2023 Best Missionary Studies Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Veterans in the Southeast Region
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Ranked Colleges
36
Degrees Awarded
$21,800
Avg Cost*
Veterans have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. Our mission at College Factual is to arm you with as much information as we can to help you make that decision. Our “Most Veteran Friendly in the Southeast Region for Missionary Studies for a Doctorate” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.
In 2020-2021, 1,220 people earned their degree in missionary studies, making the major the 244th most popular in the United States. In 2019-2020, missionary studies graduates who were awarded their degree in 2017-2019, earned an average of $25,058 and had an average of $17,016 in loans still to pay off.
Across the Southeast region, there were 291 missionary studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $23,452 and $22,524 respectively.
This ranking identifies schools with high-quality missionary studies programs as well as strong veteran support.
When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the missionary studies program at the school, veteran affordability, and veteran satisfaction. See our ranking methodology to learn more.
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Since the program you select can have a significant impact on your future, we’ve developed a number of rankings, including this “Most Veteran Friendly in the Southeast Region for Missionary Studies for a Doctorate” list, to help you choose the best school for you.
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Most Veteran Friendly in the Southeast Region for Missionary Studies for a Doctorate
The colleges and universities below are the best for southeast region doctor’s degree vets studying missionary studies.
Top 1 Best Missionary Studies Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Veterans in the Southeast Region
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Columbia International University. The school came in at #1 for the Most Veteran Friendly in the Southeast Region for Missionary Studies for a Doctorate. Located in Columbia, South Carolina, this small private not-for-profit school handed out 8 degrees to qualified doctorate’s missionary studies students in 2020-2021.
As a testament to the quality of education offered at CIU, the school also landed the #1 spot in our “Best Missionary Studies Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” ranking.Our most recent data shows that 86 of the 2,098 students enrolled at CIU were GI Bill® students, of which 50 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average Post-9/11 GI Bill® award for tuition and fees at the school was $8,392. On top of their other funding sources, 3 students qualified for the Yellow Ribbon Program. CIU offers credit for military training for eligible students.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is [DEFAULT_RATE_STRING]%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
[Read full report on veteran student life at CIU]](/colleges/columbia-international-university/student-life/veterans/)
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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).
- Veteran-specific data can be found at the U.S. Department of Veteran Affairs.
- 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
- *Avg Salary and Avg 4-Year Grad Rate are for the top schools only.
- **GI Bill® student total includes all chapters of the GI Bill® program (e.g., Post-9/11, Montgomery GI Bill, Reserve Education Assistance Program, and Veteran Readiness and Employment)
- 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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