Glanzer's Guide
Christian Colleges & Universities

Ranking of the nation's best Christian colleges and universities.

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Biola University logo
Ranking

1

Total Score

26

Cairn University logo
Ranking

2

Total Score

25

Clarks Summit University logo
Ranking

3

Total Score

25

Confession

Baptist

Dallas Christian College logo
Ranking

4

Total Score

25

Confession

Churches of Christ

Great Lakes Christian College logo
Ranking

5

Total Score

25

Confession

Churches of Christ

Oak Hills Christian College logo
Ranking

8

Total Score

25

Confession

Non-denominational

Ozark Christian College logo
Ranking

9

Total Score

25

Confession

Churches of Christ

Spurgeon College logo
Ranking

10

Total Score

25

Confession

Baptist

World Mission University logo
Ranking

11

Total Score

25

Confession

Non-denominational

Arlington Baptist University logo
Ranking

12

Total Score

24

Confession

Baptist

Boyce College logo
Ranking

13

Total Score

24

Confession

Baptist

Crown College logo
Ranking

14

Total Score

24

Calvary University logo
Ranking

15

Total Score

23

Confession

Non-denominational

Southeastern University logo
Ranking

17

Total Score

23

Confession

Assemblies of God

Ecclesia College logo
Ranking

20

Total Score

22

Confession

Non-denominational

Kuyper College logo
Ranking

21

Total Score

22

North Central University logo
Ranking

22

Total Score

22

Confession

Assemblies of God

University of Northwestern-St. Paul logo
Ranking

24

Total Score

22

Confession

Non-denominational

Welch College logo
Ranking

25

Total Score

22

Confession

Free Will Baptist

Wheaton College logo
Ranking

26

Total Score

22

Bob Jones University logo
Ranking

27

Total Score

21

Cedarville University logo
Ranking

28

Total Score

21

Criswell College logo
Ranking

31

Total Score

21

Confession

Baptist - Southern

Grace Christian University logo
Ranking

32

Total Score

21

Confession

Non-denominational

Taylor University logo
Ranking

34

Total Score

21

Azusa Pacific University logo
Ranking

36

Total Score

20

Confession

Evangelical

Baptist University of the Americas logo
Ranking

37

Total Score

20

Confession

Baptist

Faulkner University logo
Ranking

38

Total Score

20

Confession

Churches of Christ

Grace College logo
Ranking

39

Total Score

20

Confession

Brethren-Grace

Liberty University logo
Ranking

40

Total Score

20

Montreat College logo
Ranking

41

Total Score

20

Confession

Presbyterian USA

Multnomah University logo
Ranking

42

Total Score

20

Confession

Non-denominational

Randall University logo
Ranking

44

Total Score

20

Confession

Free Will Baptist

Trinity Baptist College logo
Ranking

46

Total Score

20

Confession

Baptist

University of Valley Forge logo
Ranking

47

Total Score

20

Confession

Assemblies of God

Vanguard University logo
Ranking

48

Total Score

20

Confession

Assemblies of God

Whitworth University logo
Ranking

49

Total Score

20

Confession

Presbyterian, U.S.A

Abilene Christian University logo
Ranking

50

Total Score

19

Confession

Churches of Christ

Baptist College of Florida logo
Ranking

51

Total Score

19

Confession

Baptist

Bryan College logo
Ranking

52

Total Score

19

Corban University logo
Ranking

54

Total Score

19

George Fox University logo
Ranking

56

Total Score

19

Confession

Friends / Quaker

Indiana Weslyan University-Marion logo
Ranking

57

Total Score

19

Confession

Wesleyan Church

Kentucky Christian University logo
Ranking

58

Total Score

19

Confession

Churches of Christ

LeTourneau University logo
Ranking

59

Total Score

19

Northwest Nazarene University logo
Ranking

60

Total Score

19

Northwest University logo
Ranking

61

Total Score

19

Confession

Assemblies of God

San Diego Christian College logo
Ranking

62

Total Score

19

Confession

Baptist - Southern

