2024 Best Accredited Online Colleges for Christian Studies

CHRISTIAN STUDIES DEGREES

UNDERGRADUATE DEGREES

Christian studies is a very unpopular major. A typical field confers 6,156 annual four-year degrees; 485 people were granted four-year degrees in christian studies last year, making it the 282nd most popular major in the USA. New Orleans Baptist Theological Seminary​ gave out 148 of those degrees (#1 in the United States). Institutions in Louisiana handed out more degrees than any US State (165).

It can often be challenging to choose the right school, since 67 institutions nationwide award a four-year degree in christian studies. In comparison to the average area of study, there are 65.1% fewer institutions offering four-year degrees in christian studies, making it the 226th most commonly offered subject.

GRADUATE DEGREES

While 7 out of every 10 degrees in christian studies last spring were undergrad degrees; 30% were postgrad degrees. Christian studies is the 250th most popular master's or doctor's degree in the United States, with 204 degrees awarded. To put that in context, the average subject is 13.6 times more popular among postgrad students than christian studies.

In Total, 689 students received a bachelor's or higher in christian studies last year.

ONLINE CHRISTIAN STUDIES DEGREES

117 of those 689 students (17%) received their degrees online - 41 undergraduate students and 76 postgrad students. As you can likely tell, not many undergraduate students decide to pursue a degree in christian studies online. It's presently the 161st most popular remote degree with 91.5% less online students than the average subject. For graduate students, it's ranked 144th, and is 87.7% shy of the nation's average (616).

New Orleans Baptist Theological Seminary​ awarded 21 online four-year degrees, more than any other American college.

Further, Colleges from Louisiana awarded the most online undergraduate degrees in christian studies last May (21). The state accounts for 51% of the United States' remote students.

8.5% of all undergrad degrees in christian studies are completed in exclusively remote programs, (37.3% for postgraduate degrees). New Orleans Baptist Theological Seminary's​ last undergraduate class contained a higher percentage of online christian studies majors than any other US college (14.21%). 21 students in their 150 student class completed an online four-year degree in christian studies. They offer 50% of their programs online, and had 157 enrolled online undergraduate students last fall. That's 14% of the student body.

13 schools countrywide have undergraduate degrees via entirely remote programs, making it the 226th most broadly available online degree. A smidgeon under a fifth of colleges with the degree even have a comprehensively remote option. Texas is number one in the nation in providing remote choices, with 2 of the programs headquartered there.

If you want to study christian studies and are adept at self learning, you may want to look at Wayland Baptist University, as it has the 10th best christian studies program in America. It also confers an additional 25 degrees comprehensively remotely, so you can try some classes from another focus. Additionally, there are 670 online undergrads attending, which is 22% of their enrolled students.

PARTIALLY ONLINE CHRISTIAN STUDIES DEGREES

• Christian studies is the 277th most popular partially online undergraduate degree in the United States
• 48 colleges across the nation have a bachelor's degree in christian studies partially online
• 20% of all bachelor's degree in christian studies are completed partially online
• New Orleans Baptist Theological Seminary​ awarded more partially online bachelor's degrees in christian studies than any other U.S. school (17)
• Last year, 204 students were granted partially online postgraduate degrees in christian studies
• The typical subject is available at close to 154 institutions partially online

IN-PERSON CHRISTIAN STUDIES DEGREES

• Last May, 347 people earned undergrad degrees in christian studies fully in-person
• Christian studies is the 211th most widely available comprehensively in-person college degree in the nation
• Last year, 449 people received a bachelor's or higher in christian studies in-person
• New Orleans Baptist Theological Seminary's​ last undergraduate class contained a higher percentage of exclusively in-person christian studies majors than any other school in the country (72.96%)
• Christian studies is the 281st most popular totally in-person graduate degree in the country
• On average, each subject has close to 20 comprehensively in-person four-year degree conferring schools