2023 Most Veteran Friendly in the Middle Atlantic Region for Bible for a Doctorate

Veterans have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. College Factual has developed its “Most Veteran Friendly in the Middle Atlantic Region for Bible for a Doctorate” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.

Biblical Studies is the 146th most popular major in the country with 4,119 degrees awarded in 2020-2021. In 2019-2020, Biblical studies graduates who were awarded their degree in 2017-2019, earned an average of $28,790 and had an average of $26,342 in loans still to pay off.

Across the Middle Atlantic region, there were 392 Biblical studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $22,714 and $21,438 respectively.

This year’s “Most Veteran Friendly in the Middle Atlantic Region for Bible for a Doctorate” ranking analyzed 2 colleges that offered a degree in Biblical studies. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality Biblical studies programs as well as strong veteran support.

To come up with these rankings, we looked at factors such as veteran satisfaction, veteran affordability, and overall quality of the Biblical studies program at the school. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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Most Veteran Friendly in the Middle Atlantic Region for Bible for a Doctorate

The colleges and universities below are the best for middle atlantic region doctor’s degree vets studying bible.

Top 2 Best Biblical Studies Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Veterans in the Middle Atlantic Region

1

Catholic University of America
Washington, District of Columbia

196 GI Bill® Students**

#1 in overall quality

YES Student Veterans Organization

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Catholic University of America. The school came in at #1 for the Most Veteran Friendly in the Middle Atlantic Region for Bible for a Doctorate. This medium-sized school is located in Washington, District of Columbia, and it awarded 3 doctorate’s Bible degrees in 2020-2021.

CUA also made our “Best Biblical Studies Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region” list, coming in at #1.Our most recent data shows that 196 of the 5,366 students enrolled at CUA were GI Bill® students, of which 123 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average tuition and fees award for the Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients was $12,878. To help with additional expenses, 53 students received scholarships through the Yellow Ribbon Program. CUA does offer credit for military training for eligible students.

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 86%.

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2

Clarks Summit University
South Abington Township, Pennsylvania

18 GI Bill® Students**

#2 in overall quality

$7,171 Average GI Bill® Award

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Clarks Summit University. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Most Veteran Friendly in the Middle Atlantic Region for Bible for a Doctorate list. South Abington Township, Pennsylvania is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out doctorate’s Bible degrees to 5 students in 2020-2021.

In addition to being on our middle atlantic region doctor’s degree vets studying bible list, CSU has also earned the #2 rank in our “Best Biblical Studies Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region” ranking.Among the 768 students enrolled at CSU, 18 are GI Bill® students, according to our most recent data. Out of that number, 13 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average tuition and fees award for the Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients was $7,171. In addition to receiving other benefits, 0 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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• Best Biblical Studies Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Veterans

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

Footnotes

• *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.