2022 Best Value Theology Schools in Arkansas For Those Getting Aid

When pursuing a degree in today’s world, students have many different options to choose from. College Factual has developed its “Best Value Theology Schools in Arkansas For Those Getting Aid” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.

In 2019-2020, 15,051 people earned their degree in theological and ministerial studies, making the major the 55th most popular in the United States. In 2017-2018, theological and ministerial studies graduates who were awarded their degree in 2015-2017, earned an average of $36,911 and had an average of $41,597 in loans still to pay off.

Across Arkansas, there were 33 theological and ministerial studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively.

This ranking identifies schools with high-quality theological and ministerial studies 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 theological and ministerial studies program at the school and the cost to attend the school once aid has been awarded. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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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 Theology Schools in Arkansas For Those Getting Aid” ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.

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Best Value Theology Schools in Arkansas For Those Getting Aid

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Theology Schools in Arkansas For Those Getting Aid.

Top 1 Best Value Colleges for Theological & Ministerial Studies in Arkansas (With Aid)

#1

Harding University

Searcy, Arkansas

#1 in overall quality

$19,375 Average Net Price

$48,761 Average Early-Career Earnings

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Harding University. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value Theology Schools in Arkansas For Those Getting Aid. Searcy, Arkansas is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out ’s theology degrees to 16 students in 2019-2020.

Harding did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Theological & Ministerial Studies Schools in Arkansas” list. The yearly cost to attend Harding University is $19,375 for Arkansas Theology students with aid.

The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 87%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. The low student loan default rate of 4.5% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%.

Read full report on Theological & Ministerial Studies at Harding

• Best Value Colleges for Theological & Ministerial Studies in the Southeast Region (With Aid)
• Best Value Colleges for Theological & Ministerial Studies (With Aid)

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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