2023 Most Popular Master’s Degree Colleges for Biblical Studies in North Carolina

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In 2020-2021, 4,119 people earned their degree in Biblical studies, making the major the 146th most popular in the United States. In 2019-2020, Biblical studies graduates who were awarded their degree in 2017-2019, earned an average of $28,790 and had an average of $26,342 in loans still to pay off.

Across North Carolina, there were 139 Biblical studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $39,271 and $23,003 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 3 Biblical studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $56,453 and $0 respectively.

This year’s “Most Well Attended Bible Major in North Carolina for a Master’s” ranking looked at 4 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in Biblical studies. This ranking identifies schools that graduate the most students in Biblical studies.

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Most Well Attended Bible Major in North Carolina for a Master’s

The following schools top our list of the Best “Most Well Attended Bible Major in North Carolina for a Master’s”.

Top 4 Most Popular Master’s Degree Colleges for Biblical Studies in North Carolina

1

Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary
Wake Forest, North Carolina

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary. The school came in at #1 for the Most Well Attended Bible Major in North Carolina for a Master’s. SEBTS is a small school located in Wake Forest, North Carolina that handed out 2 masters’s Bible degrees in 2020-2021.

Read full report on Biblical Studies at SEBTS

2

Piedmont International University
Winston-Salem, North Carolina

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Piedmont International University. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Most Well Attended Bible Major in North Carolina for a Master’s list. Piedmont International University is a small private not-for-profit school situated in Winston-Salem, North Carolina. It awarded 1 masters’s Bible degrees in 2020-2021.

The impressive undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 10 to 1 means that students may have more opportunities to work more closely with their professors than they would at other schools.

Read more about Biblical Studies at Piedmont International University

3

Grace College of Divinity
Fayetteville, North Carolina

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Grace College of Divinity. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Most Well Attended Bible Major in North Carolina for a Master’s list. Grace College of Divinity is a small school located in Fayetteville, North Carolina that handed out 0 masters’s Bible degrees 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. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 100%.

Full Grace College of Divinity Biblical Studies Report

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Charlotte Christian College and Theological Seminary
Charlotte, North Carolina

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Charlotte Christian College and Theological Seminary. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Most Well Attended Bible Major in North Carolina for a Master’s list. CCCTS is a private not-for-profit institution located in Charlotte, North Carolina. The school has a small population, and it awarded 14 masters’s degrees in 2020-2021.

The undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 8 to 1 is a sign that students will have more opportunities to engage with their professors one-on-one.

Read more about Biblical Studies at Charlotte Christian College and Theological Seminary

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• Most Popular Master’s Degree Colleges for Biblical Studies

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.