2023 Most Veteran Friendly in Georgia for Relgious Ed
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Ranked Colleges
15
Degrees Awarded
$34,000
Avg Cost*
It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for veterans. One of our goals at College Factual is to give you as much information as we can - such as our “Most Veteran Friendly in Georgia for Relgious Ed” ranking - to help you make that decision.
Religious Education is the 358th most popular major in the country with 1,417 degrees awarded in 2020-2021.
Across Georgia, there were 15 religious education graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively.
For this year’s “Most Veteran Friendly in Georgia for Relgious Ed” ranking, we looked at 2 colleges that offer a degree in religious education. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality religious education programs as well as strong veteran support.
Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the religious education program at the school, veteran affordability, and veteran population. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.
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Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we’ve developed the “Most Veteran Friendly in Georgia for Relgious Ed” ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.
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Most Veteran Friendly in Georgia for Relgious Ed
The following schools top our list of the Best “Most Veteran Friendly in Georgia for Relgious Ed”.
Top 2 Best Religious Education Colleges for Veterans in Georgia
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Emory University. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Most Veteran Friendly in Georgia for Relgious Ed list. Emory University is a fairly large private not-for-profit school situated in Atlanta, Georgia. It awarded 2 ’s relgious ed degrees in 2020-2021.
Emory also made our “[COLLEGE_QUALITY_NAME_ALL_LEVELS]” list, coming in at #[COLLEGE_QUALITY_RANK_ALL_LEVELS].Our most recent data shows that 1 of the 13,997 students enrolled at Emory were GI Bill® students, of which 0 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average Post-9/11 GI Bill® award for tuition and fees at the school was $0. During this same period, 0 students received funds through the Yellow Ribbon Program.
The impressive undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 9 to 1 means that students may have more opportunities to work more closely with their professors than they would at other schools. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 93%. The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only [DEFAULT_RATE_STRING]%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
[Read full report on veteran student life at Emory University]](/colleges/emory-university/student-life/veterans/)
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 Most Veteran Friendly in Georgia for Relgious Ed. Located in Decatur, Georgia, this small private not-for-profit school handed out 2 degrees to qualified ’s relgious ed students in 2020-2021.
Columbia Theological Seminary did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #[COLLEGE_QUALITY_RANK_ALL_LEVELS] on our “[COLLEGE_QUALITY_NAME_ALL_LEVELS]” list.Of the 201 students enrolled at Columbia Theological Seminary, 4 were GI Bill® students, according to our most recent data. Out of that number, 3 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average Post-9/11 GI Bill® award for tuition and fees at the school was $6,657. To help with additional expenses, 0 students qualified for the Yellow Ribbon Program.
The impressive undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of to 1 means that students may have more opportunities to work more closely with their professors than they would at other schools.
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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).
- Veteran-specific data can be found at the U.S. Department of Veteran Affairs.
- 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
- *Avg Salary and Avg 4-Year Grad Rate are for the top schools only.
- **GI Bill® student total includes all chapters of the GI Bill® program (e.g., Post-9/11, Montgomery GI Bill, Reserve Education Assistance Program, and Veteran Readiness and Employment)
- 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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