2024 Best Accredited Online Colleges for Religious Education

RELIGIOUS EDUCATION DEGREES

UNDERGRADUATE DEGREES

Not many undergrad students decide to pursue a degree in religious education. A typical major gives out 6,156 annual undergrad degrees; 843 people earned undergraduate degrees in religious education last spring, making it the country's 230th most popular major for undergraduate students. Grand Canyon University​ gave out more of those degrees than any other college in the USA (265), and schools in Arizona handed out more degrees than any U.S. State (265).

Selecting the best program for you may potentially not be easy, as 97 institutions nationwide grant an undergrad degree in religious education. Four-year degrees in religious education are 49.5% less broadly available than the average subject, making it the 170th most widely offered American subject.

GRADUATE DEGREES

While 59% of last spring's degrees in religious education were four-year degrees; 41% were postgraduate degrees. Religious education is the 163rd most popular postgrad degree in America, with 590 degrees granted. To put that in context, religious education is 79% less popular among postgrad students than the average subject.

In Total, 1,433 students received a bachelor's or higher in religious education last spring.

ONLINE RELIGIOUS EDUCATION DEGREES

476 of those 1,433 alumni (33.2%) earned their degrees totally online - 231 college students and 245 master's & doctor's students. As you can tell by now, it's fairly unique to find an American studying religious education online. It is the 87th most in-demand online discipline with 52% less online students than the average subject. For postgrad students, it's ranked 86th, and is 60.2% under the national average (616).

Grand Canyon University​ granted more online undergrad degrees in religious education than any other American institution (180). Last fall, 40,001 undergrad students were attending the institution totally online, 68% of their student body. They offer 38 completely online majors. That's 61% of their subjects.

Furthermore, Colleges from Arizona granted the most online four-year degrees in religious education last year (180). The state single-handedly accounts for 78% of the subject's remote students.

27.4% of all undergrad degrees in religious education are completed through online programs, (41.5% for postgraduate degrees). Crown College's​ last undergraduate class contained a higher percentage of online religious education majors than any other U.S. college (5.5%). 15 students in their 273 student class earned an online undergraduate degree in religious education. They offer 29% of their subjects online, and had 601 enrolled online undergrad students last fall. That's 52% of the student body.

Undergraduate degrees in religious education are offered completely online at 18 schools nationwide, making it the 170th most commonly available online degree in the country. A little under one fifth of schools handing out the degree even have an online option. Texas has the most online programs of any state, with 3 schools to choose from.

If you desire to study religious education entirely online, you may want to check out Biola University, as it has the best religious education program in America. They also have an additional 13 degrees remotely, so their systems are presumably trustworthy. Additionally, 168 remote undergraduates attend the institution, which is 4% of the entire student body.

PARTIALLY ONLINE RELIGIOUS EDUCATION DEGREES

• Last spring, 125 students received a college degree in religious education partially online
• 70 institutions in the United States of America have a bachelor's degree in religious education partially online
• 14.83% of all undergrad degree in religious education are done partially online
• 1.92% of Franciscan University of Steubenville's​ last undergraduate class studied religious education partially online, higher than any other U.S. institution
• 12.71% of all grad degrees in religious education are done partially online

IN-PERSON RELIGIOUS EDUCATION DEGREES

• 487 people last May were awarded a college degree in religious education totally in-person
• Four-year degrees in religious education are available in-person at 9 schools nationwide
• Last May, 749 people completed a bachelor's or higher in religious education comprehensively in-person
• 15.66% of Moody Bible Institute's​ last undergraduate class majored in religious education in-person, higher than any other college in the USA
• Illinois graduates more religious education majors totally in-person than any other state (145 undergrad degrees awarded last spring)
• On average, each field has around 4,293 bachelor's degrees per annum completely in-person