2022 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Religious Education (Income $30-$48k) in the Southeast Region
When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Best Value Religious Ed Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region For Those Making $30-$48k” ranking is part of that endeavor.
Religious Education is the 215th most popular major in the country with 1,336 degrees awarded in 2019-2020. In 2017-2018, religious education graduates who were awarded their degree in 2015-2017, earned an average of $28,663 and had an average of $31,603 in loans still to pay off.
Across the Southeast region, there were 247 religious education graduates with average earnings and debt of $32,750 and $31,162 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 64 religious education graduates with average earnings and debt of $36,277 and $25,415 respectively.
This year’s “Best Value Religious Ed Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region For Those Making $30-$48k” ranking analyzed 7 colleges that offered a degree in religious education. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great religious education programs and cost less that schools of similar quality.
Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the religious education program at the school and the cost of the school after aid is awarded among other things. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.
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Best Value Religious Ed Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region For Those Making $30-$48k
The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Religious Ed Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region For Those Making $30-$48k.
Top 7 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Religious Education (Income $30-$48k) in the Southeast Region
Out of the 7 schools in the Best Value Religious Ed Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region For Those Making $30-$48k that were part of this year’s ranking, The Baptist College of Florida landed the #1 spot on the list. The Baptist College of Florida is a small school located in Graceville, Florida that handed out 3 bachelors’s religious ed degrees in 2019-2020.
BCF did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #5 on our “Best Religious Education Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” list. It costs about $9,170 for Southeast Region Bachelor’s Degree Religious Ed students whose families make $30-$48k per year to attend BCF.
With a student-to-faculty ratio of 8 to 1, it’s easy to see that the school is committed to helping their undergraduates succeed.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Lee University. The school came in at #2 for the Best Value Religious Ed Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region For Those Making $30-$48k. Lee University is a medium-sized school located in Cleveland, Tennessee that handed out 6 bachelors’s religious ed degrees in 2019-2020.
In addition to being on our southeast region bachelor’s degree religious ed students whose families make $30-$48k list, Lee University has also earned the #2 rank in our “Best Religious Education Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” ranking. The yearly cost to attend Lee University is $15,543 for southeast region bachelor’s degree religious ed students whose families make $30-$48k.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Asbury University. The school came in at #3 for the Best Value Religious Ed Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region For Those Making $30-$48k. Wilmore, Kentucky is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out bachelors’s religious ed degrees to 1 students in 2019-2020.
Asbury not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #1 on our “Best Religious Education Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” list. The yearly cost to attend Asbury University is $22,929 for Southeast Region Bachelor’s Degree Religious Ed students whose families make $30-$48k.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Columbia International University. The school came in at #4 for the Best Value Religious Ed Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region For Those Making $30-$48k. Columbia International University is a small private not-for-profit school situated in Columbia, South Carolina. It awarded 5 bachelors’s religious ed degrees in 2019-2020.
In addition to being on our southeast region bachelor’s degree religious ed students whose families make $30-$48k list, CIU has also earned the #3 rank in our “Best Religious Education Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” ranking. The yearly cost to attend CIU is $14,738 for southeast region bachelor’s degree religious ed students whose families make $30-$48k.
Out of the 7 schools in the Best Value Religious Ed Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region For Those Making $30-$48k that were part of this year’s ranking, Lindsey Wilson College landed the #5 spot on the list. Lindsey Wilson College is a small private not-for-profit school situated in Columbia, Kentucky. It awarded 8 bachelors’s religious ed degrees in 2019-2020.
Lindsey Wilson College also took the #8 spot in our “Best Religious Education Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for Lindsey Wilson College is $12,838 for southeast region bachelor’s degree religious ed students whose families make $30-$48k.
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Toccoa Falls College landed the #6 spot on the 2022 Best Value Religious Ed Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region For Those Making $30-$48k ranking. Located in Toccoa Falls, Georgia, this small private not-for-profit school awarded 6 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s religious ed students in 2019-2020.
In addition to being on our southeast region bachelor’s degree religious ed students whose families make $30-$48k list, Toccoa Falls has also earned the #6 rank in our “Best Religious Education Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” ranking. The yearly cost to attend Toccoa Falls is $22,888 for southeast region bachelor’s degree religious ed students whose families make $30-$48k.
Campbellsville University ranked #7 on this year’s Best Value Religious Ed Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region For Those Making $30-$48k list. Located in Campbellsville, Kentucky, this fairly large private not-for-profit school handed out 1 degrees to qualified bachelors’s religious ed students in 2019-2020.
In addition to being on our southeast region bachelor’s degree religious ed students whose families make $30-$48k list, Campbellsville University has also earned the #7 rank in our “Best Religious Education Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” ranking. It costs about $16,625 for southeast region bachelor’s degree religious ed students whose families make $30-$48k per year to attend Campbellsville University.
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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).
- 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
- *Average salary, average net price, and average tuition and fees are for the top schools only.
- 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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