Best Colleges for Bible/Biblical Studies (2024)
171 colleges offer Bible/Biblical Studies programs. Ranked by graduate earnings.
Top 20 Colleges for Bible/Biblical Studies
#1
Pacific Union CollegeAngwin, CA
$70,484/yr
47.3% accept
#2
University of Minnesota-Twin CitiesMinneapolis, MN
$69,020/yr
79.8% accept
#3
Azusa Pacific UniversityAzusa, CA
$66,677/yr
88.4% accept
#4
Point Loma Nazarene UniversitySan Diego, CA
$63,998/yr
83.7% accept
#5
Bethel UniversitySaint Paul, MN
$63,764/yr
87.8% accept
#6
Wheaton CollegeWheaton, IL
$63,756/yr
87.4% accept
#7
MidAmerica Nazarene UniversityOlathe, KS
$62,972/yr
78.8% accept
#8
California Baptist UniversityRiverside, CA
$61,504/yr
84.9% accept
#9
Indiana Wesleyan University-National & GlobalMarion, IN
$59,986/yr
#10
Indiana Wesleyan University-MarionMarion, IN
$59,986/yr
88.9% accept
#11
Oklahoma Wesleyan UniversityBartlesville, OK
$59,841/yr
66.2% accept
#12
George Fox UniversityNewberg, OR
$59,761/yr
93.5% accept
#13
North Park UniversityChicago, IL
$59,572/yr
68.5% accept
#14
Vanguard University of Southern CaliforniaCosta Mesa, CA
$59,541/yr
62.4% accept
#15
Fresno Pacific UniversityFresno, CA
$58,896/yr
64.1% accept
#16
Waynesburg UniversityWaynesburg, PA
$58,537/yr
89.8% accept
#17
Samford UniversityBirmingham, AL
$58,469/yr
82.4% accept
#18
The Master's University and SeminarySanta Clarita, CA
$57,106/yr
84.0% accept
#19
LeTourneau UniversityLongview, TX
$57,103/yr
38.0% accept
#20
The University of FindlayFindlay, OH
$56,996/yr
83.4% accept
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All Colleges Offering Bible/Biblical Studies
| Name | City | Tuition (In-State) | Accept Rate | Grad Rate | Students |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberty University | Lynchburg | $22,465 | 99% | 64% | 50,012 |
| University of Minnesota-Twin Cities | Minneapolis | $17,214 | 80% | 85% | 31,855 |
| California Baptist University | Riverside | $41,228 | 85% | 61% | 8,179 |
| Belmont University | Nashville | $42,540 | 95% | 71% | 7,137 |
| Indiana Wesleyan University-National & Global | Marion | $8,208 | N/A | 36% | 6,656 |
| Colorado Christian University | Lakewood | $41,342 | N/A | 60% | 5,549 |
| Southeastern University | Lakeland | $32,950 | 53% | 43% | 4,813 |
| Regent University | Virginia Beach | $21,650 | 38% | 56% | 4,729 |
| Samford University | Birmingham | $40,150 | 82% | 78% | 4,206 |
| Cedarville University | Cedarville | $37,150 | 65% | 73% | 4,024 |
| Oral Roberts University | Tulsa | $35,470 | 99% | 56% | 3,487 |
| Biola University | La Mirada | $48,984 | 74% | 68% | 3,474 |
| Harding University | Searcy | $26,262 | 71% | 70% | 3,382 |
| Abilene Christian University | Abilene | $44,200 | 66% | 60% | 3,195 |
| Point Loma Nazarene University | San Diego | $46,250 | 84% | 76% | 3,188 |
| Anderson University | Anderson | $34,970 | 55% | 67% | 3,183 |
| Lipscomb University | Nashville | $40,572 | 68% | 70% | 2,997 |
| Houston Christian University | Houston | $39,430 | 84% | 49% | 2,886 |
| Campbellsville University | Campbellsville | $27,998 | 80% | 44% | 2,840 |
| Southern Adventist University | Collegedale | $27,300 | 66% | 50% | 2,773 |
| Azusa Pacific University | Azusa | $44,458 | 88% | 63% | 2,759 |
| George Fox University | Newberg | $42,750 | 94% | 70% | 2,699 |
| Lee University | Cleveland | $23,790 | 71% | 62% | 2,617 |
| Palm Beach Atlantic University | West Palm Beach | $40,650 | 82% | 57% | 2,603 |
| Olivet Nazarene University | Bourbonnais | $38,900 | 56% | 61% | 2,603 |
| Eastern University | Saint Davids | $38,400 | 91% | 55% | 2,404 |
