Best Theological & Ministerial Studies Doctor’s Degree Colleges in Pennsylvania

Unfortunately, there were no schools in Pennsylvania that made our Best Theological & Ministerial Studies Doctor's Degree Schools in Pennsylvania 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

The theology doctor's degree program you select can have a big impact on your future. This section explores some of the factors we include in our ranking and how much they vary depending on the school you select. When choosing a school we recommend considering some of the following factors:

Quality Overall Is Important

A school that excels in educating for a particular major and degree level must be a great school overall as well. To take this into account we include a college's overall Best Colleges for a Doctor's Degree ranking which itself looks at a collection of various factors like degree completion, educational resources, student body caliber and post-graduation earnings for the school as a whole.

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

The metrics below are just some of the other metrics that we use to determine our rankings.

• Major Focus - How many resources a school devotes to theological & ministerial studies students as compared to other majors.
• Major Demand - The number of theological & ministerial studies students who choose to seek a doctor's degree at the school.
• Educational Resources - How many resources are allocated to students. These resources may include educational expenditures per student, number of students per instructor, and graduation rate among other things.
• Student Debt - How easy is it for theological & ministerial studies to pay back their student loans after receiving their doctor's degree.
• Accreditation - Whether a school is regionally accredited and/or accredited by a recognized theological & ministerial studies related body.

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

Insufficient Data for Pennsylvania

Sad to say, we did not have adequate facts to form a ranking of the quality colleges for theological & ministerial studies in Pennsylvania. This is usually due to there not being enough schools in Pennsylvania that both offer theological & ministerial studies and provided enough information for us to do a detailed analysis.

Instead, check out 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 in the Middle Atlantic Region

Explore all the Best Theological & Ministerial Studies Colleges in the Middle Atlantic Area or other specific states within that region.

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

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Rankings in Majors Related to Theology

One of 7 majors within the Theology & Religious Vocations area of study, Theological & Ministerial Studies has other similar majors worth exploring.

Theology Concentrations

Major	Annual Graduates
Other Theological & Ministerial Studies	18
Theology	12
Divinity/Ministry	9

Most Popular Related Majors

Related Major	Annual Graduates
Pastoral Counseling & Specialized Ministries	18
Theology & Religious Vocations (Other)	7
Biblical Studies	4

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.