Trevecca Nazarene University logo
Ranking

64

Total Score

19

Truett McConnell University logo
Ranking

65

Total Score

19

Confession

Baptist

Asbury University logo
Ranking

66

Total Score

18

Belhaven University logo
Ranking

67

Total Score

18

Confession

Presbyterian USA

Bethesda University logo
Ranking

68

Total Score

18

Bushnell University logo
Ranking

69

Total Score

18

Dordt University logo
Ranking

70

Total Score

18

Gordon College logo
Ranking

71

Total Score

18

Grove City College logo
Ranking

72

Total Score

18

Confession

Presbyterian USA

Harding University logo
Ranking

73

Total Score

18

Confession

Churches of Christ

Houghton University logo
Ranking

74

Total Score

18

La Sierra University logo
Ranking

77

Total Score

18

Lee University logo
Ranking

78

Total Score

18

Lubbock Christian University logo
Ranking

79

Total Score

18

Confession

Churches of Christ

Malone University logo
Ranking

80

Total Score

18

Messiah University logo
Ranking

81

Total Score

18

Northwestern College logo
Ranking

82

Total Score

18

Oakwood University logo
Ranking

83

Total Score

18

Ohio Valley University logo
Ranking

84

Total Score

18

Confession

Churches of Christ

Patrick Henry College logo
Ranking

86

Total Score

18

Point Loma Nazarene University logo
Ranking

87

Total Score

18

Point University logo
Ranking

88

Total Score

18

Confession

Churches of Christ

Seattle Pacific University logo
Ranking

89

Total Score

18

Confession

Free Methodist

Simpson University logo
Ranking

90

Total Score

18

Southwest Baptist University logo
Ranking

92

Total Score

18

Confession

Baptist - Southern

Spring Arbor University logo
Ranking

94

Total Score

18

Confession

Methodist - Free

Tabor College logo
Ranking

95

Total Score

18

Confession

Mennonite Brethren

Walla Walla University logo
Ranking

97

Total Score

18

Westmont College logo
Ranking

98

Total Score

18

Confession

Non-denominational

York University logo
Ranking

99

Total Score

18

Confession

Churches of Christ

Calvin University logo
Ranking

102

Total Score

17

Carson-Newman College logo
Ranking

103

Total Score

17

Confession

Baptist

Concordia University (WI)
 logo
Ranking

104

Total Score

17

Confession

Lutheran / Missouri

Crowley's Ridge College logo
Ranking

105

Total Score

17

Confession

Churches of Christ

Eastern University logo
Ranking

106

Total Score

17

Confession

Baptist - American

Evangel University logo
Ranking

107

Total Score

17

Confession

Assemblies of God

Friends University logo
Ranking

108

Total Score

17

Confession

Friends / Quaker

Hope International University logo
Ranking

109

Total Score

17

Lipscomb University logo
Ranking

111

Total Score

17

Confession

Churches of Christ

Loma Linda University logo
Ranking

112

Total Score

17

MidAmerica Nazarene University logo
Ranking

114

Total Score

17

Ohio Christian University logo
Ranking

115

Total Score

17

Confession

Churches of Christ

Regent University logo
Ranking

116

Total Score

17

Sterling College logo
Ranking

117

Total Score

17

Confession

Non-denominational

Summit Christian College logo
Ranking

118

Total Score

17

Confession

Churches of Christ

Trinity Christian College logo
Ranking

119

Total Score

17

Union University logo
Ranking

120

Total Score

17

Confession

Baptist - Southern

Andrews University logo
Ranking

122

Total Score

16

Bethel University (MN) logo
Ranking

123

Total Score

16

Bluffton University logo
Ranking

124

Total Score

16

California Baptist University logo
Ranking

125

Total Score

16

Confession

Baptist - Southern

Central Baptist College logo
Ranking

126

Total Score

16

Charleston Southern University logo
Ranking

127

Total Score

16

Confession

Baptist - Southern

College of the Ozarks logo
Ranking

128

Total Score

16

Confession

Presbyterian USA

