Divinity/Ministry (Income $0-$30k) in Pennsylvania

It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. College Factual has developed its “Best Value Divinity Studies Schools for a Bachelor’s in Pennsylvania For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.

Divinity/Ministry is the 115th most popular major in the country with 6,905 degrees awarded in 2019-2020.

Across Pennsylvania, there were 261 divinity/ministry graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 19 divinity/ministry graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Divinity Studies Schools for a Bachelor’s in Pennsylvania For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking analyzed 2 colleges that offered a degree in divinity/ministry. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great divinity/ministry programs and cost less that schools of similar quality.

Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the divinity/ministry program at the school and the cost of the school after aid is awarded among other things. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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When choosing the right school for you, it’s important to arm yourself with all the facts you can. To that end, we’ve created a number of major-specific rankings, including this “Best Value Divinity Studies Schools for a Bachelor’s in Pennsylvania For Those Making $0-$30k” list to help you make the college decision.

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. If you’re torn between two schools, you can use it to help you see how they stack up against one another. Bookmark it so you can compare any new schools that might interest you.

Best Value Divinity Studies Schools for a Bachelor’s in Pennsylvania For Those Making $0-$30k

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Divinity Studies Schools for a Bachelor’s in Pennsylvania For Those Making $0-$30k.

Top 2 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Divinity/Ministry (Income $0-$30k) in Pennsylvania

#1

University of Valley Forge

Phoenixville, Pennsylvania

#1 in overall quality

$19,085 Average Net Price

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Valley Forge. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Divinity Studies Schools for a Bachelor’s in Pennsylvania For Those Making $0-$30k list. University of Valley Forge is located in Phoenixville, Pennsylvania and, has a small student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 17 bachelors’s divinity studies degrees to qualified students.

UVF did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Divinity/Ministry Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Pennsylvania” list. The estimated yearly cost for UVF is $19,085 for Pennsylvania Bachelor’s Degree Divinity Studies students whose families make $0-$30k.

Full University of Valley Forge Divinity/Ministry Report

#2

Cairn University

Langhorne, Pennsylvania

#2 in overall quality

$16,977 Average Net Price

Out of the 2 schools in the Best Value Divinity Studies Schools for a Bachelor’s in Pennsylvania For Those Making $0-$30k that were part of this year’s ranking, Cairn University landed the #2 spot on the list. Langhorne, Pennsylvania is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out bachelors’s divinity studies degrees to 2 students in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our pennsylvania bachelor’s degree divinity studies students whose families make $0-$30k list, Cairn has also earned the #2 rank in our “Best Divinity/Ministry Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Pennsylvania” ranking. It costs about $16,977 for pennsylvania bachelor’s degree divinity studies students whose families make $0-$30k per year to attend Cairn University.

Read more about Divinity/Ministry at Cairn

• Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Divinity/Ministry (Income $0-$30k) in the Middle Atlantic Region
• Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Divinity/Ministry (Income $0-$30k)

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

• *Average salary, average net price, and average tuition and fees 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.

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