You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Emory University. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Islamic Studies Major in the Southeast Region list. Emory is a fairly large private not-for-profit school situated in Atlanta, Georgia. It awarded 1 doctorate’s Islamic studies degrees in 2020-2021.
Since the school has a undergrad student-to-faculty ratio of 9 to 1, those pursuing a degree will have more opportunities to interact with their professors. The low undergrad student loan default rate of 1.4% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 93%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.