Lay Ministry
Add ComparisonIn 2021, the locations with the highest concentration of Lay Ministry degree recipients are Wyoming, MI, Virginia Beach, VA, and Grand Rapids, MI. In 2021, the locations with a relatively high number of Lay Ministry degree recipients are Wyoming, MI, Hazelwood, MO, and Lauderhill, FL. The most common degree awarded to students studying Lay Ministry is a masters degree.
Information about the types of higher education institutions that grant degrees in Lay Ministry and the types of students that study this field. Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary awards the most degrees in Lay Ministry in the US, but Westminster Theological Seminary and Grace Christian University have the highest percentage of degrees awarded in Lay Ministry.
Tuition costs for Lay Ministry majors are, on average, $26,751 for out of state private colleges.
The most common sector, by number of institutions, that offers Lay Ministry programs are Private not-for-profit, 4-year or above institutions (62 total). The most common sector, by number of degrees awarded, is Private not-for-profit, 4-year or above (504 completions).
The most common sector, by number of degrees awarded in Lay Ministry, is Private not-for-profit, 4-year or above (504 completions in 2021).
The following chart shows the share of universities that offer Lay Ministry programs, by the total number of completions, colored and grouped by their sector.
Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary has the most Lay Ministry degree recipients, with 78 degrees awarded in 2021.
The following bar chart shows the state tuition for the top 5 institutions with the most degrees awarded in Lay Ministry.
Out of all institutions that offer Lay Ministry programs and have at least 5 graduates in those programs, Westminster Theological Seminary has the highest percentage of degrees awarded in Lay Ministry, with 35.6%.
This map shows the counties in the United States colored by the highest number of degrees awarded in Lay Ministry by year.
This map shows the counties in the United States colored by the highest growth in degrees awarded for Lay Ministry.
Information on the businesses and industries that employ THEOLOGY AND RELIGIOUS VOCATIONS. graduates and on wages and locations for those in the field.
The average salary for THEOLOGY AND RELIGIOUS VOCATIONS. majors is $59,309 and the most common occupations are Clergy, Elementary & middle school teachers, and Other managers.
The industry that employs the most THEOLOGY AND RELIGIOUS VOCATIONS. majors is Religious organizations, though the highest paying industry, by average wage, is Spectator sports.
The average salary for THEOLOGY AND RELIGIOUS VOCATIONS. majors is $59,309 and the most common occupations are Clergy, Elementary & middle school teachers, and Other managers.
This chart shows the average annual salaries of the most common occupations for THEOLOGY AND RELIGIOUS VOCATIONS. majors.
This map shows the public use micro areas (PUMAs) in the United States colored by the average salary of THEOLOGY AND RELIGIOUS VOCATIONS. majors.
Note that the census collects information tied to where people live, not where they work. It is possible that THEOLOGY AND RELIGIOUS VOCATIONS. majors live and work in the same place, but it is also possible that they live and work in two different places.
The most common occupations THEOLOGY AND RELIGIOUS VOCATIONS. majors, by number of employees, are Clergy, Elementary & middle school teachers, and Other managers.
Compared to other majors, there are an unusually high number of THEOLOGY AND RELIGIOUS VOCATIONS. majors working as Clergy, Religious workers, all other, and Directors, religious activities & education.
The highest paid occupations by median income for THEOLOGY AND RELIGIOUS VOCATIONS. majors are Cardiovascular technologists and technicians, Nuclear medicine technologists and medical dosimetrists, and Physicians.
The number of THEOLOGY AND RELIGIOUS VOCATIONS. graduates in the workforce has been growing at a rate of 2.09%, from 314,186 in 2020 to 320,754 in 2021.
The largest single share of THEOLOGY AND RELIGIOUS VOCATIONS. graduates go on to work as Clergy (26.8%). This chart shows the various jobs filled by those with a major in THEOLOGY AND RELIGIOUS VOCATIONS. by share of the total number of graduates.
The most common industries that employ THEOLOGY AND RELIGIOUS VOCATIONS. majors, by number of employees, are Religious organizations, Elementary & secondary schools, and Colleges, universities & professional schools, including junior colleges.
The highest paying industries of THEOLOGY AND RELIGIOUS VOCATIONS. majors, by average wage, are Spectator sports, Natural gas distribution, and Software publishing.
The number of THEOLOGY AND RELIGIOUS VOCATIONS. graduates in the workforce has been growing at a rate of 2.09%, from 314,186 in 2020 to 320,754 in 2021.
