2023 Most Focused Master’s Degree Colleges for Theological & Ministerial Studies in Idaho

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 “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Theology Major in Idaho” ranking is part of that endeavor.

Theological & Ministerial Studies is the 63rd most popular major in the country with 15,527 degrees awarded in 2021-2022. In , theological & ministerial studies graduates who were awarded their degree in , earned an average of $40,765 and had an average of $39,579 in loans still to pay off.

Across Idaho, there were 18 theological & ministerial studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $56,990 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 15 theological & ministerial studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $55,135 and $37,977 respectively.

This year’s “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Theology Major in Idaho” ranking looked at 2 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in theological & ministerial studies. The colleges and universities that top this list are recognized because their theological & ministerial studies program is one of the largest majors offered at the school.

See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Theology Major in Idaho

The following schools top our list of the Best “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Theology Major in Idaho”.

Top 2 Most Focused Master’s Degree Colleges for Theological & Ministerial Studies in Idaho

1

New Saint Andrews College
Moscow, Idaho

Out of the 2 schools in the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Theology Major in Idaho that were part of this year’s ranking, New Saint Andrews College landed the #1 spot on the list. New Saint Andrews is a small private not-for-profit school situated in Moscow, Idaho. It awarded 2 masters’s theology degrees in 2021-2022.

Read more about Theological & Ministerial Studies at New Saint Andrews

2

Northwest Nazarene University
Nampa, Idaho

#5 overall quality in Idaho

$56,990 Average Early-Career Earnings

Out of the 2 schools in the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Theology Major in Idaho that were part of this year’s ranking, Northwest Nazarene University landed the #2 spot on the list. Nampa, Idaho is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out masters’s theology degrees to 13 students in 2021-2022.

The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 0.4%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

Full Northwest Nazarene University Theological & Ministerial Studies Report

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

• *Avg Salary and Avg 4-Year Grad Rate 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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