| Dallas Baptist University | Dallas | $40,190 | 89% | 59% | 2,403 |
| Messiah University | Mechanicsburg | $42,240 | 79% | 77% | 2,259 |
| The University of Findlay | Findlay | $41,164 | 83% | 60% | 2,223 |
| William Carey University | Hattiesburg | $15,480 | 60% | 51% | 2,201 |
| Wheaton College | Wheaton | $45,546 | 87% | 86% | 2,121 |
| Taylor University | Upland | $40,490 | 74% | 75% | 2,025 |
| Bob Jones University | Greenville | $24,470 | N/A | 67% | 2,005 |
| Point University | West Point | $24,000 | 44% | 38% | 1,996 |
| Indiana Wesleyan University-Marion | Marion | $32,352 | 89% | 67% | 1,974 |
| Vanguard University of Southern California | Costa Mesa | $41,700 | 62% | 56% | 1,933 |
| Oklahoma Christian University | Edmond | $27,180 | 97% | 55% | 1,885 |
| Bethel University | Saint Paul | $44,226 | 88% | 73% | 1,871 |
| North Greenville University | Tigerville | $25,800 | 67% | 55% | 1,819 |
| North Park University | Chicago | $36,710 | 69% | 57% | 1,818 |
| The Master's University and Seminary | Santa Clarita | $39,020 | 84% | 66% | 1,622 |
| Union University | Jackson | $40,025 | 60% | 68% | 1,607 |
| Ouachita Baptist University | Arkadelphia | $34,500 | 68% | 66% | 1,602 |
| Dordt University | Sioux Center | $37,050 | 68% | 68% | 1,597 |
| Lancaster Bible College | Lancaster | $29,990 | 56% | 69% | 1,569 |
| Faulkner University | Montgomery | $23,920 | 73% | 38% | 1,549 |
| Fresno Pacific University | Fresno | $36,660 | 64% | 53% | 1,544 |
| University of Evansville | Evansville | $44,172 | 78% | 68% | 1,539 |
| Moody Bible Institute | Chicago | $15,786 | 83% | 62% | 1,510 |
| Nelson University | Waxahachie | $25,064 | 89% | 39% | 1,479 |
| Belhaven University | Jackson | $30,250 | 50% | 50% | 1,471 |
| LeTourneau University | Longview | $37,160 | 38% | 60% | 1,468 |
| Grace College and Theological Seminary | Winona Lake | $31,200 | 82% | 69% | 1,464 |
| College of the Ozarks | Point Lookout | $22,320 | 12% | 62% | 1,444 |
| University of Northwestern-St Paul | Saint Paul | $37,920 | 93% | 68% | 1,442 |
| Asbury University | Wilmore | $33,640 | 63% | 65% | 1,420 |
| Carson-Newman University | Jefferson City | $34,700 | 90% | 50% | 1,387 |
| Mount Vernon Nazarene University | Mount Vernon | $37,158 | 84% | 66% | 1,358 |
| Southwest Baptist University | Bolivar | $30,566 | 68% | 53% | 1,341 |
| Oklahoma Baptist University | Shawnee | $35,570 | 49% | 51% | 1,308 |
| Cornerstone University | Grand Rapids | $23,000 | 78% | 62% | 1,298 |
| William Jessup University | Rocklin | $37,150 | 93% | 58% | 1,294 |
| Hardin-Simmons University | Abilene | $32,960 | 90% | 48% | 1,283 |
| Lubbock Christian University | Lubbock | $28,540 | 73% | 50% | 1,252 |
| Evangel University | Springfield | $28,548 | 72% | 65% | 1,229 |
| University of Sioux Falls | Sioux Falls | $21,750 | 83% | 62% | 1,218 |
| Freed-Hardeman University | Henderson | $25,620 | 60% | 70% | 1,212 |
| Arizona Christian University | Glendale | $35,098 | 71% | 41% | 1,165 |
| Roberts Wesleyan University | Rochester | $38,826 | 71% | 65% | 1,149 |
| Geneva College | Beaver Falls | $33,450 | N/A | 61% | 1,096 |
| Huntington University | Huntington | $31,870 | 76% | 66% | 1,082 |
| Anderson University | Anderson | $37,240 | 79% | 52% | 1,057 |
| Central Methodist University-College of Liberal Arts and Sciences | Fayette | $28,260 | 57% | 52% | 1,040 |
| Northwest Nazarene University | Nampa | $40,794 | 65% | 65% | 1,024 |
| Spring Arbor University | Spring Arbor | $34,014 | 52% | 61% | 1,010 |
| Waynesburg University | Waynesburg | $30,480 | 90% | 63% | 1,009 |
| Bethel University | Mishawaka | $34,600 | 98% | 55% | 1,008 |
