The National Center for Education reports roughly 1,000 religiously affiliated colleges and universities in the United States.
What is a Christian College?
A Christian college refers to any postsecondary, degree-granting institution integrating biblical teachings and Christian philosophy. Unlike secular schools, which provide a Christ-centered education to students pursuing degrees in Christianity-related fields, Christian colleges require all students to complete degree requirements related to the school’s religious faith. Many Christian colleges offer concentrations in one particular denomination, such as Jesuit, Presbyterian, or Catholic. Others remain non-denominational.
Online Christian college rankings:
LeTourneau University Longview, TX (3,000 campus & online students)
Johnson University Knoxville, TN (900 total).
Liberty University Lynchburg, VA (120,000 online students, 20,000 campuses).
Mississippi College, Lynchburg, VA (7.000 total).
Indiana Wesleyan University-Marion, IN 3,000 campus, 10,000 online).
What’s the Difference Between a Christian College and a Bible College?
Many people use the terms Christian college and Bible college interchangeably, but these institutions remain distinct. Also known as seminaries, Bible colleges prepare students for careers in Christian ministry, divinity, or theology. These professional roles include pastors, reverends, other church leaders, youth leaders, and missionaries. Bible college curricula remain rooted in Old and New Testament doctrine, biblical languages, and vocational training. Students receive little to no liberal arts coursework. Many Bible colleges lack acceleration, and academic programs remain limited to undergraduate degrees.
In the 2019-20 school year, 3.5 million of the 54 million American schoolchildren attended religious schools, including almost 600,000 in conservative Christian schools, according to the latest count by the Education Department. Those numbers are now growing.
Almost two years into the pandemic, college enrollment is still falling. College enrollment notched the most significant two-year decline in 50 years because of Covid. Studies show that those who delay higher education pay an economical cost.
On Thursday, the National Student Clearinghouse Research Center said undergraduate enrollment in fall 2021 dropped 3.1 percent, or by 465,300 students, compared with a year earlier. The drop is like the previous fall and contributes to a 6.6 percent decline in undergraduate enrollment since 2019.
Covid is a convenient excuse for the decline.
More correctly, it is the flash-point for future cataclysmic enrollment declines. Why?
1. Except for community colleges, your product is way overpriced.
2. Too many of your majors can’t deliver a high-dollar career anymore.
3. Good luck with student loan programs going forward. Government and private lending programs are currently under review. Yes, the progressives in Congress may bail you out, but don’t hold your breath. Student loan defaults are too high for private lenders.
4. You may get some funds from 2021 to 2022 government programs. After that, you’re on your own.
5. Education’s migration to online learning is not going away.
The web currently offers self-learning, big time.
6. Parents are sick of paying tens of thousands of dollars to send their children to college. Four years later, they get back a socialist/communist/atheist who thinks that the world owes them a living along with a recreational or rabid dope habit.
How do you like the play now, Mrs. Lincoln?
7. You’ll soon need to cut your costs per student in half in your effort to survive. Deadwood has to go, tenure or not.
