2023 Best Value Lay Ministry Schools in the Southeast Region
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Ranked Colleges
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Degrees Awarded
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Avg Net Price*
When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Best Value Lay Ministry Schools in the Southeast Region” ranking is part of that endeavor.
Lay Ministry is the 630th most popular major in the country with 504 degrees awarded in 2020-2021.
Across the Southeast region, there were 98 lay ministry graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively.
This year’s “Best Value Lay Ministry Schools in the Southeast Region” ranking looked at 2 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in lay ministry. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality lay ministry programs that also have a lower cost than 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 lay ministry program at the school. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.
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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 “Best Value Lay Ministry Schools in the Southeast Region” list, to help you choose the best school for you.
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Best Value Lay Ministry Schools in the Southeast Region
The colleges and universities below are the best for southeast region lay ministry students.
Top 2 Best Value Colleges for Lay Ministry 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 Lay Ministry Schools in the Southeast Region. Liberty University is located in Lynchburg, Virginia and, has a large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 16 ’s lay ministry degrees to qualified students.
In addition to being on our southeast region lay ministry students list, Liberty University has also earned the #1 rank in our “Best Lay Ministry Schools in the Southeast Region” ranking. The yearly cost to attend Liberty University is $29,382 for Southeast Region Lay Ministry students.
Read full report on Lay Ministry at Liberty University
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Regent University. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Best Value Lay Ministry Schools in the Southeast Region list. Regent is a fairly large private not-for-profit school situated in Virginia Beach, Virginia. It awarded 46 ’s lay ministry degrees in 2020-2021.
Regent also made our “Best Lay Ministry Schools in the Southeast Region” list, coming in at #2. The yearly cost to attend Regent is $24,888 for southeast region lay ministry students.
Read more about Lay Ministry at Regent University
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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%.
Read more about our data sources and methodologies
- *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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