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CIP PROGRAM: 39.0702
Youth Ministry.

Summary: A program that prepares the ordained clergy and other religious professionals to provide spiritual, counseling, and leadership services to children, adolescents, and young adults. Includes instruction in child and adolescent psychology, human growth and development, family studies, communication skills, religious education, youth counseling, small group leadership, planning and organizing youth activities, volunteer supervision, and youth evangelism and worship.

U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics - Related Occupations

There are no occupations related specifically to this program.

National Completion Rate Trends

Year Associate'sBachelor'sMaster's
2020 8 510 40
2021 6 419 38
2022 6 377 49
2023 8 371 41
2024 4 270 29
Change - -27.25% +2.50%

Related CIPs

39 THEOLOGY AND RELIGIOUS VOCATIONS.
39.07 Pastoral Counseling and Specialized Ministries.
39.0701 Pastoral Studies/Counseling.
39.0702 Youth Ministry.
39.0703 Urban Ministry.
39.0704 Women's Ministry.
39.0705 Lay Ministry.
39.0706 Chaplain/Chaplaincy Studies.
39.0799 Pastoral Counseling and Specialized Ministries, Other.

Institutions granting degrees in Youth Ministry.

Institution Degrees Granted (2024)5-Year Change
Anderson University2 +100.00%
Asbury University4 -
Azusa Pacific University2 -
Cairn University-Langhorne8 -14.29%
Cedarville University5 -33.33%
Central Christian College of the Bible3 -80.00%
Clarks Summit University1 +300.00%
Colorado Christian University2 -20.00%
Columbia International University7 -45.45%
Concordia University Ann Arbor5 -
Cornerstone University12 -57.14%
Crown College8 -56.25%
Dordt University1 -100.00%
Eastern Nazarene College1 -
Eastern University11 +20.00%
Faulkner University2 +300.00%
Freed-Hardeman University1 -100.00%
Geneva College3 -33.33%
George Fox University1 -
Gordon College7 -50.00%
Grace College and Theological Seminary7 -87.50%
Great Lakes Christian College1 -
Great Northern University1 -
Harding University3 +100.00%
Hope International University3 -
Huntington University2 -40.00%
Indiana Wesleyan University-Marion6 +150.00%
Johnson University3 -57.14%
Johnson University Florida1 -
Lancaster Bible College9 +150.00%
Lee University9 +28.57%
Liberty University27 -6.45%
Lincoln Christian University3 +16.67%
Lubbock Christian University4 -12.50%
Maranatha Baptist University2 -100.00%
Mid-Atlantic Christian University3 +33.33%
Mid-South Christian College1 -
MidAmerica Nazarene University2 +20.00%
Milligan University1 -
Moody Bible Institute15 -40.63%
Multnomah University4 +40.00%
North Greenville University5 +80.00%
Northwest Nazarene University1 +50.00%
Ohio Christian University2 +133.33%
Oklahoma Baptist University2 -100.00%
Olivet Nazarene University7 -11.11%
Ozark Christian College11 -
Point University1 -
Rochester University1 -
Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary3 -
Southeastern University8 -36.84%
Spring Arbor University2 -90.00%
Taylor University4 -
The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary4 -100.00%
Toccoa Falls College7 +42.86%
Trevecca Nazarene University5 -
Trinity Christian College1 -
Trinity College of Florida1 -
Union Bible College1 -
University of Northwestern-St Paul7 -30.00%
University of Sioux Falls1 -
Vanguard University of Southern California1 -
Welch College1 -75.00%
William Jessup University1 -62.50%