2023 Best Divinity/Ministry Colleges for Veterans in New Jersey
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Ranked Colleges
145
Degrees Awarded
$31,100
Avg Cost*
When pursuing a degree in today’s world, veterans have many different options to choose from. College Factual has developed its “Most Veteran Friendly in New Jersey for Divinity Studies” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.
In 2020-2021, 7,238 people earned their degree in divinity/ministry, making the major the 113th most popular in the United States.
Across New Jersey, there were 145 divinity/ministry graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively.
This year’s “Most Veteran Friendly in New Jersey for Divinity Studies” ranking looked at 2 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in divinity/ministry. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality divinity/ministry programs as well as strong veteran support.
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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Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we’ve developed the “Most Veteran Friendly in New Jersey for Divinity Studies” ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.
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Most Veteran Friendly in New Jersey for Divinity Studies
The following schools top our list of the Best “Most Veteran Friendly in New Jersey for Divinity Studies”.
Top 2 Best Divinity/Ministry Colleges for Veterans in New Jersey
Out of the 2 schools in the Most Veteran Friendly in New Jersey for Divinity Studies that were part of this year’s ranking, Princeton Theological Seminary landed the #1 spot on the list. Princeton, New Jersey is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out ’s divinity studies degrees to 80 students in 2020-2021.
As a testament to the quality of education offered at Princeton Seminary, the school also landed the #[COLLEGE_QUALITY_RANK_ALL_LEVELS] spot in our “[COLLEGE_QUALITY_NAME_ALL_LEVELS]” ranking.Of the 350 students enrolled at Princeton Seminary, 5 were GI Bill® students, according to our most recent data. Out of that number, 4 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average tuition and fees award for the Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients was $7,919. On top of their other funding sources, 0 students qualified for the Yellow Ribbon Program.
The impressive undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of to 1 means that students may have more opportunities to work more closely with their professors than they would at other schools.
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Out of the 2 schools in the Most Veteran Friendly in New Jersey for Divinity Studies that were part of this year’s ranking, Drew University landed the #2 spot on the list. This small school is located in Madison, New Jersey, and it awarded 45 ’s divinity studies degrees in 2020-2021.
In addition to being on our new jersey vets studying divinity studies list, Drew has also earned the #[COLLEGE_QUALITY_RANK_ALL_LEVELS] rank in our “[COLLEGE_QUALITY_NAME_ALL_LEVELS]” ranking.Of the 2,229 students enrolled at Drew University, 8 were GI Bill® students, according to our most recent data. Out of that number, 4 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average tuition and fees award for the Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients was $10,728. On top of their other funding sources, 0 students qualified for the Yellow Ribbon Program.
Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 88%. The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only [DEFAULT_RATE_STRING]%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
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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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