by our College Data Analytics Team
When pursuing a degree in today’s world, students have many different options to choose from. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Most Well Attended Divinity Studies Major in Virginia for a Doctorate” ranking is part of that endeavor.
Divinity/Ministry is the 113th most popular major in the country with 7,238 degrees awarded in 2020-2021.
Across Virginia, there were 852 divinity/ministry graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 94 divinity/ministry graduates with average earnings and debt of $75,633 and $0 respectively.
For this year’s “Most Well Attended Divinity Studies Major in Virginia for a Doctorate” ranking, we looked at 2 colleges that offer a degree in divinity/ministry. This ranking identifies schools that graduate the most students in divinity/ministry.
Check out our ranking methodology for more information.
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 “Most Well Attended Divinity Studies Major in Virginia for a Doctorate” list to help you make the college decision.
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The following schools top our list of the Best “Most Well Attended Divinity Studies Major in Virginia for a Doctorate”.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Regent University. The school came in at #1 for the Most Well Attended Divinity Studies Major in Virginia for a Doctorate. Regent is a fairly large school located in Virginia Beach, Virginia that handed out 94 doctorate’s divinity studies degrees in 2020-2021.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Union Presbyterian Seminary. The school came in at #2 for the Most Well Attended Divinity Studies Major in Virginia for a Doctorate. Located in Richmond, Virginia, this small private not-for-profit school handed out 27 degrees to qualified doctorate’s divinity studies students in 2020-2021.
The undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of to 1 is a sign that students will have more opportunities to engage with their professors one-on-one. The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 2.2%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
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