Theology

Theological and Ministerial Studies

East Texas Baptist University · Marshall, TX

Medium evidenceMatched peers9 institutions · same subjectSee the evidence

The degree in numbers

Cost & earnings.

Annual tuition$30,050Institution-level tuition; programme fees may differ · before aid
Grouped debt estimate$27,812Same subject at 10 matched peer institutions · bachelor's

Earnings context

One career stage.
A clearer comparison.

USD · Bachelor's · 2 years after completion
Same source release. National references exclude this degree.

Selected degree estimate$29,685
Same subject · national$29,685
Theology · national$28,734

Behind the number

Your comparison group.

Medium evidence

Same subject at 9 matched peer institutions · bachelor's

Grouped estimate. Middle half of comparison values: $28,598–$32,925.

Historical earnings archive. College Scorecard legacy FOS archive (file dated 2022-01-19; cohorts vary). Do not interpret this as today's graduate salary. Further study and career changes are not modelled by this early-career figure.

Bachelor's outcomes · 2 years after completion
Institution & subjectReported earnings
Southern Adventist UniversityTheological and Ministerial Studies$32,925
Concordia University Ann ArborTheological and Ministerial Studies$19,045
Ave Maria UniversityTheological and Ministerial Studies$28,598
Johnson UniversityTheological and Ministerial Studies$25,194
Mount St. Mary's UniversityTheological and Ministerial Studies$32,563
Saint Mary-of-the-Woods CollegeTheological and Ministerial Studies$38,829
Concordia University-Saint PaulTheological and Ministerial Studies$29,685
Hope International UniversityTheological and Ministerial Studies$47,846
University of Valley ForgeTheological and Ministerial Studies$29,685
How matching & uncertainty work

We first look for the same subject code (or exact subject name), qualification, country, currency, source release and earnings horizon. Peer institutions are matched using admissions selectivity, completion rates, undergraduate size and institution type, with a small preference for the same region. These are institutional proxies, not a ranking of programme quality.

If subject-matched peers are sparse, we try related subjects at closely matched universities, related degrees at this university, then an explicitly labelled national reference. We never multiply a salary by a university prestige score.

Peer and national estimates give each reporting institution one vote, after taking the median of its related programmes. Shared branch-campus outcomes count once. The middle-half range describes variation between reporting institutions. It is not an individual salary range or a statistical confidence interval.

Evidence labels describe match quality and coverage, not validated prediction accuracy. Admissions and size are undergraduate institutional measures, so graduate-degree comparisons are especially approximate.

Historical cohort outcomes are not promised salaries or a causal effect of attending this programme. College Scorecard earnings cover eligible federal-aid recipients, not every graduate or international student. Source definitions ↗