2023 Best Christian Studies Master’s Degree Colleges for Veterans
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Ranked Colleges
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Degrees Awarded
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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 for Christian Studies for a Master’s” ranking is part of that endeavor.
In 2020-2021, 723 people earned their degree in Christian studies, making the major the 495th most popular in the United States.
For this year’s “Most Veteran Friendly for Christian Studies for a Master’s” ranking, we looked at 4 colleges that offer a degree in Christian studies. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent Christian studies programs, but they also offer a lot of support to veterans and active service members.
To come up with these rankings, we looked at factors such as veteran satisfaction, veteran affordability, and overall quality of the Christian studies program at the school. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.
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Most Veteran Friendly for Christian Studies for a Master’s
The following schools top our list of the Best “Most Veteran Friendly for Christian Studies for a Master’s”.
Top 4 Best Christian Studies Master’s Degree Colleges for Veterans
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Liberty University. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Most Veteran Friendly for Christian Studies for a Master’s list. This large school is located in Lynchburg, Virginia, and it awarded 2 masters’s Christian studies degrees in 2020-2021.
As a testament to the quality of education offered at Liberty University, the school also landed the #3 spot in our “Best Christian Studies Master’s Degree Schools” ranking.Among the 93,349 students enrolled at Liberty University, 13,282 are GI Bill® students, according to our most recent data. Out of that number, 8,897 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average tuition and fees award for the Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients was $4,888. On top of their other funding sources, 386 students qualified for the Yellow Ribbon Program. Students may be able to receive credit for their military training, depending on their background.
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Out of the 4 schools in the Most Veteran Friendly for Christian Studies for a Master’s that were part of this year’s ranking, Duke University landed the #2 spot on the list. Duke University is located in Durham, North Carolina and, has a fairly large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 11 masters’s Christian studies degrees to qualified students.
Duke also took the #1 spot in our “Best Christian Studies Master’s Degree Schools” ranking.Our most recent data shows that 36 of the 16,172 students enrolled at Duke University were GI Bill® students, of which 9 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average tuition and fees award for the Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients was $18,387. In addition to receiving other benefits, 8 students qualified for the Yellow Ribbon Program.
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 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%. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 97%.
[Read full report on veteran student life at Duke]](/colleges/duke-university/student-life/veterans/)
Out of the 4 schools in the Most Veteran Friendly for Christian Studies for a Master’s that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Notre Dame landed the #3 spot on the list. Notre Dame, Indiana is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out masters’s Christian studies degrees to 3 students in 2020-2021.
Notre Dame also took the #2 spot in our “Best Christian Studies Master’s Degree Schools” ranking.Our most recent data shows that 11 of the 12,809 students enrolled at University of Notre Dame were GI Bill® students, of which 20 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average Post-9/11 GI Bill® award for tuition and fees at the school was $13,670. In addition to receiving other benefits, 7 students qualified for the Yellow Ribbon Program.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of [DEFAULT_RATE_STRING]% 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%. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 97%. The undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 9 to 1 is a sign that students will have more opportunities to engage with their professors one-on-one.
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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Cairn University. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Most Veteran Friendly for Christian Studies for a Master’s list. This small school is located in Langhorne, Pennsylvania, and it awarded 3 masters’s Christian studies degrees in 2020-2021.
Cairn did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #4 on our “Best Christian Studies Master’s Degree Schools” list.Our most recent data shows that 23 of the 1,229 students enrolled at Cairn University were GI Bill® students, of which 11 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average Post-9/11 GI Bill® award for tuition and fees at the school was $15,510. In addition to receiving other benefits, 5 students qualified for the Yellow Ribbon Program. Eligible students may be able to receive credit for their military training.
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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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