2023 Best Religion/Religious Studies Associate Degree Colleges for Veterans in Virginia
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Ranked Colleges
72
Degrees Awarded
$26,800
Avg Cost*
When it comes to choosing a college, veterans have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. One of our goals at College Factual is to give you as much information as we can - such as our “Most Veteran Friendly in Virginia for Religion for an Associate” ranking - to help you make that decision.
Religion/Religious Studies is the 189th most popular major in the country with 3,626 degrees awarded in 2020-2021.
Across Virginia, there were 907 religion/religious studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the associate degree level specifically, there were 72 religion/religious studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $33,630 and $19,964 respectively.
The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great religion/religious studies programs and a strong support system for 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 religion/religious studies program at the school. See our ranking methodology to learn more.
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Most Veteran Friendly in Virginia for Religion for an Associate
The following schools top our list of the Best “Most Veteran Friendly in Virginia for Religion for an Associate”.
Top 1 Best Religion/Religious Studies Associate Degree Colleges for Veterans in Virginia
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Liberty University. The school came in at #1 for the Most Veteran Friendly in Virginia for Religion for an Associate. Lynchburg, Virginia is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out associates’s religion degrees to 72 students in 2020-2021.
Liberty University not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #1 on our “Best Religion/Religious Studies Associate Degree Schools in Virginia” list.Our most recent data shows that 13,282 of the 93,349 students enrolled at Liberty University were GI Bill® students, of which 8,897 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average Post-9/11 GI Bill® award for tuition and fees at the school was $4,888. In addition to receiving other benefits, 386 students received scholarships through 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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