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Most Popular Schools for Youth Ministry Major & Degree Program

A program that prepares the ordained clergy and other religious professionals to provide spiritual, counseling, and leadership services to children, adolescents, and young adults. Includes instruction in child and adolescent psychology, human growth and development, family studies, communication skills, religious education, youth counseling, small group leadership, planning and organizing youth activities, volunteer supervision, and youth evangelism and worship.


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Rank School Name Students % of Total Total On-Campus Cost
1 Moody Bible Institute 28 3% $27,080
2 Lee University 21 2% $31,150
3 Southwestern Assemblies of God University 18 2% $34,178
4 Eastern University 16 2% $49,461
5 Liberty University 15 0% $40,075
6 Gordon College 15 3% $50,670
7 University of Valley Forge 14 9% $35,787
8 Dallas Baptist University 14 1% $41,170
9 Harding University 14 1% $30,671
10 Columbia International University 14 5% $36,150
11 Olivet Nazarene University 14 1% $47,670
12 Cornerstone University 13 2% $36,772
13 Geneva College 12 3% $39,450
14 Spring Arbor University 12 1% $41,400
15 North Central University 12 6% $36,454
16 University of Northwestern-St Paul 11 2% $44,340
17 Mid-Atlantic Christian University 10 29% $30,450
18 Andrews University 10 2% $40,566
19 Howard Payne University 9 4% $40,566
20 Cairn University-Langhorne 9 3% $40,611
21 Southeastern University 8 1% $39,702
22 Johnson University 8 3% $27,062
23 Colorado Christian University 8 1% $45,525
24 William Jessup University 8 2% $49,747
25 East Texas Baptist University 8 3% $38,787
26 Indiana Wesleyan University-Marion 8 1% $38,578
27 Clarks Summit University 8 3% $32,910
28 Nyack College 8 1% $40,497
29 Lincoln Christian University 7 4% $26,581
30 Evangel University 7 2% $37,374
31 Central Christian College of the Bible 7 14% $24,043
32 Trevecca Nazarene University 6 1% $39,484
33 The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary 6 1% $30,783
34 Kuyper College 6 12% $31,898
35 Lubbock Christian University 6 1% $36,284
36 Multnomah University 6 3% $42,815
37 MidAmerica Nazarene University 6 1% $46,412
38 Grace College and Theological Seminary 5 1% $35,902
39 Boise Bible College 5 14% $23,818
40 Toccoa Falls College 5 3% $37,392
41 Lancaster Bible College 5 1% $37,370
42 Crown College 5 2% $40,762
43 Freed-Hardeman University 5 1% $34,950
44 North Greenville University 5 1% $36,682
45 Faulkner University 4 1% $35,440
46 Asbury University 4 1% $41,568
47 Huntington University 4 2% $38,222
48 Valor Christian College 3 4% $18,741
49 Cedarville University 3 0% $40,648
50 Anderson University 3 1% $45,290
51 University of Sioux Falls 3 1% $30,230
52 Emmaus Bible College 3 3% $29,150
53 Oklahoma Baptist University 3 1% $41,576
54 Augsburg University 3 0% $52,780
55 George Fox University 3 0% $50,270
56 Nebraska Christian College of Hope International University 3 11% $33,564
57 Lipscomb University 3 0% $49,546
58 Judson University 2 1% $43,368
59 Northwest University 2 1% $43,440
60 Kansas Christian College 2 14% $17,590
61 Johnson University Florida 2 5% $26,718
62 Charleston Southern University 2 0% $40,940
63 Central Christian College of Kansas 2 1% $30,280
64 Anderson University 2 0% $43,110
65 Maranatha Baptist University 2 1% $26,630
66 Simpson University 2 1% $43,925
67 Bluffton University 2 1% $47,566
68 Capital University 2 0% $50,334
69 King University 2 0% $43,490
70 Rochester College 2 1% $33,292
71 Northwest Nazarene University 2 0% $40,890
72 Mid-South Christian College 1 25% $17,289
73 Northwest Christian University 1 0% $42,650
74 Bethel College-Indiana 1 0% $41,590
75 Seton Hall University 1 0% $59,670
76 John Brown University 1 0% $39,802
77 Trinity College of Florida 1 3% $26,840
78 Oak Hills Christian College 1 4% $30,478
79 York College 1 1% $29,580
80 Greenville University 1 0% $40,348
81 Fuller Theological Seminary 1 0% N/A
82 Denver Seminary 1 1% N/A
83 Southwestern College 1 0% $44,809
84 Asbury Theological Seminary 1 0% N/A
85 Tabor College 1 1% $43,760
86 Dordt College 1 0% $45,070
87 Welch College 1 2% $34,726
88 Ohio Christian University 1 0% $33,532

This list indicates the number of students that completed the Youth Ministry program at the schools above.
It is not necessarily an indicator of academic rigor or quality of education.
Note that some schools do not have enough data to be ranked, and these schools will not appear in our lists.