2022 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Religious Education in the Southeast Region

It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. Our mission at College Factual is to arm you with as much information as we can to help you make that decision. Our “Best Value Religious Ed Schools for a Doctorate in the Southeast Region” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.

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 doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 47 religious education graduates with average earnings and debt of $71,978 and $116,300 respectively.

The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great religious education programs and cost less that 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 religious education program at the school. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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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 Religious Ed Schools for a Doctorate in the Southeast Region” list, to help you choose the best school for you.

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Best Value Religious Ed Schools for a Doctorate in the Southeast Region

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

Top 2 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Religious Education in the Southeast Region

#1

Liberty University

Lynchburg, Virginia

#1 in overall quality

$8,349 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Liberty University. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Religious Ed Schools for a Doctorate in the Southeast Region list. Lynchburg, Virginia is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out doctorate’s religious ed degrees to 11 students in 2019-2020.

Liberty University also made our “Best Religious Education Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” list, coming in at #1. Average graduate tuition and fees at Liberty University are $8,349, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read more about Religious Education at Liberty University

#1

Columbia Theological Seminary

Decatur, Georgia

#1 in overall quality

$15,770 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 1 schools in the Best Value Religious Ed Schools for a Doctorate in the Southeast Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Columbia Theological Seminary landed the #1 spot on the list. Columbia Theological Seminary is a private not-for-profit institution located in Decatur, Georgia. The school has a small population, and it awarded 5 doctorate’s degrees in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our southeast region doctor’s degree religious ed students list, Columbia Theological Seminary has also earned the #1 rank in our “Best Religious Education Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Columbia Theological Seminary are $15,770, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Read more about Religious Education at Columbia Theological Seminary

• Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Religious Education

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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