Lay Ministry at Oakwood University

67% Racial-Ethnic Minorities* (Bachelor's)

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

Oakwood is located in Huntsville, Alabama and approximately 1,374 students attend the school each year.

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

Oakwood Lay Ministry Degrees Available

Bachelor’s Degree in Lay Ministry

Online Classes Are Available at Oakwood

Don't have the time or the flexibility in your schedule to take traditional classes? Online courses may be the perfect solution for you. They allow independent learners to study when and where they want to while offering the rigor of in-person classes.

Oakwood does offer online education options in lay ministry for the following degree levels for those interested in distance learning:

Bachelor’s Degree

Oakwood Lay Ministry Rankings

The lay ministry major at Oakwood is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Lay Ministry. 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.

Lay Ministry Student Demographics at Oakwood

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the lay ministry majors at Oakwood University.

Oakwood Lay Ministry Bachelor’s Program

67% Women

67% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*

For the most recent academic year available, 33% of lay ministry bachelor's degrees went to men and 67% went to women. The typical lay ministry bachelor's degree program is made up of only 43% women. So female students are more repesented at Oakwood since its program graduates 23% more women than average.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 30% more racial-ethnic minorities in its lay ministry bachelor's program than the national average.*

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	2
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	0
International Students	1
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

Careers That Lay Ministry Grads May Go Into

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

Occupation	Jobs in AL	Average Salary in AL
Religious Activities and Education Directors	60	$85,670
Religious Workers	50	$41,430

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.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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