2023 Most Focused Associate Degree Colleges for Divinity/Ministry in the Southeast Region
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Ranked Colleges
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Degrees Awarded
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Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Divinity Studies Major in the Southeast Region” ranking is part of that endeavor.
In 2021-2022, 6,777 people earned their degree in divinity/ministry, making the major the 113th most popular in the United States.
Across the Southeast region, there were 3,055 divinity/ministry graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the associate degree level specifically, there were 126 divinity/ministry graduates with average earnings and debt of $35,020 and $16,931 respectively.
This year’s “Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Divinity Studies Major in the Southeast Region” ranking analyzed 8 colleges that offered a degree in divinity/ministry. This a ranking of the schools where the largest percentage of students has enrolled in divinity/ministry.
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Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Divinity Studies Major in the Southeast Region
The following schools top our list of the Best “Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Divinity Studies Major in the Southeast Region”.
Top 8 Most Focused Associate Degree Colleges for Divinity/Ministry in the Southeast Region
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Bethel University. The school came in at #1 for the Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Divinity Studies Major in the Southeast Region. This small school is located in Hampton, Virginia, and it awarded 2 associates’s divinity studies degrees in 2021-2022.
The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 100%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. The undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 6 to 1 is a sign that students will have more opportunities to engage with their professors one-on-one.
Read more about Divinity/Ministry at Bethel
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Southeastern University. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Divinity Studies Major in the Southeast Region list. SEU is a fairly large school located in Lakeland, Florida that handed out 116 associates’s divinity studies degrees in 2021-2022.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 2.7%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Full Southeastern University Divinity/Ministry Report
Out of the 8 schools in the Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Divinity Studies Major in the Southeast Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Grace College of Divinity landed the #3 spot on the list. Grace College of Divinity is a small school located in Fayetteville, North Carolina that handed out 5 associates’s divinity studies degrees in 2021-2022.
Since the school has a undergrad student-to-faculty ratio of 10 to 1, those pursuing a degree will have more opportunities to interact with their professors.
Read full report on Divinity/Ministry at Grace College of Divinity
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Piedmont International University. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Divinity Studies Major in the Southeast Region list. Located in Winston-Salem, North Carolina, this small private not-for-profit school handed out 28 diplomas to qualified associates’s divinity studies students in 2021-2022.
Since the school has a undergrad student-to-faculty ratio of 10 to 1, those pursuing a degree will have more opportunities to interact with their professors. The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 4.5%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Read more about Divinity/Ministry at Piedmont International University
Out of the 8 schools in the Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Divinity Studies Major in the Southeast Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Johnson University landed the #5 spot on the list. Johnson University is a private not-for-profit institution located in Knoxville, Tennessee. The school has a small population, and it awarded 3 associates’s degrees in 2021-2022.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 1.5%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. The undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 10 to 1 is a sign that students will have more opportunities to engage with their professors one-on-one.
Full Johnson University Divinity/Ministry Report
Carson - Newman University did quite well in the 2023 Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Divinity Studies Major in the Southeast Region ranking, coming in at #6. Carson - Newman is located in Jefferson City, Tennessee and, has a small student population. In 2021-2022, this school awarded 0 associates’s divinity studies degrees to qualified students.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 1.1%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Full Carson - Newman University Divinity/Ministry Report
Johnson University Florida ranked #6 on this year’s Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Divinity Studies Major in the Southeast Region list. Located in Kissimmee, Florida, this small private not-for-profit school handed out 6 diplomas to qualified associates’s divinity studies students in 2021-2022.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 1.5%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. With a undergrad student-to-faculty ratio of 8 to 1, it’s easy to see that the school is committed to helping their undergraduates succeed.
Full JUFL Divinity/Ministry Report
Mid-South Christian College came in at #6 in this year’s edition of the Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Divinity Studies Major in the Southeast Region ranking. Located in Memphis, Tennessee, this small private not-for-profit school handed out 3 degrees to qualified associates’s divinity studies students in 2021-2022.
The impressive undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 2 to 1 means that students may have more opportunities to work more closely with their professors than they would at other schools.
Full MSCC Divinity/Ministry Report
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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
- *Avg Salary and Avg 4-Year Grad Rate 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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