2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Religious Ed Major in North Carolina

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In 2020-2021, 1,417 people earned their degree in religious education, making the major the 216th most popular in the United States. In 2019-2020, religious education graduates who were awarded their degree in 2017-2019, earned an average of $30,694 and had an average of $27,203 in loans still to pay off.

Across North Carolina, there were 32 religious education graduates with average earnings and debt of $28,864 and $19,000 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 20 religious education graduates with average earnings and debt of $56,453 and $0 respectively.

This year’s “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Religious Ed Major in North Carolina” ranking analyzed 4 colleges that offered a degree in religious education. The colleges and universities that top this list are recognized because their religious education program is one of the largest majors offered at the school.

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Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Religious Ed Major in North Carolina

The following schools top our list of the Best “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Religious Ed Major in North Carolina”.

Top 4 Most Focused Master’s Degree Colleges for Religious Education in North Carolina

1

Carolina Christian College
Winston Salem, North Carolina

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Carolina Christian College. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Religious Ed Major in North Carolina list. Carolina Christian College is a small private not-for-profit school situated in Winston Salem, North Carolina. It awarded 4 masters’s religious ed degrees in 2020-2021.

Read more about Religious Education at Carolina Christian College

2

Shaw University
Raleigh, North Carolina

Out of the 4 schools in the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Religious Ed Major in North Carolina that were part of this year’s ranking, Shaw University landed the #2 spot on the list. This small school is located in Raleigh, North Carolina, and it awarded 6 masters’s religious ed degrees in 2020-2021.

Full Shaw University Religious Education Report

3

Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary
Wake Forest, North Carolina

Out of the 4 schools in the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Religious Ed Major in North Carolina that were part of this year’s ranking, Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary landed the #3 spot on the list. Located in Wake Forest, North Carolina, this small private not-for-profit school handed out 10 diplomas to qualified masters’s religious ed students in 2020-2021.

Full SEBTS Religious Education Report

4

Piedmont International University
Winston-Salem, North Carolina

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Piedmont International University. The school came in at #4 for the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Religious Ed Major in North Carolina. Piedmont International University is a small private not-for-profit school situated in Winston-Salem, North Carolina. It awarded 0 masters’s religious ed degrees in 2020-2021.

With a undergrad student-to-faculty ratio of 10 to 1, it’s easy to see that the school is committed to helping their undergraduates succeed.

Read more about Religious Education at Piedmont International 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

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.

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