2022 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Divinity/Ministry (Income $75-$110k) in Pennsylvania

It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. 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 Pennsylvania For Those Making $75-$110k” 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 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.

For this year’s “Best Value Divinity Studies Schools for a Bachelor’s in Pennsylvania For Those Making $75-$110k” ranking, we looked at 2 colleges that offer a degree in divinity/ministry. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent divinity/ministry programs, but they also 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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Best Value Divinity Studies Schools for a Bachelor’s in Pennsylvania For Those Making $75-$110k

The colleges and universities below are the best for pennsylvania bachelor’s degree divinity studies students whose families make $75-$110k.

Top 2 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Divinity/Ministry (Income $75-$110k) in Pennsylvania

#1

University of Valley Forge

Phoenixville, Pennsylvania

#1 in overall quality

$23,234 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 $75-$110k list. Phoenixville, 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 17 students in 2019-2020.

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 $23,234 for pennsylvania bachelor’s degree divinity studies students whose families make $75-$110k.

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#2

Cairn University

Langhorne, Pennsylvania

#2 in overall quality

$22,670 Average Net Price

Out of the 2 schools in the Best Value Divinity Studies Schools for a Bachelor’s in Pennsylvania For Those Making $75-$110k that were part of this year’s ranking, Cairn University landed the #2 spot on the list. Cairn is a small school located in Langhorne, Pennsylvania that handed out 2 bachelors’s divinity studies degrees in 2019-2020.

Cairn did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our “Best Divinity/Ministry Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Pennsylvania” list. It costs about $22,670 for pennsylvania bachelor’s degree divinity studies students whose families make $75-$110k per year to attend Cairn.

Full Cairn University Divinity/Ministry Report

• Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Divinity/Ministry (Income $75-$110k) in the Middle Atlantic Region
• Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Divinity/Ministry (Income $75-$110k)

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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