Best Theological & Ministerial Studies Doctor’s Degree Colleges in the Middle Atlantic Region

Unfortunately, there were no schools in the Middle Atlantic Region that made our Best Theological & Ministerial Studies Doctor's Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region list. You may want to check out our national ranking in the field instead.

Choosing a Great Theological & Ministerial Studies School for Your Doctor's Degree

Your choice of theological & ministerial studies for getting your doctor's degree school matters. Important measures of a quality theology program can vary widely even among the top schools. When choosing a school we recommend considering some of the following factors:

Quality Overall Is Important

The overall quality of a doctor's degree school is important to ensure a good education, not just how well they do in a particular major. To make it into this list a school must rank well in our overall Best Colleges for a Doctor's Degree ranking. This ranking considered factors such as graduation rates, overall graduate earnings and other educational resources to identify great colleges and universities.

Average Earnings

To determine the overall quality of a graduate school, one factor we look at is the average early-career salary of those receiving their doctor's degree from the school. After all, your doctor's degree won't mean much if it doesn't help you find a job that will help you earn a living.

Other Factors We Consider

In addition to the above, you should consider some of the following factors:

• Major Focus - How much a school focuses on theological & ministerial studies students vs. other majors.
• Major Demand - How many other theological & ministerial studies students want to attend this school to pursue a doctor's degree.
• Educational Resources - The amount of money and other resources allocated to students while they are pursuing their degree. These resources include such things as number of students per instructor and education expenditures per student.
• Student Debt - How much debt theological & ministerial studies students go into to obtain their doctor's degree and how well they are able to pay back that debt.
• Accreditation - Whether a school is regionally accredited and/or accredited by a recognized theological & ministerial studies related body.

Our complete ranking methodology documents in more detail how we consider these factors to identify the best schools for theological & ministerial studies students working on their doctor's degree.

Insufficient Data for the Middle Atlantic Region

As a result of missing data, we were not able to provide you with the theological & ministerial studies quality ranking. This is typically due to there not being enough schools in the Middle Atlantic Region that both offer theological & ministerial studies and provided enough information for us to do a detailed analysis.

Instead, look at at some of our other Theological & Ministerial Studies rankings below or check out our overall Best Colleges for Theological & Ministerial Studies ranking.

Best Theological & Ministerial Studies Colleges by State

Explore the best theological & ministerial studies colleges for a specific state in the Middle Atlantic Region .

State	Colleges	Degrees Awarded
Pennsylvania	176	51
New York	174	77
Maryland	119	6
New Jersey	115	49
District of Columbia	81	2

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Theological & Ministerial Studies Related Rankings by Major

Theological & Ministerial Studies is one of 7 different types of Theology & Religious Vocations programs to choose from.

Theology Focus Areas

Major	Annual Graduates
Theology	56
Divinity/Ministry	38
Other Theological & Ministerial Studies	27
Rabbinical Studies	3

Most Popular Related Majors

Related Major	Annual Graduates
Theology & Religious Vocations (Other)	89
Pastoral Counseling & Specialized Ministries	23
Biblical Studies	7
Religious Education	5

Notes and References

• The bars on the spread charts above show the distribution of the schools on this list +/- one standard deviation from the mean.
• 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 the rest 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).
• Credit for the banner image above goes to Jonund. More about our data sources and methodologies.