2023 Best Divinity/Ministry Associate Degree Colleges for Veterans in the Southeast Region
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Ranked Colleges
142
Degrees Awarded
$32,200
Avg Cost*
Veterans have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. College Factual has developed its “Most Veteran Friendly in the Southeast Region for Divinity Studies for an Associate” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.
Divinity/Ministry is the 113th most popular major in the country with 7,238 degrees awarded in 2020-2021.
Across the Southeast region, there were 3,083 divinity/ministry graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the associate degree level specifically, there were 142 divinity/ministry graduates with average earnings and debt of $34,328 and $20,384 respectively.
Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent divinity/ministry programs, but they also offer a lot of support to veterans and active service members.
Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the divinity/ministry program at the school, veteran affordability, and veteran population. See our ranking methodology to learn more.
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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 “Most Veteran Friendly in the Southeast Region for Divinity Studies for an Associate” list to help you make the college decision.
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Most Veteran Friendly in the Southeast Region for Divinity Studies for an Associate
The colleges and universities below are the best for southeast region associate degree vets studying divinity studies.
Top 1 Best Divinity/Ministry Associate Degree Colleges for Veterans in the Southeast Region
Out of the 1 schools in the Most Veteran Friendly in the Southeast Region for Divinity Studies for an Associate that were part of this year’s ranking, Southeastern University landed the #1 spot on the list. Southeastern University is a private not-for-profit institution located in Lakeland, Florida. The school has a medium-sized population, and it awarded 135 associates’s degrees in 2020-2021.
SEU did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Divinity/Ministry Associate Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” list.According to our most recent data, SEU supports 9,546 students, and 7 of those are GI Bill® students, of which 5 are Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average Post-9/11 GI Bill® award for tuition and fees at the school was $2,265. During this same period, 0 students qualified for the Yellow Ribbon Program. SEU does offer credit for military training for eligible students.
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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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