2023 Most Focused Colleges for Religious Education in Georgia

When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. College Factual has developed its “Schools Highly Focused on Religious Ed Major in Georgia” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.

Religious Education is the 216th most popular major in the country with 1,417 degrees awarded in 2020-2021. 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 Georgia, there were 15 religious education graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively.

This year’s “Schools Highly Focused on Religious Ed Major in Georgia” ranking analyzed 3 colleges that offered a degree in religious education. That schools that top this list have a program in religious education in which the largest percentage of students at the school are enrolled.

See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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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 “Schools Highly Focused on Religious Ed Major in Georgia” list to help you make the college decision.

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Schools Highly Focused on Religious Ed Major in Georgia

The colleges and universities below are the best for georgia religious ed students.

Top 3 Most Focused Colleges for Religious Education in Georgia

1

Toccoa Falls College
Toccoa Falls, Georgia

$23,616 Average Early-Career Earnings

$25,625 Average Student Debt

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Toccoa Falls College. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Schools Highly Focused on Religious Ed Major in Georgia list. This small school is located in Toccoa Falls, Georgia, and it awarded 11 ’s religious ed degrees in 2020-2021.

Read full report on Religious Education at Toccoa Falls College

2

Columbia Theological Seminary
Decatur, Georgia

$32,332 Average Early-Career Earnings

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Columbia Theological Seminary. The school came in at #2 for the Schools Highly Focused on Religious Ed Major in Georgia. Decatur, Georgia is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out ’s religious ed degrees to 2 students in 2020-2021.

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

Read more about Religious Education at Columbia Theological Seminary

3

Emory University
Atlanta, Georgia

#2 overall quality in Georgia

$56,204 Average Early-Career Earnings

$20,616 Average Student Debt

Out of the 3 schools in the Schools Highly Focused on Religious Ed Major in Georgia that were part of this year’s ranking, Emory University landed the #3 spot on the list. Atlanta, Georgia is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out ’s religious ed degrees to 2 students in 2020-2021.

Since the school has a undergrad student-to-faculty ratio of 9 to 1, those pursuing a degree will have more opportunities to interact with their professors. The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 1.4%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 93%.

Full Emory Religious Education Report

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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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