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US Colleges By Religion

Religion is an important aspect of higher education for many Americans. Of the 7,000 or so US colleges and universities tracked by the US Department of Education, there are more than 800 degree-granting institutions reporting a religious affiliation. Together, these schools represent about 1.5 million enrolled students. In addition many non-affiliated colleges offer courses and degrees in theology and philosophy.

The Department of Education recognizes over 50 different religious affiliations. As seen in the table below, the religious affilitations claimed by the most institutions are:

Religious AffiliationNumber of SchoolsLargest School
African Methodist Episcopal 5 Wilberforce University (834 students)
African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church 2 Livingstone College (960 students)
American Baptist 14 Eastern University (4,291 students)
American Evangelical Lutheran Church 1 Texas Lutheran University (1,375 students)
Assemblies of God Church 12 Southeastern University (3,069 students)
Baptist 65 Baylor University (14,174 students)
Brethren Church 3 Ashland University (6,493 students)
Christ and Missionary Alliance Church 4 Nyack College (3,250 students)
Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) 18 Columbia College (12,954 students)
Christian Churches and Churches of Christ 18 Lincoln Christian College and Seminary (1,055 students)
Christian Methodist Episcopal 3 Lane College (1,766 students)
Christian Reformed Church 3 Calvin College (4,224 students)
Church of Brethren 4 Elizabethtown College (2,360 students)
Church of God 6 The University of Findlay (5,388 students)
Church of the Nazarene 10 Olivet Nazarene University (4,636 students)
Churches of Christ 15 Pepperdine University (7,582 students)
Cumberland Presbyterian 2 Bethel College (2,155 students)
Evangelical Congregational Church 1 Evangelical Theological Seminary (168 students)
Evangelical Covenant Church of America 1 North Park University (3,200 students)
Evangelical Free Church of America 2 Trinity International University (2,783 students)
Evangelical Lutheran Church 34 Augsburg College (3,793 students)
Free Methodist 5 Spring Arbor University (3,965 students)
Free Will Baptist Church 3 Mount Olive College (3,277 students)
Friends 6 Guilford College (2,688 students)
Greek Orthodox 1 Hellenic College-Holy Cross Greek Orthodox School of Theology (186 students)
Interdenominational 22 Palm Beach Atlantic University-West Palm Beach (3,291 students)
Jewish 20 United Talmudical Seminary (1,500 students)
Latter Day Saints (Mormon Church) 4 Brigham Young University (34,174 students)
Lutheran Church - Missouri Synod 12 Concordia University-Wisconsin (5,933 students)
Lutheran Church in America 3 Valparaiso University (3,872 students)
Mennonite Brethren Church 3 Fresno Pacific University (2,391 students)
Mennonite Church 5 Eastern Mennonite University (1,234 students)
Missionary Church Inc 1 Bethel College (2,097 students)
Moravian Church 2 Moravian College and Moravian Theological Seminary (1,989 students)
Multiple Protestant Denomination 6 Fuller Theological Seminary in California (3,024 students)
North American Baptist 1 Sioux Falls Seminary (121 students)
Other Protestant 18 Bob Jones University (4,228 students)
Other Religion 8 Saint John Fisher College (3,793 students)
Pentecostal Holiness Church 2 Emmanuel College (658 students)
Presbyterian Church (USA) 59 University of Tulsa (4,165 students)
Protestant Episcopal 10 Sewanee: The University of the South (1,561 students)
Reformed Church in America 4 Hope College (3,226 students)
Reformed Presbyterian Church 2 Geneva College (1,891 students)
Roman Catholic 220 DePaul University (23,401 students)
Seventh Day Adventists 14 Loma Linda University (4,022 students)
Southern Baptist 25 Wayland Baptist University (5,899 students)
The Presbyterian Church in America 2 Covenant College (1,343 students)
Undenominational 15 Azusa Pacific University (8,084 students)
United Brethren Church 1 Huntington University (1,148 students)
United Church of Christ 19 Elon University (5,456 students)
United Methodist 93 Duke University (13,598 students)
Wesleyan 6 Indiana Wesleyan University (14,756 students)
Wisconsin Evangelical Lutheran Synod 2 Martin Luther College (812 students)