| MidAmerica Nazarene University | Olathe | $37,174 | 79% | 49% | 983 |
| Covenant College | Lookout Mountain | $42,040 | 87% | 72% | 939 |
| Toccoa Falls College | Toccoa Falls | $23,950 | 66% | 45% | 875 |
| New Orleans Baptist Theological Seminary | New Orleans | $12,468 | N/A | 51% | 865 |
| Ohio Christian University | Circleville | $24,600 | 38% | 35% | 862 |
| Trinity Christian College | Palos Heights | $20,605 | 85% | 61% | 820 |
| Milligan University | Milligan | $40,450 | 72% | 62% | 818 |
| Bryan College-Dayton | Dayton | $19,800 | N/A | 53% | 814 |
| Simpson University | Redding | $39,708 | 86% | 45% | 809 |
| Pacific Union College | Angwin | $37,173 | 47% | 55% | 805 |
| Malone University | Canton | $37,160 | 76% | 48% | 798 |
| Crown College | Saint Bonifacius | $31,410 | 23% | 54% | 796 |
| Rochester University | Rochester Hills | $29,196 | 98% | 43% | 792 |
| Cairn University-Langhorne | Langhorne | $34,009 | 88% | 62% | 775 |
| Goshen College | Goshen | $38,890 | 84% | 63% | 773 |
| Erskine College | Due West | $36,710 | 63% | 47% | 766 |
| Montreat College | Montreat | $36,450 | 69% | 45% | 762 |
| Warner University | Lake Wales | $29,992 | 43% | 38% | 756 |
| Eastern Mennonite University | Harrisonburg | $43,920 | 100% | 57% | 754 |
| Houghton University | Houghton | $18,430 | 89% | 65% | 753 |
| Midwestern Baptist Theological Seminary | Kansas City | $10,120 | 96% | 59% | 747 |
| Truett McConnell University | Cleveland | $26,792 | 78% | 39% | 744 |
| Johnson University | Knoxville | $21,122 | 65% | 59% | 743 |
| Grace Christian University | Wyoming | $18,690 | 99% | 46% | 716 |
| Columbia International University | Columbia | $27,900 | 94% | 55% | 716 |
| Howard Payne University | Brownwood | $34,982 | 67% | 30% | 713 |
| North Central University | Minneapolis | $32,220 | 99% | 65% | 709 |
| Judson University | Elgin | $31,360 | 48% | 56% | 708 |
| Monmouth College | Monmouth | $44,922 | 91% | 62% | 702 |
| Corban University | Salem | $40,280 | 94% | 61% | 678 |
| Oklahoma Wesleyan University | Bartlesville | $33,550 | 66% | 32% | 673 |
| Louisiana Christian University | Pineville | $20,266 | 77% | 42% | 672 |
| Northwest University | Kirkland | $36,035 | 83% | 67% | 645 |
| Ozark Christian College | Joplin | $16,000 | 94% | 66% | 602 |
| Florida College | Temple Terrace | $20,360 | 70% | 53% | 588 |
| Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary | Wake Forest | $11,318 | 75% | 54% | 585 |
| Bluffton University | Bluffton | $37,362 | 67% | 51% | 582 |
| Hope International University | Fullerton | $38,050 | 33% | 48% | 564 |
| Maranatha Baptist University | Watertown | $21,550 | 72% | 65% | 541 |
| Bushnell University | Eugene | $35,800 | 67% | 59% | 517 |
| Blue Mountain Christian University | Blue Mountain | $20,180 | 89% | 53% | 498 |
| Pillar College | Newark | $25,900 | N/A | 36% | 498 |
| Central Baptist College | Conway | $21,330 | 63% | 35% | 484 |
| Simmons College of Kentucky | Louisville | $16,398 | 100% | 24% | 481 |
| Williams Baptist University | Walnut Ridge | $21,070 | 83% | 31% | 478 |
| Union Adventist University | Lincoln | $29,334 | 100% | 49% | 471 |
| Carolina University | Winston-Salem | $17,575 | 40% | 24% | 460 |
| Life Pacific University | San Dimas | $22,118 | 96% | 48% | 456 |
| Kentucky Christian University | Grayson | $26,625 | 61% | 35% | 429 |
| York University | York | $23,000 | 52% | 44% | 428 |
| College of Biblical Studies-Houston | Houston | $9,350 | N/A | N/A | 419 |
| Hannibal-LaGrange University | Hannibal | $26,880 | 73% | 47% | 410 |
