2022 Best Value Divinity Studies Schools for an Associate in the Southeast Region

It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. College Factual has developed its “Best Value Divinity Studies Schools for an Associate in the Southeast Region” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.

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 associate degree level specifically, there were 167 divinity/ministry graduates with average earnings and debt of $31,631 and $18,547 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value Divinity Studies Schools for an Associate in the Southeast Region” ranking, we looked at 3 colleges that offer a degree in divinity/ministry. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent divinity/ministry programs, but they also cost less that schools of similar quality.

To come up with these rankings, we looked at factors such as the cost to attend the school after aid is awarded and overall quality of the divinity/ministry program at the school. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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The divinity studies school you choose to invest your time and money in matters. To help you make the decision that is right for you, we’ve developed a number of major-specific rankings, including this list of “Best Value Divinity Studies Schools for an Associate in the Southeast Region”.

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Best Value Divinity Studies Schools for an Associate in the Southeast Region

The colleges and universities below are the best for southeast region associate degree divinity studies students.

Top 3 Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Divinity/Ministry in the Southeast Region

#1

Johnson University

Knoxville, Tennessee

#2 in overall quality

$18,915 Average Net Price

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Johnson University. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value Divinity Studies Schools for an Associate in the Southeast Region. Johnson University is located in Knoxville, Tennessee and, has a small student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 4 associates’s divinity studies degrees to qualified students.

Johnson University also made our “Best Divinity/Ministry Associate Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” list, coming in at #2. The estimated yearly cost for Johnson University is $18,915 for southeast region associate degree divinity studies students.

The student-to-faculty ratio of 8 to 1 is a sign that students will have more opportunities to engage with their professors one-on-one.

Full Johnson University Divinity/Ministry Report

#2

Southeastern University

Lakeland, Florida

#1 in overall quality

$24,909 Average Net Price

Out of the 3 schools in the Best Value Divinity Studies Schools for an Associate in the Southeast Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Southeastern University landed the #2 spot on the list. SEU is a medium-sized school located in Lakeland, Florida that handed out 158 associates’s divinity studies degrees in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our southeast region associate degree divinity studies students list, SEU has also earned the #1 rank in our “Best Divinity/Ministry Associate Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for Southeastern University is $24,909 for Southeast Region Associate Degree Divinity Studies students.

Read full report on Divinity/Ministry at Southeastern University

#3

Piedmont International University

Winston-Salem, North Carolina

#3 in overall quality

$14,461 Average Net Price

Out of the 3 schools in the Best Value Divinity Studies Schools for an Associate in the Southeast Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Piedmont International University landed the #3 spot on the list. Winston-Salem, North Carolina is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out associates’s divinity studies degrees to 2 students in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our southeast region associate degree divinity studies students list, Piedmont International University has also earned the #3 rank in our “Best Divinity/Ministry Associate Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for Piedmont International University is $14,461 for southeast region associate degree divinity studies students.

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

• Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Divinity/Ministry

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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