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2022 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Religious Education in the Southeast Region (With Aid)

7 Ranked Colleges
64 Degrees Awarded
$18,200 Avg Net Price*
Best Value Religious Ed Schools for a Bachelor's in the Southeast Region For Those Getting Aid

When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. One of our goals at College Factual is to give you as much information as we can - such as our “Best Value Religious Ed Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region For Those Getting Aid” ranking - to help you make that decision.

In 2019-2020, 1,336 people earned their degree in religious education, making the major the 215th most popular in the United States. In 2017-2018, religious education graduates who were awarded their degree in 2015-2017, earned an average of $28,663 and had an average of $31,603 in loans still to pay off.

Across the Southeast region, there were 247 religious education graduates with average earnings and debt of $32,750 and $31,162 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 64 religious education graduates with average earnings and debt of $36,277 and $25,415 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value Religious Ed Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region For Those Getting Aid” ranking, we looked at 7 colleges that offer a degree in religious education. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality religious education programs that also have a lower cost than schools of similar quality.

When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the religious education program at the school and the cost to attend the school once aid has been awarded. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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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 Ed Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region For Those Getting Aid” list to help you make the college decision.

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Best Value Religious Ed Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region For Those Getting Aid

The colleges and universities below are the best for southeast region bachelor’s degree religious ed students with aid.

Top 8 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Religious Education in the Southeast Region (With Aid)

#1

The Baptist College of Florida

Graceville, Florida
#5 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend The Baptist College of Florida. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value Religious Ed Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region For Those Getting Aid. Graceville, Florida is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out bachelors’s religious ed degrees to 3 students in 2019-2020.

BCF not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #5 on our “Best Religious Education Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” list. It costs about $10,288 for southeast region bachelor’s degree religious ed students with aid per year to attend BCF.

Since the school has a student-to-faculty ratio of 8 to 1, those pursuing a degree will have more opportunities to interact with their professors.

Read more about Religious Education at The Baptist College of Florida

#2

Lee University

Cleveland, Tennessee
#2 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Lee University. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Religious Ed Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region For Those Getting Aid list. Lee University is located in Cleveland, Tennessee and, has a medium-sized student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 6 bachelors’s religious ed degrees to qualified students.

Lee University also took the #2 spot in our “Best Religious Education Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” ranking. The yearly cost to attend Lee University is $17,696 for Southeast Region Bachelor’s Degree Religious Ed students with aid.

Read more about Religious Education at Lee University

#3

Columbia International University

Columbia, South Carolina
#3 in overall quality

Out of the 7 schools in the Best Value Religious Ed Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region For Those Getting Aid that were part of this year’s ranking, Columbia International University landed the #3 spot on the list. Columbia International University is a private not-for-profit institution located in Columbia, South Carolina. The school has a small population, and it awarded 5 bachelors’s degrees in 2019-2020.

CIU also took the #3 spot in our “Best Religious Education Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” ranking. The yearly cost to attend Columbia International University is $18,004 for Southeast Region Bachelor’s Degree Religious Ed students with aid.

Read full report on Religious Education at CIU

Out of the 7 schools in the Best Value Religious Ed Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region For Those Getting Aid that were part of this year’s ranking, Trinity International University - Florida landed the #3 spot on the list. Trinity International University - Florida is a small school located in Miramar, Florida that handed out 6 bachelors’s religious ed degrees in 2019-2020.

Trinity International University - Florida not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #4 on our “Best Religious Education Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” list. It costs about $16,383 for Southeast Region Bachelor’s Degree Religious Ed students with aid per year to attend Trinity International University - Florida.

The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 100%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. The impressive student-to-faculty ratio of 4 to 1 means that students may have more opportunities to work more closely with their professors than they would at other schools.

Read more about Religious Education at Trinity International University - Florida

#4

Lindsey Wilson College

Columbia, Kentucky

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Lindsey Wilson College. It ranked #4 on our 2022 Best Value Religious Ed Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region For Those Getting Aid list. Lindsey Wilson College is a small school located in Columbia, Kentucky that handed out 8 bachelors’s religious ed degrees in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our southeast region bachelor’s degree religious ed students with aid list, Lindsey Wilson College has also earned the #8 rank in our “Best Religious Education Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for Lindsey Wilson College is $15,435 for southeast region bachelor’s degree religious ed students with aid.

Read more about Religious Education at Lindsey Wilson College

#5

Asbury University

Wilmore, Kentucky
#1 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Asbury University. It ranked #5 on our 2022 Best Value Religious Ed Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region For Those Getting Aid list. Asbury is a small private not-for-profit school situated in Wilmore, Kentucky. It awarded 1 bachelors’s religious ed degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Asbury, the school also landed the #1 spot in our “Best Religious Education Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” ranking. The yearly cost to attend Asbury is $27,631 for Southeast Region Bachelor’s Degree Religious Ed students with aid.

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#6

Campbellsville University

Campbellsville, Kentucky
#7 in overall quality

Campbellsville University came in at #6 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Religious Ed Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region For Those Getting Aid ranking. Located in Campbellsville, Kentucky, this fairly large private not-for-profit school handed out 1 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s religious ed students in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our southeast region bachelor’s degree religious ed students with aid list, Campbellsville University has also earned the #7 rank in our “Best Religious Education Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” ranking. The yearly cost to attend Campbellsville University is $17,689 for Southeast Region Bachelor’s Degree Religious Ed students with aid.

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#7

Toccoa Falls College

Toccoa Falls, Georgia

Toccoa Falls College ranked #7 on this year’s Best Value Religious Ed Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region For Those Getting Aid list. This small school is located in Toccoa Falls, Georgia, and it awarded 6 bachelors’s religious ed degrees in 2019-2020.

Toccoa Falls also made our “Best Religious Education Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” list, coming in at #6. The yearly cost to attend Toccoa Falls College is $22,433 for southeast region bachelor’s degree religious ed students with aid.

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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

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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