2023 Most Well Attended Religious Ed Major in the Southeast Region for an Associate

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 Religious Ed Major in the Southeast Region for an Associate” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.

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 the Southeast region, there were 281 religious education graduates with average earnings and debt of $32,488 and $25,578 respectively. At the associate degree level specifically, there were 13 religious education graduates with average earnings and debt of $34,328 and $20,384 respectively.

This year’s “Most Well Attended Religious Ed Major in the Southeast Region for an Associate” ranking analyzed 5 colleges that offered a degree in religious education. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have one of the most popular religious education programs in the United States.

Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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Most Well Attended Religious Ed Major in the Southeast Region for an Associate

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

Top 5 Most Popular Associate Degree Colleges for Religious Education in the Southeast Region

1

W L Bonner College
Columbia, South Carolina

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend W L Bonner College. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Most Well Attended Religious Ed Major in the Southeast Region for an Associate list. Located in Columbia, South Carolina, this small private not-for-profit school awarded 3 degrees to qualified associates’s religious ed students in 2020-2021.

Full W L Bonner College Religious Education Report

2

Carolina College of Biblical Studies
Fayetteville, North Carolina

Out of the 5 schools in the Most Well Attended Religious Ed Major in the Southeast Region for an Associate that were part of this year’s ranking, Carolina College of Biblical Studies landed the #2 spot on the list. Carolina College of Biblical Studies is located in Fayetteville, North Carolina and, has a small student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 2 associates’s religious ed degrees to qualified 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.

Read full report on Religious Education at Carolina College of Biblical Studies

2

University of the Cumberlands
Williamsburg, Kentucky

Top 20% overall quality in Southeast

Out of the 5 schools in the Most Well Attended Religious Ed Major in the Southeast Region for an Associate that were part of this year’s ranking, University of the Cumberlands landed the #2 spot on the list. Williamsburg, Kentucky is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out associates’s religious ed degrees to 2 students in 2020-2021.

Full University of the Cumberlands Religious Education Report

4

Huntsville Bible College
Huntsville, Alabama

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Huntsville Bible College. The school came in at #4 for the Most Well Attended Religious Ed Major in the Southeast Region for an Associate. Huntsville Bible College is a small school located in Huntsville, Alabama that handed out 0 associates’s religious ed degrees in 2020-2021.

Read more about Religious Education at Huntsville Bible College

4

New Orleans Baptist Theological Seminary
New Orleans, Louisiana

Out of the 5 schools in the Most Well Attended Religious Ed Major in the Southeast Region for an Associate that were part of this year’s ranking, New Orleans Baptist Theological Seminary landed the #4 spot on the list. NOBTS is a small school located in New Orleans, Louisiana that handed out 54 associates’s religious ed degrees in 2020-2021.

Read more about Religious Education at New Orleans Baptist Theological Seminary

• Most Popular Associate 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

• *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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