With locations in Anchorage and Fairbanks, Alaska, Wayland Baptist University offers students both bachelor's and master's degrees in a wide variety of religious programs. Neither campus in Alaska offers on-site housing or meal plans. The Fairbanks campus is located at Eielson Air Force base. Alaska Bible College is a fully accredited, nondenominational Christian school in Glennallen, Alaska, offering religious studies and degrees from a one-year Bible certificate to four-year bachelor's of arts degree.
Southwestern College located in Phoenix, Arizona, offers degrees in music, science and education as well as Biblical studies and Christian ministries. Students can live on campus and participate in intramural sports, student government and on-site cultural events. Founded just after World War II by the Southern Baptists, Grand Canyon University in Phoenix offers online and campus-based bachelor's, master's and doctoral degree programs in everything from business and education to health science and the arts in a Christian setting.
Christian colleges in California include large schools such as Azusa Pacific University, Biola University and Vanguard University of Southern California, as well as smaller colleges such as Life Pacific College in San Dimas, just outside Los Angeles. Northern California Bible College offers Christian education in Northern California.
Colorado Christian University in Denver and Nazarene Bible College in Colorado Springs offer Christian education in the heart of the Rockies. CCU offers on-campus student lodging, and NBU is a commuter campus.
Offering degrees in theology and Christian studies, both Northwest Nazarene University and New Saint Andrew's College provide opportunities for higher education in Idaho.
Northern Nevada Theology Center, an extension of Golden Gate Baptist Theological Seminary, enables students from Nevada to earn a degree in Christian ministries.
The University of New Mexico, while not a specifically Christian school, offers degree programs in religious studies in a large university setting. Wayland Baptist University and Nazarene Bible College offer degree programs in a smaller, strictly Christian setting.
Concordia University and George Fox University are large universities that offer a number of degree options from traditional majors such as business and English to religious majors such as theology and Christian education. Multnomah Bible College and Biblical Seminary focuses more intently on religious training in a small-school atmosphere.
Brigham Young University in Provo has an enrollment of almost 33,000 students and offers a wide variety of traditional majors. Students are required to take one religion class every semester until 14 semester hours of religion credits have been earned.
Seattle Pacific University in Seattle, Washington, offers a large campus and a variety of traditional and religious courses of study. From traditional degrees in engineering and psychology to religious majors in educational ministry and Christian theology, SPU blends big-city excitement with Christian education.