What are some top theological schools offering bachelor's degrees on the east coast?

Question

What are some top theological schools or schools of religious studies, preferably offering courses on the ancient languages (Hebrew, Greek, etc.), offering bachelor's degrees on the east coast?

Answer 1

Hi enarche,
Let me please point out that TOP theological schools (prestigious, selective, influential) are all GRADUATE institutions.
If you are seeking a bachelor's degree, you must attend a college with a liberal arts program and get a B.A. in Classics. Religion, History, Philosophy, or Semitic Languages.
Then, armed with this degree, you can apply to either a divinity school/seminary or university graduate school for Master's and Doctoral degrees in Theology or New Testament, or whatever you are aiming towards.

This will come out as bigoted and smug, I regret, ---but a Bachelor's degree in Theology is only available at a bible college which may not even be accredited by the American Association of Theological schools.
You may very well get a better education there, and it would be less politically correct, but you would have a harder time getting into a graduate program in Theology.

Stick to the Universities.
Princeton, Yale, Harvard, U of Chicago have both Graduate schools and Theological schools associated with them.
Union Seminary in New York doesn't have any undergraduate programs or degrees (or they never used to).

Answer 2

Liberty University has a good on-campus program, as does Bob Jones. There are some Presbyterian schools. You should be able to google that. In Atlanta there is Luther Rice. In Mobile there is the University of Mobile, and Spring Hill College(catholic). But this is away from theEast Coast.

Answer 3

Union Theological in New York City is great. It's two blocks from Columbia University and Barnard, across the street from Jewish Theological--so close to other libraries and classes.

Answer 4

Boston College

Answer 5

Harvard, Duke, Yale -- the usual suspects.

The top Catholic universities (Boston College, Fordham, Villanova, Georgetown, Catholic University) would also be good places to go -- if you are willing to accept their views.