2022 Best Value Divinity Studies Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Making $30-$48k

With all of the options students have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Best Value Divinity Studies Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Making $30-$48k” ranking is part of that endeavor.

In 2019-2020, 6,905 people earned their degree in divinity/ministry, making the major the 115th most popular in the United States.

Across the Middle Atlantic region, there were 770 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 $39,278 and $24,587 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value Divinity Studies Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Making $30-$48k” ranking, we looked at 2 colleges that offer a degree in divinity/ministry. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality divinity/ministry programs that also have a lower cost than schools of similar quality.

When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the divinity/ministry program at the school and the cost to attend the school once aid has been awarded. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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Best Value Divinity Studies Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Making $30-$48k

The colleges and universities below are the best for middle atlantic region bachelor’s degree divinity studies students whose families make $30-$48k.

Top 2 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Divinity/Ministry (Income $30-$48k) in the Middle Atlantic Region

#1

University of Valley Forge

Phoenixville, Pennsylvania

#1 in overall quality

$18,616 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 the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Making $30-$48k list. University of Valley Forge is a private not-for-profit institution located in Phoenixville, Pennsylvania. The school has a small population, and it awarded 17 bachelors’s degrees in 2019-2020.

UVF not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #1 on our “Best Divinity/Ministry Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region” list. It costs about $18,616 for Middle Atlantic Region Bachelor’s Degree Divinity Studies students whose families make $30-$48k per year to attend University of Valley Forge.

Full UVF Divinity/Ministry Report

#2

Cairn University

Langhorne, Pennsylvania

#2 in overall quality

$18,767 Average Net Price

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Cairn University. The school came in at #2 for the Best Value Divinity Studies Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Making $30-$48k. Cairn University is a small school located in Langhorne, Pennsylvania that handed out 2 bachelors’s divinity studies degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Cairn, the school also landed the #2 spot in our “Best Divinity/Ministry Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region” ranking. It costs about $18,767 for Middle Atlantic Region Bachelor’s Degree Divinity Studies students whose families make $30-$48k per year to attend Cairn University.

Read full report on Divinity/Ministry at Cairn University

• Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Divinity/Ministry (Income $30-$48k)

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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