2022 Best Value Religion Schools for a Doctorate in the Southeast Region
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Religious Studies is the 115th most popular major in the country with 9,704 degrees awarded in 2019-2020. In 2017-2018, religious studies graduates who were awarded their degree in 2015-2017, earned an average of $32,163 and had an average of $28,712 in loans still to pay off.
Across the Southeast region, there were 2,028 religious studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $30,400 and $27,004 respectively. At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 70 religious studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $71,978 and $116,300 respectively.
This year’s “Best Value Religion Schools for a Doctorate in the Southeast Region” ranking looked at 8 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in religious studies. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great religious studies programs and cost less that schools of similar quality.
To come up with these rankings, we looked at factors such as the cost to attend the school after aid is awarded and overall quality of the religious studies program at the school. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.
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Best Value Religion Schools for a Doctorate in the Southeast Region
The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Religion Schools for a Doctorate in the Southeast Region.
Top 9 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Religious Studies in the Southeast Region
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Liberty University. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value Religion Schools for a Doctorate in the Southeast Region. Liberty University is a private not-for-profit institution located in Lynchburg, Virginia. The school has a large population, and it awarded 9 doctorate’s degrees in 2019-2020.
As a testament to the quality of education offered at Liberty University, the school also landed the #8 spot in our “Best Religious Studies Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Liberty University are $8,349, but some majors have different tuition rates.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Virginia - Main Campus. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Religion Schools for a Doctorate in the Southeast Region list. University of Virginia - Main Campus is a large school located in Charlottesville, Virginia that handed out 9 doctorate’s religion degrees in 2019-2020.
University of Virginia also made our “Best Religious Studies Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” list, coming in at #4. Average graduate tuition and fees at University of Virginia are $32,394, but some majors have different tuition rates.
Out of the 8 schools in the Best Value Religion Schools for a Doctorate in the Southeast Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Florida State University landed the #3 spot on the list. This large school is located in Tallahassee, Florida, and it awarded 3 doctorate’s religion degrees in 2019-2020.
Florida State also took the #7 spot in our “Best Religious Studies Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Florida State University are $26,707, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Georgia. The school came in at #4 for the Best Value Religion Schools for a Doctorate in the Southeast Region. Located in Athens, Georgia, this large public school handed out 1 degrees to qualified doctorate’s religion students in 2019-2020.
UGA not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #8 on our “Best Religious Studies Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at UGA are $27,476, but some majors have different tuition rates.
Out of the 8 schools in the Best Value Religion Schools for a Doctorate in the Southeast Region that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Florida landed the #4 spot on the list. Located in Gainesville, Florida, this large public school handed out 3 diplomas to qualified doctorate’s religion students in 2019-2020.
In addition to being on our southeast region doctor’s degree religion students list, UF has also earned the #5 rank in our “Best Religious Studies Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at UF are $30,130, but some majors have different tuition rates.
Out of the 8 schools in the Best Value Religion Schools for a Doctorate in the Southeast Region that were part of this year’s ranking, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill landed the #5 spot on the list. Located in Chapel Hill, North Carolina, this large public school awarded 2 diplomas to qualified doctorate’s religion students in 2019-2020.
UNC Chapel Hill also took the #6 spot in our “Best Religious Studies Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at UNC Chapel Hill are $30,248, but some majors have different tuition rates.
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Emory University landed the #6 spot on the 2022 Best Value Religion Schools for a Doctorate in the Southeast Region ranking. Emory is a fairly large school located in Atlanta, Georgia that handed out 15 doctorate’s religion degrees in 2019-2020.
As a testament to the quality of education offered at Emory, the school also landed the #1 spot in our “Best Religious Studies Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Emory are $44,676, but some majors have different tuition rates.
Vanderbilt University did quite well in the 2022 Best Value Religion Schools for a Doctorate in the Southeast Region ranking, coming in at #7. Nashville, Tennessee is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out doctorate’s religion degrees to 12 students in 2019-2020.
Vanderbilt not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #3 on our “Best Religious Studies Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at Vanderbilt are $50,624, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.
Duke University landed the #8 spot on the 2022 Best Value Religion Schools for a Doctorate in the Southeast Region ranking. This fairly large school is located in Durham, North Carolina, and it awarded 3 doctorate’s religion degrees in 2019-2020.
Duke also took the #2 spot in our “Best Religious Studies Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Duke University are $59,140, but some majors have different tuition rates.
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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%.
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- *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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