by our College Data Analytics Team
Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. College Factual has developed its “Most Well Attended Lay Ministry Major in the Southeast Region for a Bachelor’s” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.
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 bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 73 lay ministry graduates with average earnings and debt of $37,400 and $27,180 respectively.
This year’s “Most Well Attended Lay Ministry Major in the Southeast Region for a Bachelor’s” ranking analyzed 9 colleges that offered a degree in lay ministry. To top this list, a school must have a successful lay ministry program that graduates more students in the field than other colleges that offer the same major.
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The following schools top our list of the Best “Most Well Attended Lay Ministry Major in the Southeast Region for a Bachelor’s”.
Out of the 9 schools in the Most Well Attended Lay Ministry Major in the Southeast Region for a Bachelor’s that were part of this year’s ranking, Regent University landed the #1 spot on the list. Regent is a fairly large private not-for-profit school situated in Virginia Beach, Virginia. It awarded 46 bachelors’s lay ministry degrees in 2020-2021.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Liberty University. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Most Well Attended Lay Ministry Major in the Southeast Region for a Bachelor’s list. Liberty University is a large school located in Lynchburg, Virginia that handed out 16 bachelors’s lay ministry degrees in 2020-2021.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Oakwood University. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Most Well Attended Lay Ministry Major in the Southeast Region for a Bachelor’s list. Located in Huntsville, Alabama, this small private not-for-profit school handed out 8 degrees to qualified bachelors’s lay ministry students 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.
Out of the 9 schools in the Most Well Attended Lay Ministry Major in the Southeast Region for a Bachelor’s that were part of this year’s ranking, Trevecca Nazarene University landed the #4 spot on the list. Trevecca Nazarene University is a small school located in Nashville, Tennessee that handed out 2 bachelors’s lay ministry degrees in 2020-2021.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Samford University. It ranked #5 on our 2023 Most Well Attended Lay Ministry Major in the Southeast Region for a Bachelor’s list. Samford is located in Birmingham, Alabama and, has a medium-sized student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 1 bachelors’s lay ministry degrees to qualified students.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 2.0%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 87%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.
South Florida Bible College and Theological Seminary did quite well in the 2023 Most Well Attended Lay Ministry Major in the Southeast Region for a Bachelor’s ranking, coming in at #6. South Florida Bible College and Theological Seminary is a private not-for-profit institution located in Deerfield Beach, Florida. The school has a small population, and it awarded 1 bachelors’s degrees in 2020-2021.
The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 100%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.
Full South Florida Bible College and Theological Seminary Lay Ministry Report
Visible Music College did quite well in the 2023 Most Well Attended Lay Ministry Major in the Southeast Region for a Bachelor’s ranking, coming in at #6. Visible Music College is a private not-for-profit institution located in Memphis, Tennessee. The school has a small population, and it awarded 21 bachelors’s degrees in 2020-2021.
With a freshman retention rate of 90%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students. Since the school has a undergrad student-to-faculty ratio of 6 to 1, those pursuing a degree will have more opportunities to interact with their professors.
With a ranking of #6, Huntingdon College did quite well on the 2023 Most Well Attended Lay Ministry Major in the Southeast Region for a Bachelor’s list. Huntingdon College is located in Montgomery, Alabama and, has a small student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 0 bachelors’s lay ministry degrees to qualified students.
With a ranking of #6, Johnson University did quite well on the 2023 Most Well Attended Lay Ministry Major in the Southeast Region for a Bachelor’s list. Located in Knoxville, Tennessee, this small private not-for-profit school handed out 0 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s lay ministry students in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 3.5%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. 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.
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