| Faith Baptist Bible College and Theological Seminary | Ankeny | $20,270 | 68% | 64% | 405 |
| Trinity Baptist College | Jacksonville | $15,100 | 53% | 38% | 386 |
| Mission University | Springfield | $16,950 | N/A | 41% | 381 |
| Southwestern Christian University | Bethany | $21,900 | N/A | 14% | 377 |
| South Florida Bible College and Theological Seminary | Deerfield Beach | $7,980 | N/A | 25% | 373 |
| Baptist University of Florida | Graceville | $15,000 | 36% | 62% | 360 |
| Nazarene Bible College | Colorado Springs | $10,482 | N/A | N/A | 284 |
| Arlington Baptist University | Arlington | $20,830 | N/A | 14% | 284 |
| Gods Bible School and College | Cincinnati | $7,710 | 75% | 45% | 281 |
| Amridge University | Montgomery | $7,590 | N/A | N/A | 241 |
| Evangel University-College of Online Learning | Springfield | $8,175 | 49% | N/A | 240 |
| Grace School of Theology | Conroe | $7,720 | N/A | N/A | 229 |
| Welch College | Gallatin | $21,400 | N/A | 57% | 226 |
| Dallas Christian College | Dallas | $21,730 | 22% | 26% | 224 |
| World Mission University | Los Angeles | $6,920 | N/A | N/A | 207 |
| Union Bible College | Westfield | $6,700 | 91% | 43% | 206 |
| Bethesda University | Anaheim | $7,220 | N/A | 14% | 205 |
| SUM Bible College and Theological Seminary | El Dorado Hills | $10,460 | 41% | 67% | 198 |
| Great Lakes Christian College | Lansing | $19,520 | N/A | 31% | 197 |
| Appalachian Bible College | Mount Hope | $18,760 | 78% | 73% | 193 |
| Manna University | Fayetteville | $9,105 | 53% | 74% | 183 |
| Universidad Teologica del Caribe | Trujillo Alto | $6,660 | N/A | 30% | 173 |
| Barclay College | Haviland | $24,590 | 51% | 43% | 168 |
| Crowley's Ridge College | Paragould | $16,670 | N/A | 30% | 165 |
| Luther Rice College & Seminary | Lithonia | $11,320 | 92% | N/A | 165 |
| Bridges Christian College | New Orleans | $6,600 | N/A | N/A | 163 |
| Clear Creek Baptist Bible College | Pineville | $10,720 | N/A | 43% | 159 |
| Carolina College of Biblical Studies | Fayetteville | $6,906 | N/A | N/A | 159 |
| Calvary University | Kansas City | $14,094 | 72% | 52% | 154 |
| Manhattan Christian College | Manhattan | $19,126 | 100% | 50% | 146 |
| Kuyper College | Grand Rapids | $27,660 | 69% | 52% | 145 |
| Kansas Christian College | Overland Park | $11,720 | N/A | 17% | 143 |
| Trinity Bible College and Graduate School | Ellendale | $19,700 | 26% | 42% | 141 |
| Universidad Pentecostal Mizpa | Rio Piedras | $4,560 | N/A | 14% | 137 |
| Mid-Atlantic Christian University | Elizabeth City | $17,280 | 62% | 32% | 132 |
| Criswell College | Dallas | $15,750 | 100% | 60% | 132 |
| Virginia University of Lynchburg | Lynchburg | $11,360 | N/A | 33% | 125 |
| Hobe Sound Bible College | Hobe Sound | $9,068 | N/A | 55% | 112 |
| Veritas Baptist College | Lawrenceburg | $10,522 | 95% | 36% | 111 |
| Southwestern Christian College | Terrell | $14,638 | N/A | 33% | 110 |
| Ecclesia College | Springdale | $16,850 | 74% | 38% | 108 |
| Davis College | Pottersville | $18,000 | 56% | 33% | 106 |
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Frequently Asked Questions
How many colleges offer Bible/Biblical Studies?
There are 171 colleges offering Bible/Biblical Studies programs in the United States as of 2024.
What is the best college for Bible/Biblical Studies?
Based on graduate earnings, Pacific Union College is among the top colleges for Bible/Biblical Studies with median earnings of $70,484.
What are the top 3 colleges for Bible/Biblical Studies?
The top colleges for Bible/Biblical Studies include Pacific Union College, University of Minnesota-Twin Cities, Azusa Pacific University.