2023 Best Missionary Studies Master’s Degree Colleges for Veterans in the Southeast Region
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It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for veterans. One of our goals at College Factual is to give you as much information as we can - such as our “Most Veteran Friendly in the Southeast Region for Missionary Studies for a Master’s” ranking - to help you make that decision.
Missionary Studies is the 244th most popular major in the country with 1,220 degrees awarded in 2020-2021. In 2019-2020, missionary studies graduates who were awarded their degree in 2017-2019, earned an average of $25,058 and had an average of $17,016 in loans still to pay off.
Across the Southeast region, there were 291 missionary studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $23,452 and $22,524 respectively.
This year’s “Most Veteran Friendly in the Southeast Region for Missionary Studies for a Master’s” ranking looked at 3 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in missionary studies. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great missionary 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 missionary studies program at the school. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.
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Most Veteran Friendly in the Southeast Region for Missionary Studies for a Master’s
The colleges and universities below are the best for southeast region master’s degree vets studying missionary studies.
Top 3 Best Missionary Studies Master’s Degree Colleges for Veterans in the Southeast Region
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Columbia International University. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Most Veteran Friendly in the Southeast Region for Missionary Studies for a Master’s list. This small school is located in Columbia, South Carolina, and it awarded 29 masters’s missionary studies degrees in 2020-2021.
In addition to being on our southeast region master’s degree vets studying missionary studies list, CIU has also earned the #1 rank in our “Best Missionary Studies Master’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” ranking.Our most recent data shows that 86 of the 2,098 students enrolled at CIU were GI Bill® students, of which 50 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average tuition and fees award for the Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients was $8,392. On top of their other funding sources, 3 students received funds through the Yellow Ribbon Program. CIU offers 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%.
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Out of the 3 schools in the Most Veteran Friendly in the Southeast Region for Missionary Studies for a Master’s that were part of this year’s ranking, Johnson University landed the #2 spot on the list. Johnson University is located in Knoxville, Tennessee and, has a small student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 13 masters’s missionary studies degrees to qualified students.
As a testament to the quality of education offered at Johnson University, the school also landed the #3 spot in our “Best Missionary Studies Master’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” ranking.According to our most recent data, Johnson University supports 1,039 students, and 28 of those are GI Bill® students, of which 12 are Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average Post-9/11 GI Bill® award for tuition and fees at the school was $8,317. In addition to receiving other benefits, 0 students qualified for the Yellow Ribbon Program. Johnson University offers credit for military training for eligible students.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only [DEFAULT_RATE_STRING]%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. The undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 8 to 1 is a sign that students will have more opportunities to engage with their professors one-on-one.
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Out of the 3 schools in the Most Veteran Friendly in the Southeast Region for Missionary Studies for a Master’s that were part of this year’s ranking, Asbury Theological Seminary landed the #3 spot on the list. Asbury Seminary is a small school located in Wilmore, Kentucky that handed out 34 masters’s missionary studies degrees in 2020-2021.
Asbury Seminary did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our “Best Missionary Studies Master’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” list.According to our most recent data, Asbury Seminary supports 1,755 students, and 10 of those are GI Bill® students, of which 8 are Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average Post-9/11 GI Bill® award for tuition and fees at the school was $5,996. In addition to receiving other benefits, 0 students received scholarships through the Yellow Ribbon Program.
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%. The impressive undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of to 1 means that students may have more opportunities to work more closely with their professors than they would at other schools.
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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.