2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Christian Studies Major in North Carolina

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

Across North Carolina, there were 133 Christian studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 111 Christian studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $56,453 and $0 respectively.

For this year’s “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Christian Studies Major in North Carolina” ranking, we looked at 3 colleges that offer a degree in Christian studies. That schools that top this list have a program in Christian studies in which the largest percentage of students at the school are enrolled.

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Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Christian Studies Major in North Carolina

The following schools top our list of the Best “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Christian Studies Major in North Carolina”.

Top 3 Most Focused Master’s Degree Colleges for Christian Studies in North Carolina

1

Grace College of Divinity
Fayetteville, North Carolina

Out of the 3 schools in the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Christian Studies Major in North Carolina that were part of this year’s ranking, Grace College of Divinity landed the #1 spot on the list. Fayetteville, North Carolina is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out masters’s Christian studies degrees to 9 students in 2020-2021.

The undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 10 to 1 is a sign that students will have more opportunities to engage with their professors one-on-one. With a freshman retention rate of 100%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students.

Full Grace College of Divinity Christian Studies Report

2

Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary
Wake Forest, North Carolina

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Christian Studies Major in North Carolina list. Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary is a private not-for-profit institution located in Wake Forest, North Carolina. The school has a small population, and it awarded 91 masters’s degrees in 2020-2021.

Full Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary Christian Studies Report

3

Duke University
Durham, North Carolina

#1 overall quality in North Carolina

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Duke University. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Christian Studies Major in North Carolina list. Duke University is a fairly large private not-for-profit school situated in Durham, North Carolina. It awarded 11 masters’s Christian studies degrees in 2020-2021.

The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 0.3%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. Since the school has a undergrad student-to-faculty ratio of 6 to 1, those pursuing a degree will have more opportunities to interact with their professors. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 97%.

Read more about Christian Studies at Duke

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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

• *Avg Salary and Avg 4-Year Grad Rate 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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