Concordia University (CA) logo
Ranking

129

Total Score

16

Confession

Lutheran / Missouri

Concordia University (MI) logo
Ranking

130

Total Score

16

Confession

Lutheran / Missouri

Eastern Mennonite University logo
Ranking

132

Total Score

16

Eastern Nazarene College logo
Ranking

133

Total Score

16

Emmanuel College logo
Ranking

134

Total Score

16

Florida College logo
Ranking

135

Total Score

16

Confession

Churches of Christ

Fresno Pacific University logo
Ranking

136

Total Score

16

Confession

Mennonite Brethren

Geneva College logo
Ranking

137

Total Score

16

Greenville University logo
Ranking

138

Total Score

16

Confession

Methodist - Free

Hannibal-Lagrange University logo
Ranking

139

Total Score

16

Confession

Baptist - Southern

Hardin Simmons University logo
Ranking

140

Total Score

16

Confession

Baptist

Judson University logo
Ranking

142

Total Score

16

Confession

Baptist - American

Kansas Christian College logo
Ranking

143

Total Score

16

Louisiana Christian University logo
Ranking

144

Total Score

16

Confession

Baptist - Southern

Mississippi College logo
Ranking

145

Total Score

16

Confession

Baptist - Southern

Missouri Baptist University logo
Ranking

146

Total Score

16

Confession

Baptist

North Park University logo
Ranking

147

Total Score

16

Oklahoma Christian University logo
Ranking

148

Total Score

16

Confession

Churches of Christ

Shorter University (GA) logo
Ranking

149

Total Score

16

Southern Nazarene University logo
Ranking

150

Total Score

16

Southern Wesleyan University logo
Ranking

151

Total Score

16

Confession

Wesleyan Church

Southwestern Adventist University logo
Ranking

152

Total Score

16

University of Mobile logo
Ranking

155

Total Score

16

Confession

Baptist

Warner University logo
Ranking

156

Total Score

16

Wayland Baptist University logo
Ranking

157

Total Score

16

Confession

Baptist - Southern

Wisconsin Lutheran College logo
Ranking

158

Total Score

16

American Baptist College logo
Ranking

159

Total Score

15.5

Bethel University (IN) logo
Ranking

161

Total Score

15

Concordia University (NE) logo
Ranking

164

Total Score

15

Confession

Lutheran / Missouri

East Texas Baptist University logo
Ranking

165

Total Score

15

Confession

Baptist - Southern

Erskine College logo
Ranking

166

Total Score

15

Freed-Hardeman University logo
Ranking

167

Total Score

15

Confession

Churches of Christ

King University logo
Ranking

168

Total Score

15

Confession

Presbyterian USA

Milligan University logo
Ranking

169

Total Score

15

Confession

Churches of Christ

New Saint Andrews logo
Ranking

171

Total Score

15

North Greenville University logo
Ranking

172

Total Score

15

Confession

Baptist

Oklahoma Baptist University logo
Ranking

173

Total Score

15

Confession

Baptist - Southern

Olivet Nazarene University logo
Ranking

174

Total Score

15

Oral Roberts University logo
Ranking

175

Total Score

15

Ouachita Baptist University logo
Ranking

176

Total Score

15

Confession

Baptist

Pacific Union College logo
Ranking

177

Total Score

15

Rochester University logo
Ranking

179

Total Score

15

Confession

Churches of Christ

Samford University logo
Ranking

180

Total Score

15

Confession

Baptist

Williams Baptist University logo
Ranking

181

Total Score

15

Confession

Baptist

Grand Canyon University logo
Ranking

182

Total Score

14.5

Confession

Baptist

Barclay College logo
Ranking

183

Total Score

14

Confession

Friends / Quaker

Bethany Lutheran College logo
Ranking

184

Total Score

14

Brewton-Parker College logo
Ranking

185

Total Score

14

Confession

Baptist

Campbellsville University logo
Ranking

186

Total Score

14

Confession

Baptist

Concordia University (IL) logo
Ranking

187

Total Score

14

Confession

Lutheran / Missouri

Hesston College logo
Ranking

188

Total Score

14

