2024 Best Colleges for Bible Studies

SUMMARY

Majoring in Bible Studies is not only a valuable choice, but typically a necessary first step for undergraduates aspiring to pursue a career as a seminary teacher, a biblical history professor, or a religion professor. In fact, bible studies is fairly common coming in at the 116th most popular major. In the last year, there were 2,888 bible studies graduates. In-state tuition for bible studies at private institutions is, on average, Infinity times more spendy than their public rivals.

There are 199 schools that offer bible studies. This number of institutions is on par with other degrees offered in the United States. If you're looking to immerse yourself with other bible studies majors, consider looking at institutions in Minnesota which have the most students admitted to bible studies annually. More generally, the best region to pursue bible studies is in the Southeast region with Columbia International University, Johnson University, and Appalachian Bible College best representing the region. Interestingly, our pick for the best conference to study bible studies is the Upper Midwest Athletic Conference with North Central University, University of Northwestern-St Paul, and Crown College representing the conference. Based on our extensive list of the best colleges, our choice for the best university for bible studies is Wheaton College.

The objectively best school does not mean it is the best school for every student. There are a bunch of facets to weigh when deciding on college. External stuff such as campus amenities, transportation services, and food could definitely modify your thoughts of which university to attend. Here at authority.org, we have evaluated the pros and cons for you. If, as an example, you want to know which bible studies school is home to the top campus, the answer is Lipscomb University. If you are very interested in which school has the finest campus, we have a whole list dedicated to that. We have carefully pored through student reviews, government databases, professor reviews, and more so we can compare every major in an unbiased and informative way. You can find our comprehensive list for the colleges with the best student life&nbsphere and from that list, our choice of the school with the best student life for bible studies is Wheaton College. Are you curious why? Keep scrolling to learn more about Authority's top recommendations. Some of our conclusions will probably surprise you.

If price is a major deciding factor in your choice of where you attend school, you might consider avoiding Biola University. Biola University&nbspappears to be our most expensive college for bible studies, at least regarding out of state students. We do have an entire page for the most expensive&nbspcolleges that could put the price tag of Biola University&nbspinto perspective. Additionally, you could want to know that bible studies is the 276th most expensive major in the nation, with an average cost of $25,700. On a broader scale, the most expensive state for bible studies in the nation is Washington demonstrated with a cost of $32,500 at Northwest University. To zoom out even further, the most expensive region for bible studies is the Far West region which is best demonstrated with Azusa Pacific University with a cost of $39,640, Biola University with a cost of $41,976, and George Fox University with a cost of $36,750.

Our cheapest region for bible studies is the Rocky Mountains region which is represented by Colorado Christian University with a cost of $23,502 and Nazarene Bible College with a cost of $8,880. More optimistically, the most affordable college for bible studies is SUM Bible College and Theological Seminary. Authority's full list of the most affordable universities can be explored here.

In-state students can anticipate paying around $0 for a degree in bible studies. The price increases dramatically to an average of $0 for the out-of-state public-school undergrad. On that note, our choice for the university constituting the best value for bible studies: Wheaton College. Through this link you can find our comprehensive list about the schools we believe to be the best value&nbspoverall. With that said, this idea is based on being an out-of-state student. A discussion of value changes when in-state tuition is considered, but we do not know in which states any one student has residency.

Earnings for bible studies students vary a lot, but within two years graduation students will regularly make in the neighborhood of $39,800. There is a lot of variation in earnings potential; top positions can enjoy pay up to $71,000. Straight out of school, the lowest earning jobs within the bible studies space make $22,900, which isn't that bad. The top earning graduates for bible studies have come from Azusa Pacific University&nbspand if you are looking for colleges with all of the highest earning graduates, we have that too.

The overall diversity of bible studies is near the bottom, arriving within only the 16th percentile of all majors. The school with the most composite diversity for bible studies is Moody Bible Institute&nbspand here you can find our general list for the schools which have the most diversity. The overall financial diversity of the Bible Studies major ranks only in the 96th percentile of all majors. Racial diversity is even lower in the 11th percentile. White students make up the largest share at 79% of students studying bible studies. Additionally, 60% of scholars seeking a bible studies major are men.

The median ranking for bible studies professors is 4 stars, which is exactly the average across every major; this is a fine. If you want to find the most popular bible studies instructor in the nation, consider looking up Ed Hindson at Liberty University. It may be surprising, but the top rated bible studies professors by student come from Biola University. If we including data beyond simply rankings it becomes clear that the university possessing comprehensively the best professors for bible studies is Biola University. One will find more detail on our ever evolving ranking methodology of the best overall professors here, along with many of the top instructors in the U.S.

Finally, the most difficult college to get into for bible studies is College of the Ozarks. While we are unsure why you would be interested, we have a general list of the hardest colleges to get into. That being said, we hope you believe that considering the higher education world from examples only derived from superlatives might cause issues. We at Authority encourage you to look at some of our other pages on different universities and peruse some of our helpful background 'blog posts' on beneficial things to look out for as your school search develops.