2023 Most Focused Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Religion/Religious Studies in Georgia
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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 a Doctorate Highly Focused on Religion Major in Georgia” ranking is part of that endeavor.
In 2021-2022, 3,329 people earned their degree in religion/religious studies, making the major the 189th most popular in the United States.
Across Georgia, there were 67 religion/religious studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 12 religion/religious studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $69,614 and $105,021 respectively.
For this year’s “Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Religion Major in Georgia” ranking, we looked at 2 colleges that offer a degree in religion/religious studies. That schools that top this list have a program in religion/religious studies in which the largest percentage of students at the school are enrolled.
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Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Religion Major in Georgia
The colleges and universities below are the best for georgia doctor’s degree religion students.
Top 2 Most Focused Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Religion/Religious Studies in Georgia
Out of the 2 schools in the Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Religion Major in Georgia that were part of this year’s ranking, Emory University landed the #1 spot on the list. Located in Atlanta, Georgia, this fairly large private not-for-profit school awarded 12 diplomas to qualified doctorate’s religion students in 2021-2022.
With a freshman retention rate of 95%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students. The impressive undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 9 to 1 means that students may have more opportunities to work more closely with their professors than they would at other schools. The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 0.4%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Full Emory Religion/Religious Studies Report
Out of the 2 schools in the Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Religion Major in Georgia that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Georgia landed the #2 spot on the list. University of Georgia is located in Athens, Georgia and, has a large student population. In 2021-2022, this school awarded 13 doctorate’s religion degrees to qualified students.
The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 95%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 0.8%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Read full report on Religion/Religious Studies at University of Georgia
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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
- *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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