by our College Data Analytics Team
Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. One of our goals at College Factual is to give you as much information as we can - such as our “Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Missions/Missionary Studies and Missiology Major in the Southeast Region” ranking - to help you make that decision.
In 2021-2022, 1,277 people earned their degree in missions/missionary studies & missiology, making the major the 448th most popular in the United States.
Across the Southeast region, there were 284 missions/missionary studies & missiology graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 48 missions/missionary studies & missiology graduates with average earnings and debt of $74,674 and $121,130 respectively.
This year’s “Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Missions/Missionary Studies and Missiology Major in the Southeast Region” ranking looked at 5 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in missions/missionary studies & missiology. That schools that top this list have a program in missions/missionary studies & missiology in which the largest percentage of students at the school are enrolled.
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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 “Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Missions/Missionary Studies and Missiology Major in the Southeast Region” list to help you make the college decision.
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The following schools top our list of the Best “Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Missions/Missionary Studies and Missiology Major in the Southeast Region”.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Missions/Missionary Studies and Missiology Major in the Southeast Region list. This small school is located in Louisville, Kentucky, and it awarded 19 doctorate’s missions/missionary studies and missiology degrees in 2021-2022.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Columbia International University. The school came in at #2 for the Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Missions/Missionary Studies and Missiology Major in the Southeast Region. CIU is a small school located in Columbia, South Carolina that handed out 16 doctorate’s missions/missionary studies and missiology degrees in 2021-2022.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 1.2%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Missions/Missionary Studies and Missiology Major in the Southeast Region list. SEBTS is a small private not-for-profit school situated in Wake Forest, North Carolina. It awarded 7 doctorate’s missions/missionary studies and missiology degrees in 2021-2022.
Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 86%. 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.
Full Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary Missions/Missionary Studies & Missiology Report
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Asbury Theological Seminary. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Missions/Missionary Studies and Missiology Major in the Southeast Region list. Wilmore, Kentucky is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out doctorate’s missions/missionary studies and missiology degrees to 3 students in 2021-2022.
Since the school has a undergrad student-to-faculty ratio of to 1, those pursuing a degree will have more opportunities to interact with their professors.
Read more about Missions/Missionary Studies & Missiology at Asbury Theological Seminary
Out of the 5 schools in the Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Missions/Missionary Studies and Missiology Major in the Southeast Region that were part of this year’s ranking, New Orleans Baptist Theological Seminary landed the #5 spot on the list. NOBTS is located in New Orleans, Louisiana and, has a small student population. In 2021-2022, this school awarded 3 doctorate’s missions/missionary studies and missiology degrees to qualified students.
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