2023 Best Value Christian Studies Schools in the Southeast Region For Those Making $0-$30k

It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Best Value Christian Studies Schools in the Southeast Region For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking is part of that endeavor.

Christian Studies is the 495th most popular major in the country with 723 degrees awarded in 2020-2021.

Across the Southeast region, there were 273 Christian studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Christian Studies Schools in the Southeast Region For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking analyzed 2 colleges that offered a degree in Christian studies. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent Christian studies programs, but they also cost less that schools of similar quality.

Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the Christian studies program at the school and the cost of the school after aid is awarded among other things. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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Best Value Christian Studies Schools in the Southeast Region For Those Making $0-$30k

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Christian Studies Schools in the Southeast Region For Those Making $0-$30k.

Top 2 Best Value Colleges for Christian Studies (Income $0-$30k) in the Southeast Region

1

Duke University
Durham, North Carolina

#1 in overall quality

$371 Average Net Price

$71,290 Average Early-Career Earnings

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Duke University. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Best Value Christian Studies Schools in the Southeast Region For Those Making $0-$30k list. Duke is located in Durham, North Carolina and, has a fairly large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 11 ’s Christian studies degrees to qualified students.

Duke did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Christian Studies Schools in the Southeast Region” list. It costs about $371 for Southeast Region Christian Studies students whose families make $0-$30k per year to attend Duke.

With a freshman retention rate of 97%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students. The undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 6 to 1 is a sign that students will have more opportunities to engage with their professors one-on-one. The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 0.3%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

Read full report on Christian Studies at Duke University

2

Liberty University
Lynchburg, Virginia

#2 in overall quality

$29,786 Average Net Price

$40,489 Average Early-Career Earnings

Out of the 2 schools in the Best Value Christian Studies Schools in the Southeast Region For Those Making $0-$30k that were part of this year’s ranking, Liberty University landed the #2 spot on the list. Liberty University is a large school located in Lynchburg, Virginia that handed out 23 ’s Christian studies degrees in 2020-2021.

Liberty University also made our “Best Christian Studies Schools in the Southeast Region” list, coming in at #2. The yearly cost to attend Liberty University is $29,786 for southeast region christian studies students whose families make $0-$30k.

Full Liberty University Christian Studies Report

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Notes and References

References

• 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 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).
• Information about the national average student loan default rate is from the U.S. Department of Education and refers to data about the 2016 borrower cohort tracking period for which the cohort default rate (CDR) was 10.1%.

Read more about our data sources and methodologies

Footnotes

• *Average salary, average net price, and average tuition and fees are for the top schools only.
• Some schools otherwise deserving of recognition may have been removed from this ranking in the event that new data identified post-publication warranted it, or at the request of the school.

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