Biblical Studies at Belhaven University

If you plan to study Biblical studies, take a look at what Belhaven University has to offer and decide if the program is a good match for you. Get started with the following essential facts.

Belhaven is located in Jackson, Mississippi and approximately 4,999 students attend the school each year. In 2021, 28 Bible majors received their bachelor's degree from Belhaven.

Want to know more about the career opportunities in this field? Check out the Careers in Biblical Studies section at the bottom of this page.

Belhaven Biblical Studies Degrees Available

• Associate’s Degree in Bible
• Bachelor’s Degree in Bible

Online Classes Are Available at Belhaven

If you are a working student or have a busy schedule, you may want to consider taking online classes. While these classes used to be mostly populated by returning adults, more and more traditional students are turning to this option.

Are you one of the many who prefer to take online classes? Belhaven offers distance education options for Bible at the following degree levels:

• Associate’s Degree

Belhaven Biblical Studies Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the Bible progam at Belhaven compares to programs at other colleges and universities.

Note: Rankings don't always give a complete picture of a school's strengths and weaknesses, so it's a good idea to extend your research and also look at other factors when trying to decide if the school is right for you.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The Bible major at Belhaven is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Biblical Studies. This could be for a number of reasons, such as not having enough data on the major or school to make an accurate assessment of its quality.

Ranking Type	Rank
Most Popular Online Biblical Studies Associate Degree Schools	6
Most Popular Biblical Studies Associate Degree Schools	11
	11
Best Biblical Studies Associate Degree Schools	12
	35
	37
Most Focused Biblical Studies Associate Degree Schools	56
Best Value Biblical Studies Schools	63
Most Focused Biblical Studies Bachelor’s Degree Schools	106

Earnings of Belhaven Bible Graduates

The median salary of Bible students who receive their bachelor's degree at Belhaven is $26,994. Unfortunately, this is lower than the national average of $27,420 for all Bible students.

Bible Student Demographics at Belhaven

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the Bible majors at Belhaven University.

Belhaven Biblical Studies Associate’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 57% of Bible associate's degrees went to men and 43% went to women. The typical associate's degree program in Bible only graduates about 38% women each year. The program at Belhaven may seem more female-friendly since it graduates 5% more women than average.

The majority of those who receive an associate's degree in Bible at Belhaven are white. Around 86% fell into this category, which is below average for this degree.

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Belhaven University with a associate's in Bible.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	1
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	6
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

Belhaven Biblical Studies Bachelor’s Program

Of the 28 Bible students who graduated with a bachelor's degree in 2020-2021 from Belhaven, about 61% were men and 39% were women. The typical Bible bachelor's degree program is made up of only 38% women. So female students are more repesented at Belhaven since its program graduates 1% more women than average.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 20% more racial-ethnic minorities in its Bible bachelor's program than the national average.*

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Belhaven University with a bachelor's in Bible.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	9
Hispanic or Latino	3
White	14
International Students	1
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

Belhaven also has a doctoral program available in Bible. In 2021, 0 student graduated with a doctor's degree in this field.

Related Majors

Careers That Bible Grads May Go Into

A degree in Bible can lead to the following careers. Since job numbers and average salaries can vary by geographic location, we have only included the numbers for MS, the home state for Belhaven University.

Occupation	Jobs in MS	Average Salary in MS
Philosophy and Religion Professors	90	$68,680
Religious Activities and Education Directors	40	$73,580

References

*The racial-ethnic minorities count is calculated by taking the total number of students and subtracting white students, international students, and students whose race/ethnicity was unknown. This number is then divided by the total number of students at the school to obtain the racial-ethnic minorities percentage.

• College Factual
• National Center for Education Statistics
• O*NET Online
• Image Credit: By David Lazich under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.