by our College Data Analytics Team
It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. One of our goals at College Factual is to give you as much information as we can - such as our “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Theology Major in Minnesota” ranking - to help you make that decision.
Theology is the 127th most popular major in the country with 6,583 degrees awarded in 2021-2022.
Across Minnesota, there were 100 theology graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 34 theology graduates with average earnings and debt of $41,977 and $22,716 respectively.
This year’s “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Theology Major in Minnesota” ranking looked at 8 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in theology. That schools that top this list have a program in theology in which the largest percentage of students at the school are enrolled.
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The following schools top our list of the Best “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Theology Major in Minnesota”.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Bethlehem College & Seminary. The school came in at #1 for the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Theology Major in Minnesota. Located in Minneapolis, Minnesota, this small private not-for-profit school awarded 12 degrees to qualified bachelors’s theology students in 2021-2022.
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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend College of Saint Benedict. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Theology Major in Minnesota list. CSB is a small school located in Saint Joseph, Minnesota that handed out 7 bachelors’s theology degrees in 2021-2022.
With a freshman retention rate of 85%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students. The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 0.2%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Out of the 8 schools in the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Theology Major in Minnesota that were part of this year’s ranking, Crown College landed the #3 spot on the list. Crown is a private not-for-profit institution located in Saint Bonifacius, Minnesota. The school has a small population, and it awarded 3 bachelors’s degrees in 2021-2022.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 0.9%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Out of the 8 schools in the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Theology Major in Minnesota that were part of this year’s ranking, Saint Johns University landed the #4 spot on the list. Collegeville, Minnesota is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out bachelors’s theology degrees to 2 students in 2021-2022.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 1.0%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 85%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.
Out of the 8 schools in the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Theology Major in Minnesota that were part of this year’s ranking, Concordia University, Saint Paul landed the #5 spot on the list. Concordia University, Saint Paul is a medium-sized school located in Saint Paul, Minnesota that handed out 2 bachelors’s theology degrees in 2021-2022.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 1.4%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Read full report on Theology at Concordia University, Saint Paul
St Catherine University ranked #6 on this year’s Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Theology Major in Minnesota list. St. Kate’s is located in Saint Paul, Minnesota and, has a small student population. In 2021-2022, this school awarded 4 bachelors’s theology degrees to qualified students.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 1.5% 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%. The undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 9 to 1 is a sign that students will have more opportunities to engage with their professors one-on-one.
University of St Thomas Minnesota came in at #7 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Theology Major in Minnesota ranking. UST MN is a medium-sized school located in Saint Paul, Minnesota that handed out 2 bachelors’s theology degrees in 2021-2022.
The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 85%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 0.9%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Read full report on Theology at University of St Thomas Minnesota
With a ranking of #8, Saint Mary’s University of Minnesota did quite well on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Theology Major in Minnesota list. SMU MN is a private not-for-profit institution located in Winona, Minnesota. The school has a small population, and it awarded 2 bachelors’s degrees in 2021-2022.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 1.2%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
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