2023 Best Religion/Religious Studies Associate Degree Colleges for Veterans in the Southeast Region
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Ranked Colleges
80
Degrees Awarded
$26,800
Avg Cost*
When pursuing a degree in today’s world, veterans have many different options to choose from. Our mission at College Factual is to arm you with as much information as we can to help you make that decision. Our “Most Veteran Friendly in the Southeast Region for Religion for an Associate” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.
Religion/Religious Studies is the 189th most popular major in the country with 3,626 degrees awarded in 2020-2021.
Across the Southeast region, there were 1,626 religion/religious studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the associate degree level specifically, there were 80 religion/religious studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $34,328 and $20,384 respectively.
Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent religion/religious studies programs, but they also offer a lot of support to veterans and active service members.
Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the religion/religious studies program at the school, veteran affordability, and veteran population. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.
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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 the Southeast Region for Religion for an Associate” list to help you make the college decision.
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Most Veteran Friendly in the Southeast Region for Religion for an Associate
The following schools top our list of the Best “Most Veteran Friendly in the Southeast Region for Religion for an Associate”.
Top 1 Best Religion/Religious Studies Associate Degree Colleges for Veterans in the Southeast Region
Out of the 1 schools in the Most Veteran Friendly in the Southeast Region for Religion for an Associate that were part of this year’s ranking, Liberty University landed the #1 spot on the list. This large school is located in Lynchburg, Virginia, and it awarded 72 associates’s religion degrees in 2020-2021.
Liberty University did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Religion/Religious Studies Associate Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” list.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. During this same period, 386 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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