2023 Most Veteran Friendly in Kentucky for Theology & Religious Vocations for a Doctorate
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It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for veterans. At College Factual, we’re committed to helping you make that decision by providing information such as that found in our “Most Veteran Friendly in Kentucky for Theology & Religious Vocations for a Doctorate” ranking.
Theology & Religious Vocations is the 26th most popular major in the country with 27,459 degrees awarded in 2020-2021. In 2019-2020, theology and religious vocations graduates who were awarded their degree in 2017-2019, earned an average of $36,020 and had an average of $26,322 in loans still to pay off.
Across Kentucky, there were 1,166 theology and religious vocations graduates with average earnings and debt of $36,258 and $25,474 respectively.
The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great theology and religious vocations programs and a strong support system for veterans and active service members.
When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the theology and religious vocations 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 Kentucky for Theology & Religious Vocations for a Doctorate
The following schools top our list of the Best “Most Veteran Friendly in Kentucky for Theology & Religious Vocations for a Doctorate”.
Top 1 Best Theology & Religious Vocations Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Veterans in Kentucky
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Asbury Theological Seminary. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Most Veteran Friendly in Kentucky for Theology & Religious Vocations for a Doctorate list. Asbury Seminary is a small private not-for-profit school situated in Wilmore, Kentucky. It awarded 52 doctorate’s theology and religious vocations degrees in 2020-2021.
As a testament to the quality of education offered at Asbury Seminary, the school also landed the #1 spot in our “Best Theology & Religious Vocations Doctor’s Degree Schools in Kentucky” ranking.Our most recent data shows that 10 of the 1,755 students enrolled at Asbury Seminary were GI Bill® students, of which 8 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average tuition and fees award for the Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients was $5,996. During this same period, 0 students received scholarships through the Yellow Ribbon Program.
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. 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 Asbury Seminary]](/colleges/asbury-theological-seminary/student-life/veterans/)
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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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