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2023 Most Popular Online Religious Education Schools

6 Colleges
$30,694 Avg Salary
$27,203 Avg Student Debt

Religious Education is the #161 most popular major in the country with 687 degrees and certificates awarded in 2020-2021.

It's not easy to decide which program to enroll in when you have so many options available. You can choose a traditional brick and mortar school, or with the growth of online education, you can attend a school half-way across the country without even leaving your house. Also there are many trade schools that offer short-term programs that open up more career options.

Along with in-depth profiles of schools and the programs they offer, Grad Degree Search has created the Most Popular Online Religious Education Schools to help you in your search for the best school for you. Our analysis looked at 6 schools in the United States to see which online programs were the most popular for students. To create this ranking we looked at how many students graduated from schools with online programs.

The colleges and universities below are the most popular for religious ed majors pursuing an online .

#1

Liberty University

Lynchburg, VA

Our analysis found Liberty University to be the most popular school for religious education students who want to pursue an online degree in the United States. Located in the small city of Lynchburg, Liberty University is a private not-for-profit college with a fairly large student population.

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The excellent online programs at New Orleans Baptist Theological Seminary helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the best religious education schools in the United States. NOBTS is a small private not-for-profit school located in the large city of New Orleans.

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A rank of #3 on this year’s list means Wesley Biblical Seminary is a great place for religious education students pursuing an online degree. Located in the large suburb of Jackson, Wesley Biblical Seminary is a private not-for-profit college with a fairly small student population.

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#4

Calvin Theological Seminary

Grand Rapids, MI

The excellent online programs at Calvin Theological Seminary helped the school earn the #4 place on this year’s ranking of the best religious education schools in the United States. Located in the city of Grand Rapids, Calvin Seminary is a private not-for-profit school with a fairly small student population.

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A rank of #5 on this year’s list means South Florida Bible College and Theological Seminary is a great place for religious education students pursuing an online degree. South Florida Bible College is a small private not-for-profit school located in the small city of Deerfield Beach.

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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Faith Theological Seminary and Christian College. The school came in at #5 on this year’s Most Popular Online Religious Education Schools list. Faith Theological Seminary and Christian College is a small private not-for-profit school located in the suburb of Tampa.

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One of 7 majors within the area of study, religious education has other similar majors worth exploring.

Related Major Annual Graduates
Theological & Ministerial Studies 12,534
Pastoral Counseling & Specialized Ministries 1,624
Biblical Studies 1,052
Theology & Religious Vocations (Other) 777
Missionary Studies 423

Notes and References

*These averages are for the top 6 schools only.

  • 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 the rest 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).
  • Credit for the banner image above goes to RichardF.

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