2025 Best Theology & Religious Vocations Bachelor's Degree Schools in Tennessee

If you're seeking a Bachelor's Degree in theology & religious vocations, you will have fewer peers than average since the major degree program is the #28 one in the country in terms of popularity.While this may limit the number of schools that offer the degree program, there are still top-quality ones to be found.

College Factual looked at 2 colleges and universities when compiling its 2025 Best Theology & Religious Vocations Bachelor's Degree Schools in Tennessee ranking. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 472 bachelor's degrees in theology & religious vocations during the 2022-2023 academic year.

What's on this page: * Our Methodology

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Average Early-Career Salaries

Average early-career salary of those graduating with their bachelor's degree is one indicator we use in our analysis to find the schools that offer the highest-quality education. After all, your bachelor's degree won't mean much if it doesn't help you find a job that will help you earn a living.

Other Factors We Consider

The metrics below are just some of the other metrics that we use to determine our rankings.

• Major Focus - How many resources a school devotes to theology & religious vocations students as compared to other majors.
• Major Demand - The number of theology & religious vocations students who choose to seek a bachelor's degree at the school.
• Educational Resources - How many resources are allocated to students. These resources may include educational expenditures per student, number of students per instructor, and graduation rate among other things.
• Student Debt - How much debt theology & religious vocations students go into to obtain their bachelor's degree and how well they are able to pay back that debt.
• Accreditation - Whether a school is regionally accredited and/or accredited by a recognized theology & religious vocations related body.

Our complete ranking methodology documents in more detail how we consider these factors to identify the best schools for theology & religious vocations students working on their bachelor's degree.

More Ways to Rank Theology & Religious Vocations Schools

Since the program you select can have a significant impact on your future, we've developed a number of rankings, including this Best Theology & Religious Vocations Bachelor's Degree Schools in Tennessee list, to help you choose the best school for you.

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Best Schools for Bachelor’s Students to Study Theology & Religious Vocations in Tennessee

Below you'll see a list of the best colleges and universities for pursuing a bachelor's degree in theology & religious vocations.

Top Tennessee Schools for a Bachelor's in Theology & Religious Vocations

1

Johnson University
Knoxville, TN

Master's Degree Highest Degree Type

176 Annual Graduates

Johnson University is one of the finest schools in the country for getting a bachelor's degree in theology & religious vocations. Johnson University is a small private not-for-profit university located in the rural area of Knoxville.More information about a bachelor’s in theology & religious vocations from Johnson University

2

Lee University
Cleveland, TN

Master's Degree Highest Degree Type

111 Annual Graduates

Lee University is one of the finest schools in the country for getting a bachelor's degree in theology & religious vocations. Lee University is a small private not-for-profit university located in the city of Cleveland.More information about a bachelor’s in theology & religious vocations from Lee University

Best Theology & Religious Vocations Colleges in the Southeast Region

Explore all the Best Theology & Religious Vocations Schools in the Southeast Area or other specific states within that region.

State	Colleges	Degrees Awarded
North Carolina	34	219
Mississippi	34	65
Florida	34	500
Virginia	34	239
Alabama	33	79
Georgia	33	144
West Virginia	32	53
South Carolina	32	178
Kentucky	31	195
Louisiana	31	115
Arkansas	30	108

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Theology & Religious Vocations Majors to Study

Major	Annual Graduates
Biblical Studies	218
Pastoral Counseling & Specialized Ministries	88
Theological & Ministerial Studies	71
Theology & Religious Vocations (Other)	33
Sacred Music	20
Missionary Studies	19
Religious Education	19
Religious Institution Administration and Law	4

Majors Similar to Theology & Religious Vocations

Related Major	Annual Graduates
Social Sciences	2,106
Communication & Journalism	1,255
English Language & Literature	629
Liberal Arts / Sciences & Humanities	582
History	462
Family, Consumer & Human Sciences	416
Foreign Languages & Linguistics	341
Philosophy & Religious Studies	175
Area, Ethnic, Culture, & Gender Studies	61

Notes and References

• The bars on the spread charts above show the distribution of the schools on this list +/- one standard deviation from the mean.
• 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 the rest 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).
• Credit for the banner image above goes to Daderot. More about our data sources and methodologies.