2023 Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Pre-Theology/Pre-Ministerial Studies Major in the Southeast Region

It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Pre-Theology/Pre-Ministerial Studies Major in the Southeast Region” ranking is part of that endeavor.

Pre-Theology/Pre-Ministerial Studies is the 808th most popular major in the country with 251 degrees awarded in 2020-2021.

Across the Southeast region, there were 98 pre-theology/pre-ministerial studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the associate degree level specifically, there were 10 pre-theology/pre-ministerial studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $34,328 and $20,384 respectively.

This year’s “Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Pre-Theology/Pre-Ministerial Studies Major in the Southeast Region” ranking analyzed 3 colleges that offered a degree in pre-theology/pre-ministerial studies. The colleges and universities that top this list are recognized because their pre-theology/pre-ministerial studies program is one of the largest majors offered at the school.

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Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Pre-Theology/Pre-Ministerial Studies Major in the Southeast Region

The following schools top our list of the Best “Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Pre-Theology/Pre-Ministerial Studies Major in the Southeast Region”.

Top 3 Most Focused Associate Degree Colleges for Pre-Theology/Pre-Ministerial Studies in the Southeast Region

1

Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary
Wake Forest, North Carolina

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Pre-Theology/Pre-Ministerial Studies Major in the Southeast Region list. Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary is a small school located in Wake Forest, North Carolina that handed out 9 associates’s pre-theology/pre-ministerial studies degrees in 2020-2021.

Read full report on Pre-Theology/Pre-Ministerial Studies at SEBTS

2

Itawamba Community College
Fulton, Mississippi

Out of the 3 schools in the Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Pre-Theology/Pre-Ministerial Studies Major in the Southeast Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Itawamba Community College landed the #2 spot on the list. Itawamba Community College is a small public school situated in Fulton, Mississippi. It awarded 1 associates’s pre-theology/pre-ministerial studies degrees in 2020-2021.

Read more about Pre-Theology/Pre-Ministerial Studies at Itawamba Community College

3

Eastern Mennonite University
Harrisonburg, Virginia

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Eastern Mennonite University. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Pre-Theology/Pre-Ministerial Studies Major in the Southeast Region list. Eastern Mennonite is a private not-for-profit institution located in Harrisonburg, Virginia. The school has a small population, and it awarded 0 associates’s degrees in 2020-2021.

The undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 10 to 1 is a sign that students will have more opportunities to engage with their professors one-on-one. The low undergrad student loan default rate of 4.2% 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%.

Full Eastern Mennonite Pre-Theology/Pre-Ministerial Studies 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

• *Avg Salary and Avg 4-Year Grad Rate 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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