Union College logo
Ranking

190

Total Score

14

University of Sioux Falls logo
Ranking

191

Total Score

14

Confession

Baptist - American

University of the Southwest logo
Ranking

192

Total Score

14

Gardner-Webb University logo
Ranking

193

Total Score

13.5

Confession

Baptist

Baylor University logo
Ranking

194

Total Score

13

Confession

Baptist

Carolina University logo
Ranking

195

Total Score

13

Confession

Baptist

Central Christian College logo
Ranking

196

Total Score

13

Confession

Free Methodist

Concordia University (St. Paul, MN) logo
Ranking

197

Total Score

13

Confession

Lutheran / Missouri

Concordia University (TX) logo
Ranking

198

Total Score

13

Confession

Lutheran / Missouri

Goshen College logo
Ranking

199

Total Score

13

Pepperdine University logo
Ranking

200

Total Score

13

Confession

Churches of Christ

University of Fort Lauderdale logo
Ranking

201

Total Score

13

Confession

Non-denominational

Oakland City University logo
Ranking

202

Total Score

12.5

Confession

Baptist - General

Campbell University logo
Ranking

203

Total Score

12

Confession

Baptist - Southern

Waynesburg University logo
Ranking

204

Total Score

12

Confession

Presbyterian USA

Hope College logo
Ranking

205

Total Score

11.5

William Carey University logo
Ranking

206

Total Score

11.5

Confession

Baptist

Huntingdon College logo
Ranking

207

Total Score

11

Confession

United Methodist

Stillman College logo
Ranking

208

Total Score

11

Confession

Presbyterian USA

University of Dubuque logo
Ranking

209

Total Score

11

Confession

Presbyterian USA

Georgetown College logo
Ranking

213

Total Score

10.5

Confession

Baptist

Chowan University logo
Ranking

214

Total Score

10

Confession

Baptist

Voorhees College logo
Ranking

216

Total Score

9

Confession

Episcopal Church

Bethel University (TN) logo
Ranking

217

Total Score

8.5

Bethune-Cookman University logo
Ranking

218

Total Score

8.5

Confession

United Methodist

Luther College logo
Ranking

219

Total Score

8.5

Confession

Lutheran / ELCA

Paine College logo
Ranking

220

Total Score

8.5

Confession

United Methodist

Valparaiso University logo
Ranking

221

Total Score

8.5

Amberton University logo
Ranking

222

Total Score

8

Bethany College (WV) logo
Ranking

223

Total Score

8

Confession

Lutheran / ELCA

Jarvis Christian University logo
Ranking

224

Total Score

8

Confession

Disciples of Christ

McMurry University logo
Ranking

225

Total Score

8

Confession

United Methodist

University of Jamestown logo
Ranking

226

Total Score

8

Confession

Presbyterian USA

Ashland University logo
Ranking

228

Total Score

7.5

Confession

Brethren Church

Gustavus Adolphus College logo
Ranking

229

Total Score

7.5

Confession

Lutheran / ELCA

Wilmington College logo
Ranking

230

Total Score

7.5

Confession

Friends / Quaker

Amridge University logo
Ranking

231

Total Score

7

Confession

Churches of Christ

California Lutheran University logo
Ranking

234

Total Score

7

Confession

Lutheran / ELCA

Newberry College logo
Ranking

236

Total Score

7

Confession

Lutheran / ELCA

Concordia College (Moorehead, MN) logo
Ranking

237

Total Score

6.5

Confession

Lutheran / ELCA

Texas Lutheran University logo
Ranking

238

Total Score

6.5

Confession

Lutheran / ELCA

Tusculum University logo
Ranking

239

Total Score

6.5

Confession

Presbyterian USA

William Penn University logo
Ranking

240

Total Score

6.5

Confession

Friends / Quaker

Augustana University (SD) logo
Ranking

241

Total Score

6

Confession

Lutheran Church

Emory & Henry College logo
Ranking

242

Total Score

6

Confession

United Methodist

Ottawa University logo
Ranking

244

Total Score

6

Confession

Baptist - American

Paul Quinn College                                                                                             logo
Ranking

