2022 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Religious Education (Income Over $110k) in the Southeast Region

With all of the options students have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. College Factual has developed its “Best Vallue Religious Ed Schools for a Doctorate in the Southeast Region For Those Making Over $110k” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.

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 doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 47 religious education graduates with average earnings and debt of $71,978 and $116,300 respectively.

This ranking identifies schools with high-quality religious education programs that also have a lower cost than schools of similar quality.

When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the religious education program at the school and the cost to attend the school once aid has been awarded. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

One Size Does Not Fit All

When choosing the right school for you, it’s important to arm yourself with all the facts you can. To that end, we’ve created a number of major-specific rankings, including this “Best Vallue Religious Ed Schools for a Doctorate in the Southeast Region For Those Making Over $110k” list to help you make the college decision.

To further help you make the college decision, we’ve developed a unique tool called College Combat that allows you to compare schools based on the factors that matter the most to you. When you have some time, check it out - you may want to bookmark the link so you don’t forget it.

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Best Vallue Religious Ed Schools for a Doctorate in the Southeast Region For Those Making Over $110k

The colleges and universities below are the best for southeast region doctor’s degree religious ed students whose families make more than $110k.

Top 1 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Religious Education (Income Over $110k) in the Southeast Region

#1

Liberty University

Lynchburg, Virginia

#1 in overall quality

$8,349 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 1 schools in the Best Vallue Religious Ed Schools for a Doctorate in the Southeast Region For Those Making Over $110k that were part of this year’s ranking, Liberty University landed the #1 spot on the list. Liberty University is a private not-for-profit institution located in Lynchburg, Virginia. The school has a large population, and it awarded 11 doctorate’s degrees in 2019-2020.

Liberty University also took the #1 spot in our “Best Religious Education Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Liberty University are $8,349, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Read full report on Religious Education at Liberty University

• Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Religious Education (Income Over $110k)

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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