Theological & Ministerial Studies is above average in terms of popularity with it being the #124 most popular bachelor's degree program in the country. So, you have a fair amount of options to choose from when looking for a school.
For its 2025 ranking, College Factual looked at 2 schools in Oklahoma to determine which ones were the best for theological & ministerial studies students pursuing a bachelor's degree. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 69 bachelor's degrees in theological & ministerial studies during the 2022-2023 academic year.
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Average Early-Career Salaries
Average early-career salary of those graduating with their bachelor's degree is one indicator we use in our analysis to find the schools that offer the highest-quality education. After all, your bachelor's degree won't mean much if it doesn't help you find a job that will help you earn a living.
Other Factors We Consider
The metrics below are just some of the other metrics that we use to determine our rankings.
Major Focus - How many resources a school devotes to theological & ministerial studies students as compared to other majors.
Major Demand - The number of theological & ministerial studies students who choose to seek a bachelor's degree at the school.
Educational Resources - How many resources are allocated to students. These resources may include educational expenditures per student, number of students per instructor, and graduation rate among other things.
Student Debt - How easy is it for theological & ministerial studies to pay back their student loans after receiving their bachelor's degree.
Accreditation - Whether a school is regionally accredited and/or accredited by a recognized theological & ministerial studies related body.
Our full ranking methodology documents in more detail how we consider these factors to identify the best colleges for theological & ministerial studies students working on their bachelor's degree.
More Ways to Rank Theological & Ministerial Studies Schools
The theology school you choose to invest your time and money in matters. To help you make the decision that is right for you, we've developed a number of major-specific rankings, including this list of the Best Theological & Ministerial Studies Bachelor's Degree Schools in Oklahoma.
To further help you make the college decision, we've developed a unique tool called College Combat that allows you to compare schools based on the factors that matter the most to you.
Go ahead and give it a try, or bookmark the link so you can check it out later.
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Oral Roberts University is one of the best schools in the country for getting a bachelor's degree in theological & ministerial studies. ORU is a medium-sized private not-for-profit university located in the city of Tulsa.
Soon after graduation, theology bachelor's recipients usually make around $27,088 in the first five years of their career.
Mid-America Christian University is one of the best schools in the country for getting a bachelor's degree in theological & ministerial studies. MACU is a small private not-for-profit university located in the large city of Oklahoma City.
Soon after graduation, theology bachelor's recipients generally earn an average of $27,391 at the beginning of their careers.
The bars on the spread charts above show the distribution of the schools on this list +/- one standard deviation from the mean.
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).
by our College Data Analytics Team