245

Total Score

6

Westminster College (PA) logo
Ranking

246

Total Score

6

Confession

Presbyterian USA

Philander Smith College logo
Ranking

247

Total Score

5.5

Confession

United Methodist

St. Olaf College logo
Ranking

248

Total Score

5.5

Confession

Lutheran / ELCA

University of Indianapolis logo
Ranking

249

Total Score

5.5

Confession

United Methodist

Wartburg College logo
Ranking

250

Total Score

5.5

Confession

Lutheran / ELCA

Catawba College logo
Ranking

252

Total Score

5

Grand View University logo
Ranking

253

Total Score

5

Confession

Lutheran / ELCA

Greensboro College logo
Ranking

254

Total Score

5

Confession

United Methodist

Tennessee Wesleyan University logo
Ranking

256

Total Score

5

Confession

United Methodist

University of Pikeville logo
Ranking

257

Total Score

5

Confession

Presbyterian USA

University of the Ozarks logo
Ranking

258

Total Score

5

Confession

Presbyterian USA

Waldorf College logo
Ranking

259

Total Score

5

Confession

Lutheran / ELCA

Carthage College logo
Ranking

260

Total Score

4.5

Confession

Lutheran / ELCA

Kansas Wesleyan University logo
Ranking

261

Total Score

4.5

Confession

United Methodist

LaGrange College logo
Ranking

262

Total Score

4.5

Confession

United Methodist

Lane College logo
Ranking

263

Total Score

4.5

Lenoir-Rhyne University logo
Ranking

264

Total Score

4.5

Confession

Lutheran / ELCA

Lindsey Wilson College logo
Ranking

265

Total Score

4.5

Confession

United Methodist

Lyon College logo
Ranking

266

Total Score

4.5

Confession

Presbyterian USA

Morris Brown College logo
Ranking

267

Total Score

4.5

Nebraska Wesleyan University logo
Ranking

268

Total Score

4.5

Confession

United Methodist

Oklahoma City University logo
Ranking

269

Total Score

4.5

Confession

United Methodist

Pfeiffer University
 logo
Ranking

270

Total Score

4.5

Confession

United Methodist

Presbyterian College logo
Ranking

271

Total Score

4.5

Confession

Presbyterian USA

Virginia Union University logo
Ranking

272

Total Score

4.5

Confession

Baptist - American

West Virginia Wesleyan College logo
Ranking

273

Total Score

4.5

Confession

United Methodist

Allen University logo
Ranking

274

Total Score

4

Austin College logo
Ranking

275

Total Score

4

Confession

Presbyterian USA

Bethel College (KS) logo
Ranking

276

Total Score

4

Eureka College logo
Ranking

277

Total Score

4

Confession

Disciples of Christ

Hastings College logo
Ranking

278

Total Score

4

Confession

Presbyterian USA

Limestone University logo
Ranking

279

Total Score

4

Saint Andrews University logo
Ranking

280

Total Score

4

Confession

Presbyterian USA

Texas College logo
Ranking

281

Total Score

4

Wingate University logo
Ranking

282

Total Score

4

Confession

Non-denominational

Adrian College logo
Ranking

283

Total Score

3.5

Capital University logo
Ranking

285

Total Score

3.5

Confession

Lutheran / ELCA

Centenary College of Louisiana logo
Ranking

286

Total Score

3.5

Confession

United Methodist

Central Methodist University logo
Ranking

287

Total Score

3.5

Confession

United Methodist

Clinton College logo
Ranking

288

Total Score

3.5

Davidson College logo
Ranking

289

Total Score

3.5

Confession

Presbyterian USA

Earlham College logo
Ranking

290

Total Score

3.5

Confession

Friends / Quaker

North Carolina Wesleyan University logo
Ranking

291

Total Score

3.5

Confession

United Methodist

Rust College logo
Ranking

292

Total Score

3.5

Sewanee: The University of the South logo
Ranking

293

Total Score

3.5

Confession

Episcopal Church

Thiel College logo
Ranking

294

Total Score

3.5

Confession

Lutheran / ELCA

Wittenberg University logo
Ranking

295

Total Score

3.5

Confession

Lutheran / ELCA

Carroll University logo
Ranking

296

Total Score

3

Confession

Presbyterian USA

Defiance College logo
Ranking

297

Total Score

3

Kentucky Wesleyan College logo
Ranking

298

Total Score

3

Confession

United Methodist

Lakeland University logo
Ranking

299

Total Score

3

Maryville College logo
Ranking

300

Total Score

3

Confession

Presbyterian USA

McPherson College logo
Ranking

301

Total Score

3

Midland University logo
Ranking

302

