2024 Best Theology & Religious Vocations Bachelor's Degree Schools in Tennessee

If you're seeking a Bachelor's Degree in theology & religious vocations, you will have fewer peers than average since the major degree program is the #28 one in the country in terms of popularity.While this may limit the number of schools that offer the degree program, there are still top-quality ones to be found.

In 2024, College Factual analyzed 3 schools in order to identify the top ones for its Best Theology & Religious Vocations Bachelor's Degree Schools in Tennessee ranking. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 506 bachelor's degrees in theology & religious vocations during the 2020-2021 academic year.

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Choosing a Great Theology & Religious Vocations School for Your Bachelor's Degree

Your choice of theology & religious vocations for getting your bachelor's degree school matters. Important measures of a quality theology & religious vocations program can vary widely even among the top schools. Below we explain some of the most important factors to consider before making your choice:

Overall Quality Is a Must

The overall quality of a bachelor's degree school is important to ensure a good education, not just how well they do in a particular major. To account for this we include a college's overall Best Colleges ranking which itself looks at a host of different factors like degree completion, educational resources, student body caliber and post-graduation earnings for the school as a whole.

Average Early-Career Salaries

Average early-career salary of those graduating with their bachelor's degree is one indicator we use in our analysis to find the schools that offer the highest-quality education. After all, your bachelor's degree won't mean much if it doesn't help you find a job that will help you earn a living.

Other Factors We Consider

The metrics below are just some of the other metrics that we use to determine our rankings.

• Major Focus - How many resources a school devotes to theology & religious vocations students as compared to other majors.
• Major Demand - The number of theology & religious vocations students who choose to seek a bachelor's degree at the school.
• Educational Resources - How many resources are allocated to students. These resources may include educational expenditures per student, number of students per instructor, and graduation rate among other things.
• Student Debt - How much debt theology & religious vocations students go into to obtain their bachelor's degree and how well they are able to pay back that debt.
• Accreditation - Whether a school is regionally accredited and/or accredited by a recognized theology & religious vocations related body.

Our complete ranking methodology documents in more detail how we consider these factors to identify the best schools for theology & religious vocations students working on their bachelor's degree.

More Ways to Rank Theology & Religious Vocations Schools

Since the program you select can have a significant impact on your future, we've developed a number of rankings, including this Best Theology & Religious Vocations Bachelor's Degree Schools in Tennessee list, to help you choose the best school for you.

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Best Schools for Bachelor’s Students to Study Theology & Religious Vocations in Tennessee

Below you'll see a list of the best colleges and universities for pursuing a bachelor's degree in theology & religious vocations.

Top Tennessee Schools for a Bachelor's in Theology & Religious Vocations

1

Johnson University
Knoxville, TN

Master's Degree Highest Degree Type

196 Annual Graduates

Johnson University is one of the best schools in the country for getting a bachelor's degree in theology & religious vocations. Johnson University is a fairly small private not-for-profit university located in the rural area of Knoxville.More information about a bachelor’s in theology & religious vocations from Johnson University

2

Lee University
Cleveland, TN

Master's Degree Highest Degree Type

120 Annual Graduates

Lee University is one of the finest schools in the country for getting a bachelor's degree in theology & religious vocations. Lee University is a small private not-for-profit university located in the city of Cleveland.More information about a bachelor’s in theology & religious vocations from Lee University

3

Freed-Hardeman University
Henderson, TN

Master's Degree Highest Degree Type

30 Annual Graduates

It's difficult to beat Freed-Hardeman University if you want to pursue a bachelor's degree in theology & religious vocations. Located in the distant town of Henderson, FHU is a private not-for-profit university with a small student population.More information about a bachelor’s in theology & religious vocations from Freed-Hardeman University

Best Theology & Religious Vocations Colleges in the Southeast Region

Explore all the Best Theology & Religious Vocations Colleges in the Southeast Area or other specific states within that region.

State	Colleges	Degrees Awarded
North Carolina	34	219
Mississippi	34	65
Florida	34	500
Virginia	34	239
Alabama	33	79
Georgia	33	144
West Virginia	32	53
South Carolina	32	178
Kentucky	31	195
Louisiana	31	115
Arkansas	30	108

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Theology & Religious Vocations Majors to Study

Major	Annual Graduates
Biblical Studies	214
Pastoral Counseling & Specialized Ministries	106
Theological & Ministerial Studies	73
Theology & Religious Vocations (Other)	54
Religious Education	22
Sacred Music	21
Missionary Studies	16

Majors Similar to Theology & Religious Vocations

Related Major	Annual Graduates
Social Sciences	2,021
Communication & Journalism	1,566
English Language & Literature	686
Liberal Arts / Sciences & Humanities	654
History	482
Family, Consumer & Human Sciences	458
Foreign Languages & Linguistics	415
Philosophy & Religious Studies	225
Area, Ethnic, Culture, & Gender Studies	70

Notes and References

• The bars on the spread charts above show the distribution of the schools on this list +/- one standard deviation from the mean.
• The Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) from the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES), a branch of the U.S. Department of Education (DOE) serves as the core of the rest of our data about colleges.
• Some other college data, including much of the graduate earnings data, comes from the U.S. Department of Education’s (College Scorecard).
• Credit for the banner image above goes to Daderot. More about our data sources and methodologies.