The industry which employs the most THEOLOGY AND RELIGIOUS VOCATIONS. graduates by share is Religious organizations, followed by Elementary & secondary schools. This visualization shows the industries that hire those who major in THEOLOGY AND RELIGIOUS VOCATIONS..
This map shows the public use micro areas (PUMAs) in the United States where there are a relatively high population of THEOLOGY AND RELIGIOUS VOCATIONS. majors.
Note that the census collects information tied to where people live, not where they work. It is possible that THEOLOGY AND RELIGIOUS VOCATIONS. majors live and work in the same place, but it is also possible that they live and work in two different places.
Demographic information for those who earn a degree in THEOLOGY AND RELIGIOUS VOCATIONS. in the United States.
The average age of a person in the workforce with a degree in THEOLOGY AND RELIGIOUS VOCATIONS. is 47.7.
The most common degree type these workers hold is a Masters Degree. Male employees are more likely to hold THEOLOGY AND RELIGIOUS VOCATIONS. degrees, and White students are the most common race/ethnicty group awarded degrees in THEOLOGY AND RELIGIOUS VOCATIONS. (263 students).
This chart shows distribution of ages for employees with a degree in THEOLOGY AND RELIGIOUS VOCATIONS.. The most common ages of employees with this major are 58 and 40 years old, which represent 2.52% and 2.42% of the population, respectively.
The most common degree types awarded to students graduating in Lay Ministry are Masters Degree, Bachelors Degree, and Associates Degree.
The most common degree types held by the working population in THEOLOGY AND RELIGIOUS VOCATIONS. are Bachelors Degree, Masters Degree, and Doctorate degree.
This chart shows the granted degrees by sex at the 5 institutions that graduate the most students in Lay Ministry.
This chart shows the number of degrees awarded in Lay Ministry for each race & ethnicity. White students earned the largest share of the degrees with this major.
This chart illustrates the differences by sex for each race & ethnicity of Masters Degree recipients in Lay Ministry.
White Female students, who earn most of the degrees in this field, are the most common combination of race/ethnicity and sex.
There are a relatively high number of people that were born in Korea that hold THEOLOGY AND RELIGIOUS VOCATIONS. degrees (5.41 times more than expected), and the most common country of origin by total numbers for non-US students earning a degree in this field is Korea (5,061 degree recipients).
Data on the critical and distinctive skills necessary for those working in the Lay Ministry field from the Bureau of Labor Statistics. Lay Ministry majors need many skills, but most especially Social Perceptiveness. The revealed comparative advantage (RCA) shows that Lay Ministry majors need more than the average amount of Management of Financial Resources, Management of Material Resources, Social Perceptiveness, Management of Personnel Resources, Service Orientation, Learning Strategies, Operations Analysis, Coordination, Persuasion, Instructing, Time Management, Complex Problem Solving, Speaking, Systems Evaluation, Active Learning, Systems Analysis, Reading Comprehension, Negotiation, Active Listening, Writing, Critical Thinking, Judgment and Decision Making, Monitoring, Mathematics, Programming, Operation Monitoring, Quality Control Analysis, Technology Design, Science, Operation and Control, Equipment Selection, Installation, Equipment Maintenance, Troubleshooting, and Repairing.
These two visualizations, one a radial chart and one a bar chart, show the same information, a rating of how necessary the following skills are for Lay Ministry majors. Toggle between "value" and "RCA" to see the absolute rating of that skill (value) and the revealed comparative advantage (RCA), or how much greater or lesser that skill's rating is than the average. The longer the bar or the closer the line comes to the circumference of the circle, the more important that skill is. The importance of Management of Financial Resources is very distinctive for majors, but the Social Perceptiveness, Speaking, Reading Comprehension, Active Listening, Critical Thinking, Coordination, Complex Problem Solving, Active Learning, Learning Strategies, Writing, Service Orientation, Time Management, Judgment and Decision Making, Persuasion, Instructing, Management of Personnel Resources, Monitoring, Systems Evaluation, Systems Analysis, Management of Financial Resources, Negotiation, Management of Material Resources, Operations Analysis, Mathematics, Operation Monitoring, Quality Control Analysis, Science, Programming, Technology Design, Operation and Control, Equipment Selection, Installation, Equipment Maintenance, Troubleshooting, and Repairing are the three most important skills for people in the field.
