by our College Data Analytics Team
Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. 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 North Carolina for a Master’s” 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 North Carolina, there were 455 divinity/ministry graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 336 divinity/ministry graduates with average earnings and debt of $56,453 and $0 respectively.
This year’s “Most Well Attended Divinity Studies Major in North Carolina for a Master’s” ranking analyzed 9 colleges that offered a degree in divinity/ministry. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have one of the most popular divinity/ministry programs in the United States.
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The following schools top our list of the Best “Most Well Attended Divinity Studies Major in North Carolina for a Master’s”.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Most Well Attended Divinity Studies Major in North Carolina for a Master’s list. SEBTS is located in Wake Forest, North Carolina and, has a small student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 228 masters’s divinity studies degrees to qualified students.
Out of the 9 schools in the Most Well Attended Divinity Studies Major in North Carolina for a Master’s that were part of this year’s ranking, Wake Forest University landed the #2 spot on the list. Wake Forest University is a medium-sized private not-for-profit school situated in Winston-Salem, North Carolina. It awarded 34 masters’s divinity studies degrees in 2020-2021.
With a freshman retention rate of 95%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students. The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 0.6%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Campbell University. The school came in at #3 for the Most Well Attended Divinity Studies Major in North Carolina for a Master’s. Campbell University is a medium-sized school located in Buies Creek, North Carolina that handed out 24 masters’s divinity studies degrees in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 3.5%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Shaw University. The school came in at #4 for the Most Well Attended Divinity Studies Major in North Carolina for a Master’s. Located in Raleigh, North Carolina, this small private not-for-profit school handed out 19 degrees to qualified masters’s divinity studies students in 2020-2021.
Out of the 9 schools in the Most Well Attended Divinity Studies Major in North Carolina for a Master’s that were part of this year’s ranking, Piedmont International University landed the #5 spot on the list. Piedmont International University is a small private not-for-profit school situated in Winston-Salem, North Carolina. It awarded 12 masters’s divinity studies degrees in 2020-2021.
The impressive undergraduate 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
Gardner - Webb University did quite well in the 2023 Most Well Attended Divinity Studies Major in North Carolina for a Master’s ranking, coming in at #6. Boiling Springs, North Carolina is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out masters’s divinity studies degrees to 9 students in 2020-2021.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 3.7% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%.
Lenoir - Rhyne University ranked #7 on this year’s Most Well Attended Divinity Studies Major in North Carolina for a Master’s list. This small school is located in Hickory, North Carolina, and it awarded 8 masters’s divinity studies degrees in 2020-2021.
Grace College of Divinity landed the #8 spot on the 2023 Most Well Attended Divinity Studies Major in North Carolina for a Master’s ranking. Fayetteville, North Carolina is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out masters’s divinity studies degrees to 2 students in 2020-2021.
The impressive undergraduate 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. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 100%.
With a ranking of #9, Duke University did quite well on the 2023 Most Well Attended Divinity Studies Major in North Carolina for a Master’s list. Duke is a fairly large private not-for-profit school situated in Durham, North Carolina. It awarded 25 masters’s divinity studies degrees in 2020-2021.
With a freshman retention rate of 97%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate 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. The low undergrad student loan default rate of 0.3% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%.
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