2023 Best Divinity/Ministry Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Veterans in Georgia
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Ranked Colleges
70
Degrees Awarded
$34,000
Avg Cost*
When it comes to choosing a college, veterans have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. At College Factual, we’re committed to helping you make that decision by providing information such as that found in our “Most Veteran Friendly in Georgia for Divinity Studies for a Doctorate” ranking.
Divinity/Ministry is the 113th most popular major in the country with 7,238 degrees awarded in 2020-2021.
Across Georgia, there were 359 divinity/ministry graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively.
This year’s “Most Veteran Friendly in Georgia for Divinity Studies for a Doctorate” ranking looked at 2 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in divinity/ministry. 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.
To come up with these rankings, we looked at factors such as veteran satisfaction, veteran affordability, and overall quality of the divinity/ministry program at the school. See our ranking methodology to learn more.
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Most Veteran Friendly in Georgia for Divinity Studies for a Doctorate
The colleges and universities below are the best for georgia doctor’s degree vets studying divinity studies.
Top 2 Best Divinity/Ministry Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Veterans in Georgia
Out of the 2 schools in the Most Veteran Friendly in Georgia for Divinity Studies for a Doctorate that were part of this year’s ranking, Emory University landed the #1 spot on the list. Emory University is a private not-for-profit institution located in Atlanta, Georgia. The school has a fairly large population, and it awarded 30 doctorate’s degrees in 2020-2021.
Emory also took the #1 spot in our “Best Divinity/Ministry Doctor’s Degree Schools in Georgia” ranking.According to our most recent data, Emory University supports 13,997 students, and 1 of those are GI Bill® students, of which 0 are Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average Post-9/11 GI Bill® award for tuition and fees at the school was $0. In addition to receiving other benefits, 0 students received scholarships through the Yellow Ribbon Program.
The impressive undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 9 to 1 means that students may have more opportunities to work more closely with their professors than they would at other schools. The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is [DEFAULT_RATE_STRING]%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. With a freshman retention rate of 93%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students.
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Out of the 2 schools in the Most Veteran Friendly in Georgia for Divinity Studies for a Doctorate that were part of this year’s ranking, Columbia Theological Seminary landed the #2 spot on the list. Columbia Theological Seminary is a small school located in Decatur, Georgia that handed out 14 doctorate’s divinity studies degrees in 2020-2021.
Columbia Theological Seminary also took the #2 spot in our “Best Divinity/Ministry Doctor’s Degree Schools in Georgia” ranking.Of the 201 students enrolled at Columbia Theological Seminary, 4 were GI Bill® students, according to our most recent data. Out of that number, 3 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average tuition and fees award for the Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients was $6,657. On top of their other funding sources, 0 students received funds through the Yellow Ribbon Program.
With a undergrad student-to-faculty ratio of to 1, it’s easy to see that the school is committed to helping their undergraduates succeed.
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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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