2023 Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Lay Ministry Major in the Southeast Region

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In 2020-2021, 504 people earned their degree in lay ministry, making the major the 630th most popular in the United States.

Across the Southeast region, there were 98 lay ministry graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the associate degree level specifically, there were 2 lay ministry graduates with average earnings and debt of $34,328 and $20,384 respectively.

This year’s “Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Lay Ministry Major in the Southeast Region” ranking looked at 2 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in lay ministry. This a ranking of the schools where the largest percentage of students has enrolled in lay ministry.

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Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Lay Ministry Major in the Southeast Region

The colleges and universities below are the best for southeast region associate degree lay ministry students.

Top 2 Most Focused Associate Degree Colleges for Lay Ministry in the Southeast Region

1

Southeastern Free Will Baptist Bible College
Wendell, North Carolina

Out of the 2 schools in the Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Lay Ministry Major in the Southeast Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Southeastern Free Will Baptist Bible College landed the #1 spot on the list. Located in Wendell, North Carolina, this small private not-for-profit school awarded 1 diplomas to qualified associates’s lay ministry students in 2020-2021.

Full Southeastern Free Will Baptist Bible College Lay Ministry Report

2

South Florida Bible College and Theological Seminary
Deerfield Beach, Florida

Out of the 2 schools in the Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Lay Ministry Major in the Southeast Region that were part of this year’s ranking, South Florida Bible College and Theological Seminary landed the #2 spot on the list. This small school is located in Deerfield Beach, Florida, and it awarded 1 associates’s lay ministry degrees in 2020-2021.

With a freshman retention rate of 100%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students.

Full South Florida Bible College Lay Ministry Report

• Most Focused Associate Degree Colleges for Lay Ministry

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.