Total Score

3

Confession

Lutheran / ELCA

Pacific Lutheran University logo
Ranking

303

Total Score

3

Confession

Lutheran / ELCA

Virginia University of Lynchburg logo
Ranking

305

Total Score

3

Confession

Baptist

Wiley College logo
Ranking

306

Total Score

3

Confession

United Methodist

William Woods University logo
Ranking

307

Total Score

3

Confession

Disciples of Christ

Haverford College logo
Ranking

308

Total Score

2.5

Confession

Friends / Quaker

Hendrix College  logo
Ranking

309

Total Score

2.5

Confession

United Methodist

Muhlenberg College logo
Ranking

311

Total Score

2.5

Confession

Lutheran / ELCA

Ohio Northern University logo
Ranking

312

Total Score

2.5

Confession

United Methodist

Piedmont University  logo
Ranking

313

Total Score

2.5

Roanoke College logo
Ranking

314

Total Score

2.5

Confession

Lutheran / ELCA

Schreiner University logo
Ranking

316

Total Score

2.5

Confession

Methodist - Free

Shenandoah University logo
Ranking

317

Total Score

2.5

Confession

United Methodist

Virginia Wesleyan University logo
Ranking

318

Total Score

2.5

Confession

United Methodist

Baker University logo
Ranking

319

Total Score

2

Confession

United Methodist

Birmingham-Southern College logo
Ranking

320

Total Score

2

Confession

United Methodist

Hanover College logo
Ranking

321

Total Score

2

Confession

Friends / Quaker

Livingstone College logo
Ranking

322

Total Score

2

McKendree University logo
Ranking

323

Total Score

2

Confession

United Methodist

Muskingum University logo
Ranking

325

Total Score

2

Confession

Presbyterian USA

Shaw University logo
Ranking

326

Total Score

2

Confession

Baptist - American

University of Tulsa logo
Ranking

327

Total Score

2

Confession

Presbyterian USA

Wesleyan College logo
Ranking

328

Total Score

2

Wilson College logo
Ranking

330

Total Score

2

Confession

Presbyterian USA

Bennett College logo
Ranking

331

Total Score

1.5

Confession

United Methodist

College of Wooster logo
Ranking

332

Total Score

1.5

Confession

Presbyterian USA

Ferrum College logo
Ranking

333

Total Score

1.5

Confession

United Methodist

Hamline University logo
Ranking

334

Total Score

1.5

Confession

United Methodist

High Point University logo
Ranking

335

Total Score

1.5

Confession

United Methodist

Manchester University logo
Ranking

336

Total Score

1.5

Confession

United Brethren

Methodist University logo
Ranking

337

Total Score

1.5

Confession

United Methodist

Moravian University logo
Ranking

338

Total Score

1.5

Confession

Moravian

Ohio Wesleyan University logo
Ranking

339

Total Score

1.5

Confession

United Methodist

Simpson College logo
Ranking

340

Total Score

1.5

Confession

United Methodist

Alma College logo
Ranking

341

Total Score

1

Confession

Presbyterian USA

Bacone College logo
Ranking

342

Total Score

1

Confession

Baptist - American

Benedict College logo
Ranking

343

Total Score

1

Confession

Baptist - American

Bethany College (KS) logo
Ranking

344

Total Score

1

Confession

Disciples of Christ

Bloomfield College logo
Ranking

345

Total Score

1

Confession

Presbyterian USA

Brevard College logo
Ranking

346

Total Score

1

Buena Vista University logo
Ranking

347

Total Score

1

Confession

Presbyterian USA

Dakota Wesleyan University logo
Ranking

348

Total Score

1

Confession

United Methodist

Davis & Elkins College logo
Ranking

349

Total Score

1

Confession

Presbyterian USA

Guilford College logo
Ranking

350

Total Score

1

Confession

Friends / Quaker

Johnson C. Smith University logo
Ranking

351

Total Score

1

Confession

Presbyterian USA

Lebanon Valley College logo
Ranking

352

Total Score

1

Confession

United Methodist

Lindenwood University logo
Ranking

353

Total Score

1

Confession

Presbyterian USA

North Central College logo
Ranking

354

Total Score

1

Confession

United Methodist

Southwestern University (TX) logo
Ranking

355

Total Score

1

Confession

United Methodist

Texas Wesleyan University logo
Ranking

356

Total Score

1

Confession

United Methodist

Tougaloo College logo
Ranking

357

Total Score

1

University of Lynchburg logo
Ranking

358

Total Score

1

Confession

Disciples of Christ