2023 Best Youth Ministry Master’s Degree Colleges for Veterans in the Southeast Region

It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for veterans. 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 Youth Ministry for a Master’s” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.

Youth Ministry is the 616th most popular major in the country with 434 degrees awarded in 2020-2021.

Across the Southeast region, there were 125 youth ministry graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively.

This year’s “Most Veteran Friendly in the Southeast Region for Youth Ministry for a Master’s” ranking looked at 2 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in youth ministry. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality youth ministry programs as well as strong veteran support.

When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the youth ministry program at the school, veteran affordability, and veteran satisfaction. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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Most Veteran Friendly in the Southeast Region for Youth Ministry for a Master’s

The colleges and universities below are the best for southeast region master’s degree vets studying youth ministry.

Top 2 Best Youth Ministry Master’s Degree Colleges for Veterans in the Southeast Region

1

Lee University
Cleveland, Tennessee

121 GI Bill® Students**

#2 in overall quality

$13,028 Average GI Bill® Award

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Lee University. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Most Veteran Friendly in the Southeast Region for Youth Ministry for a Master’s list. Located in Cleveland, Tennessee, this small private not-for-profit school handed out 7 diplomas to qualified masters’s youth ministry students in 2020-2021.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Lee University, the school also landed the #2 spot in our “Best Youth Ministry Master’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” ranking.Of the 5,204 students enrolled at Lee University, 121 were GI Bill® students, according to our most recent data. Out of that number, 71 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average tuition and fees award for the Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients was $13,028. On top of their other funding sources, 0 students qualified for the Yellow Ribbon Program.

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%.

[Read full report on veteran student life at Lee University]](/colleges/lee-university/student-life/veterans/)

2

Emory University
Atlanta, Georgia

1 GI Bill® Students**

#1 in overall quality

YES Student Veterans Organization

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Emory University. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Most Veteran Friendly in the Southeast Region for Youth Ministry for a Master’s list. Emory University is a fairly large private not-for-profit school situated in Atlanta, Georgia. It awarded 2 masters’s youth ministry degrees in 2020-2021.

Emory also made our “Best Youth Ministry Master’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” list, coming in at #1.Of the 13,997 students enrolled at Emory University, 1 were GI Bill® students, according to our most recent data. Out of that number, 0 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average Post-9/11 GI Bill® award for tuition and fees at the school was $0. During this same period, 0 students received funds through the Yellow Ribbon Program.

Since the school has a undergrad student-to-faculty ratio of 9 to 1, those pursuing a degree will have more opportunities to interact with their professors. With a freshman retention rate of 93%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate 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%.

Full Emory Veteran Student Life Report

• Best Youth Ministry Master’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.