2022 Best Value Religious Vocations Schools for a Master’s in the Southeast Region

When pursuing a degree in today’s world, students have many different options to choose from. College Factual has developed its “Best Value Religious Vocations Schools for a Master’s in the Southeast Region” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.

In 2019-2020, 1,274 people earned their degree in theology and religious vocations (other), making the major the 221st most popular in the United States. In 2017-2018, theology and religious vocations (other) graduates who were awarded their degree in 2015-2017, earned an average of $40,430 and had an average of $40,848 in loans still to pay off.

Across the Southeast region, there were 154 theology and religious vocations (other) graduates with average earnings and debt of $31,500 and $33,450 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 45 theology and religious vocations (other) graduates with average earnings and debt of $53,950 and $43,286 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Religious Vocations Schools for a Master’s in the Southeast Region” ranking looked at 5 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in theology and religious vocations (other). Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent theology and religious vocations (other) programs, but they also cost less that schools of similar quality.

When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the theology and religious vocations (other) program at the school and the cost to attend the school once aid has been awarded. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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When choosing the right school for you, it’s important to arm yourself with all the facts you can. To that end, we’ve created a number of major-specific rankings, including this “Best Value Religious Vocations Schools for a Master’s in the Southeast Region” list to help you make the college decision.

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Best Value Religious Vocations Schools for a Master’s in the Southeast Region

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Religious Vocations Schools for a Master’s in the Southeast Region.

Top 5 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Theology & Religious Vocations (Other) in the Southeast Region

#1

Columbia International University

Columbia, South Carolina

#2 in overall quality

$10,640 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Columbia International University. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Religious Vocations Schools for a Master’s in the Southeast Region list. Located in Columbia, South Carolina, this small private not-for-profit school handed out 12 diplomas to qualified masters’s religious vocations students in 2019-2020.

CIU also took the #2 spot in our “Best Theology & Religious Vocations (Other) Master’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at CIU are $10,640, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read full report on Theology & Religious Vocations (Other) at CIU

#2

Union University

Jackson, Tennessee

#3 in overall quality

$10,671 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

$46,478 Average Early-Career Earnings

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Union University. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Religious Vocations Schools for a Master’s in the Southeast Region list. Union University is located in Jackson, Tennessee and, has a small student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 20 masters’s religious vocations degrees to qualified students.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Union, the school also landed the #3 spot in our “Best Theology & Religious Vocations (Other) Master’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” ranking. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at Union University are $10,671.

Read more about Theology & Religious Vocations (Other) at Union

#3

Point University

West Point, Georgia

#4 in overall quality

$16,700 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Point University. It ranked #3 on our 2022 Best Value Religious Vocations Schools for a Master’s in the Southeast Region list. West Point, Georgia is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out masters’s religious vocations degrees to 11 students in 2019-2020.

Point did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #4 on our “Best Theology & Religious Vocations (Other) Master’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at Point University are $16,700, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Full Point University Theology & Religious Vocations (Other) Report

#4

Piedmont International University

Winston-Salem, North Carolina

#5 in overall quality

$8,230 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 5 schools in the Best Value Religious Vocations Schools for a Master’s in the Southeast Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Piedmont International University landed the #4 spot on the list. This small school is located in Winston-Salem, North Carolina, and it awarded 1 masters’s religious vocations degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Piedmont International University, the school also landed the #5 spot in our “Best Theology & Religious Vocations (Other) Master’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Piedmont International University are $8,230, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read full report on Theology & Religious Vocations (Other) at Piedmont International University

#5

Emory University

Atlanta, Georgia

#1 in overall quality

$44,676 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Emory University. It ranked #5 on our 2022 Best Value Religious Vocations Schools for a Master’s in the Southeast Region list. Atlanta, Georgia is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out masters’s religious vocations degrees to 1 students in 2019-2020.

Emory also took the #1 spot in our “Best Theology & Religious Vocations (Other) Master’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.

Full Emory Theology & Religious Vocations (Other) Report

• Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Theology & Religious Vocations (Other)

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

• *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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