2022 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Divinity/Ministry (Income $30-$48k) in the Middle Atlantic Region

When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. One of our goals at College Factual is to give you as much information as we can - such as our “Best Value Divinity Studies Schools for a Doctorate in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Making $30-$48k” ranking - to help you make that decision.

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

Across the Middle Atlantic region, there were 770 divinity/ministry graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 68 divinity/ministry graduates with average earnings and debt of $73,944 and $116,843 respectively.

The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great divinity/ministry programs and cost less that schools of similar quality.

To come up with these rankings, we looked at factors such as the cost to attend the school after aid is awarded and overall quality of the divinity/ministry program at the school. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we’ve developed the “Best Value Divinity Studies Schools for a Doctorate in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Making $30-$48k” ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.

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

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Divinity Studies Schools for a Doctorate in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Making $30-$48k.

Top 1 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Divinity/Ministry (Income $30-$48k) in the Middle Atlantic Region

#1

Lancaster Bible College

Lancaster, Pennsylvania

#1 in overall quality

$11,460 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Lancaster Bible College. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value Divinity Studies Schools for a Doctorate in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Making $30-$48k. Located in Lancaster, Pennsylvania, this small private not-for-profit school awarded 5 diplomas to qualified doctorate’s divinity studies students in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Lancaster Bible College, the school also landed the #1 spot in our “Best Divinity/Ministry Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Lancaster Bible College are $11,460, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read full report on Divinity/Ministry at Lancaster Bible College

• Best Value Doctor’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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