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2022 Best Value Divinity Studies Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region For Those Making $0-$30k

7 Ranked Colleges
318 Degrees Awarded
$16,900 Avg Net Price*
Best Value Divinity Studies Schools for a Bachelor's in the Southeast Region For Those Making $0-$30k

It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. At College Factual, we’re committed to helping you make that decision by providing information such as that found in our “Best Value Divinity Studies Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking.

Divinity/Ministry is the 115th most popular major in the country with 6,905 degrees awarded in 2019-2020.

Across the Southeast region, there were 2,998 divinity/ministry graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 318 divinity/ministry graduates with average earnings and debt of $36,277 and $25,415 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value Divinity Studies Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking, we looked at 7 colleges that offer a degree in divinity/ministry. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great divinity/ministry programs and cost less that schools of similar quality.

When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the divinity/ministry program at the school and the cost to attend the school once aid has been awarded. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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Best Value Divinity Studies Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region For Those Making $0-$30k

The colleges and universities below are the best for southeast region bachelor’s degree divinity studies students whose families make $0-$30k.

Top 7 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Divinity/Ministry (Income $0-$30k) in the Southeast Region

#1

Trevecca Nazarene University

Nashville, Tennessee
#1 in overall quality

Out of the 7 schools in the Best Value Divinity Studies Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region For Those Making $0-$30k that were part of this year’s ranking, Trevecca Nazarene University landed the #1 spot on the list. Trevecca Nazarene University is a private not-for-profit institution located in Nashville, Tennessee. The school has a small population, and it awarded 6 bachelors’s degrees in 2019-2020.

TNU not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #1 on our “Best Divinity/Ministry Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” list. The yearly cost to attend Trevecca Nazarene University is $15,228 for Southeast Region Bachelor’s Degree Divinity Studies students whose families make $0-$30k.

Read full report on Divinity/Ministry at TNU

#2

Johnson University

Knoxville, Tennessee
#3 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Johnson University. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Divinity Studies Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region For Those Making $0-$30k list. Knoxville, Tennessee is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out bachelors’s divinity studies degrees to 36 students in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Johnson University, the school also landed the #3 spot in our “Best Divinity/Ministry Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” ranking. The yearly cost to attend Johnson University is $13,968 for Southeast Region Bachelor’s Degree Divinity Studies students whose families make $0-$30k.

With a student-to-faculty ratio of 8 to 1, it’s easy to see that the school is committed to helping their undergraduates succeed.

Full Johnson University Divinity/Ministry Report

#3

Harding University

Searcy, Arkansas
#2 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Harding University. The school came in at #3 for the Best Value Divinity Studies Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region For Those Making $0-$30k. Harding University is located in Searcy, Arkansas and, has a small student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 1 bachelors’s divinity studies degrees to qualified students.

Harding did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our “Best Divinity/Ministry Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” list. It costs about $13,930 for Southeast Region Bachelor’s Degree Divinity Studies students whose families make $0-$30k per year to attend Harding.

The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 87%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. The student loan default rate at the school is 4.5%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.

Read full report on Divinity/Ministry at Harding University

#4

Johnson University Florida

Kissimmee, Florida
#5 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Johnson University Florida. It ranked #4 on our 2022 Best Value Divinity Studies Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region For Those Making $0-$30k list. Johnson University Florida is a small private not-for-profit school situated in Kissimmee, Florida. It awarded 6 bachelors’s divinity studies degrees in 2019-2020.

JUFL also made our “Best Divinity/Ministry Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” list, coming in at #5. It costs about $16,962 for Southeast Region Bachelor’s Degree Divinity Studies students whose families make $0-$30k per year to attend JUFL.

The impressive student-to-faculty ratio of 8 to 1 means that students may have more opportunities to work more closely with their professors than they would at other schools.

Read more about Divinity/Ministry at JUFL

#5

Piedmont International University

Winston-Salem, North Carolina
#7 in overall quality

Out of the 7 schools in the Best Value Divinity Studies Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region For Those Making $0-$30k that were part of this year’s ranking, Piedmont International University landed the #5 spot on the list. Piedmont International University is a small school located in Winston-Salem, North Carolina that handed out 15 bachelors’s divinity studies degrees in 2019-2020.

Piedmont International University also made our “Best Divinity/Ministry Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” list, coming in at #7. The yearly cost to attend Piedmont International University is $13,036 for southeast region bachelor’s degree divinity studies students whose families make $0-$30k.

The impressive student-to-faculty ratio of 10 to 1 means that students may have more opportunities to work more closely with their professors than they would at other schools.

Read more about Divinity/Ministry at Piedmont International University

#6

Toccoa Falls College

Toccoa Falls, Georgia
#6 in overall quality

With a ranking of #6, Toccoa Falls College did quite well on the 2022 Best Value Divinity Studies Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region For Those Making $0-$30k list. Toccoa Falls College is a small school located in Toccoa Falls, Georgia that handed out 6 bachelors’s divinity studies degrees in 2019-2020.

Toccoa Falls not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #6 on our “Best Divinity/Ministry Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” list. The yearly cost to attend Toccoa Falls College is $21,323 for Southeast Region Bachelor’s Degree Divinity Studies students whose families make $0-$30k.

Full Toccoa Falls Divinity/Ministry Report

#7

Southeastern University

Lakeland, Florida
#4 in overall quality

Southeastern University did quite well in the 2022 Best Value Divinity Studies Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region For Those Making $0-$30k ranking, coming in at #7. Located in Lakeland, Florida, this medium-sized private not-for-profit school awarded 187 degrees to qualified bachelors’s divinity studies students in 2019-2020.

SEU also took the #4 spot in our “Best Divinity/Ministry Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” ranking. It costs about $23,737 for Southeast Region Bachelor’s Degree Divinity Studies students whose families make $0-$30k per year to attend Southeastern University.

Full SEU Divinity/Ministry 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

  • *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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