2023 Best Divinity/Ministry Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Veterans in Kentucky
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When pursuing a degree in today’s world, veterans 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 Veteran Friendly in Kentucky for Divinity Studies 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 Kentucky, there were 451 divinity/ministry graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively.
The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great divinity/ministry programs and a strong support system for veterans and active service members.
When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the divinity/ministry program at the school, veteran affordability, and veteran satisfaction. See our ranking methodology to learn more.
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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 Veteran Friendly in Kentucky for Divinity Studies for a Doctorate” list to help you make the college decision.
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Most Veteran Friendly in Kentucky for Divinity Studies for a Doctorate
The following schools top our list of the Best “Most Veteran Friendly in Kentucky for Divinity Studies for a Doctorate”.
Top 1 Best Divinity/Ministry Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Veterans in Kentucky
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Asbury Theological Seminary. The school came in at #1 for the Most Veteran Friendly in Kentucky for Divinity Studies for a Doctorate. Located in Wilmore, Kentucky, this small private not-for-profit school handed out 42 diplomas to qualified doctorate’s divinity studies students in 2020-2021.
As a testament to the quality of education offered at Asbury Seminary, the school also landed the #1 spot in our “Best Divinity/Ministry Doctor’s Degree Schools in Kentucky” ranking.According to our most recent data, Asbury Seminary supports 1,755 students, and 10 of those are GI Bill® students, of which 8 are Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average Post-9/11 GI Bill® award for tuition and fees at the school was $5,996. To help with additional expenses, 0 students qualified for the Yellow Ribbon Program.
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%. With a undergrad student-to-faculty ratio of to 1, it’s easy to see that the school is committed to helping their undergraduates succeed.
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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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