Professional Development:
Academic Opportunities

A number of academic institutions offer degree and other programs in youth ministry

Benedictine College, Atchison, KS
BA interdisciplinary major in youth ministry
Brescia University, Owensboro, KY
AA and BA degrees in pastoral ministry includes a built in focus on the
vision, theory, certification standards, and practice of youth ministry.
Online ministry courses are available.
Briar Cliff University, Sioux City, IA
BA theology with an emphasis in youth ministry
The College of Saint Scholastica, Duluth, MN
BA religious studies with a youth ministry concentration
Creighton University, Omaha, NE
BA theology and youth ministry
in collaboration with the youth ministry certificate in the Diocese of Omaha
Dominican University, River Forest, IL
BA pastoral ministry with an emphasis on youth ministry
Mount Saint Mary’s College, Emmitsburg, MD
BA religious studies with a youth ministry emphasis
Providence College School of Continuing Education, Providence, RI
A ministry with a concentration in youth ministry
BA ministry with a concentration in youth ministry
St. Mary’s University of Minnesota, Winona, MN
BA pastoral and youth ministry
St. Norbert College, De Pere, WI
BA religious studies with a youth ministry emphasis

Boston College, Chestnut Hill, MA
MA pastoral ministry with a concentration in youth and young adult faith
Creighton University, Omaha, NE
MA ministry in collaboration with the Diocese of Omaha
La Salle University, Philadelphia, PA
MA pastoral studies with a youth ministry concentration
Loyola University-Loyola Institute for Ministry, New Orleans, LA
MA practical theology with a focus on youth ministry
Mount St. Mary’s College, Los Angeles, CA
MA religious studies with a certificate program in youth ministry
in collaboration with the Center for Ministry Development
St. John’s School of Theology, Collegeville, MN
MA pastoral theology, youth in theology and ministry program (YTM)
St. Mary’s University of Minnesota, Winona, MN
MA pastoral ministries
St. Norbert College, De Pere, WI
MA theological studies with a concentration in youth ministry
University of Dallas, Irving, TX
MA of pastoral ministry with a focus in youth ministry youth ministry degree nationally. The University of Dallas and Center for Ministry Development have agreed to offer the Youth Ministry degree nationally. Click here to read the press release.

The Catholic University of America, Washington, DC
Certificate pastoral ministry
The Center for Ministry Development, Naugatuck, CT
Certificate in youth ministry
College of St. Elizabeth, Morristown, NJ
Certificate in youth and family ministries
Saint Bernard’s School of Theology and Ministry Rochester, NY
Certificate in youth ministry in collaboration with the Diocese of Rochester
St. Mary College, Leavenworth, KS
Certificate in ministry
St. Thomas University, Miami, FL
Graduate certificate program in youth ministry

College of Mount St. Joseph, Cincinnati, OH
BA religious pastoral ministry
BA religious studies
MA religious studies
Christ the King Seminary, Buffalo, NY
MA Pastoral Ministry with a Youth Ministry concentration
Duquesne University, Pittsburgh, PA
MA and certificate in pastoral ministry
MA in religious studies
Edgewood College, Madison, WI
BA religious studies with a Christian ministry concentration
Franciscan University of Steubenville, Steubenville, OH
BA theology with a concentration in religious education
MA theology/Christian ministry
The Lay Centre at Foyer Unitas, Rome, Italy
Individually created and ready-planned courses to promote the lay vocation.
Mary College, Bismarck, ND
BA pastoral ministry
St. Joseph’s College of Maine, Standish, ME
MA pastoral studies
Seattle University, Seattle, WA
Post-master’s certificate in religious education
Seton Hall, South Orange, NJ
BA catholic studies
Silver Lake College, Manitowoc, WI
BA theology and ministry minor with a pastoral ministry concentration
Washington Theological Union, Washington, DC
MA theological studies
MA pastoral studies

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