2025 Best Divinity/Ministry Schools in the Southeast Region
8Colleges in the Southeast Region
3,055Divinity Studies Degrees Awarded
If you pursue a degree in divinity/ministry, you won't be alone. The field of study is the #113 most popular program in the country. This makes choosing the right school a hard decision.
College Factual reviewed 8 schools in the Southeast Region to determine which ones were the best for degree seekers in the field of divinity/ministry. Combined, these schools handed out 3,055 degrees in divinity/ministry to qualified students.
The divinity studies program you select can have a big impact on your future. That's why we developed our collection of Best Schools for Divinity/Ministry rankings. In order to come up with a best overall ranking for divinity/ministry schools, we combine our degree-level rankings, weighting them by the number of degrees awarded at each level.
In order to find the schools that are the best fit for you, you may want to filter to one of the degree levels below.
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 Divinity/Ministry Schools in the Southeast Region list to help you make the college decision.
You can also filter this list by location to find schools closer to you.
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Best Schools for Divinity/Ministry in the Southeast Region
Although we recommend filtering by degree level first, you can view the list below to see which schools give the educational experience for the divinity studies degree levels they offer.
Every student who is interested in divinity/ministry has to take a look at Liberty University. Liberty University is a very large private not-for-profit university located in the small city of Lynchburg. A Best Colleges rank of #265 out of 2,152 schools nationwide means Liberty University is a great university overall.
There were about 604 divinity/ministry students who graduated with this degree at Liberty University in the most recent data year.
Columbia International University is a great decision for students pursuing a degree in divinity/ministry. CIU is a small private not-for-profit university located in the city of Columbia. A Best Colleges rank of #329 out of 2,152 schools nationwide means CIU is a great university overall.
There were about 20 divinity/ministry students who graduated with this degree at CIU in the most recent year we have data available.
Southeastern University is a great decision for students interested in a degree in divinity/ministry. Located in the medium-sized city of Lakeland, SEU is a private not-for-profit university with a large student population. This university ranks 28th out of 70 schools for overall quality in the state of Florida.
There were about 425 divinity/ministry students who graduated with this degree at SEU in the most recent year we have data available.
Any student pursuing a degree in divinity/ministry has to check out Regent University. Located in the large city of Virginia Beach, Regent is a private not-for-profit university with a fairly large student population. This university ranks 21st out of 57 colleges for overall quality in the state of Virginia.
There were approximately 143 divinity/ministry students who graduated with this degree at Regent in the most recent data year.
Harding is a small private not-for-profit university located in the distant town of Searcy. This university ranks 3rd out of 36 schools for overall quality in the state of Arkansas.
There were approximately 12 divinity/ministry students who graduated with this degree at Harding in the most recent year we have data available.
Located in the city of Winston-Salem, Piedmont International University is a private not-for-profit university with a fairly small student population.
There were approximately 28 divinity/ministry students who graduated with this degree at Piedmont International University in the most recent data year.
The bars on the spread charts above show the distribution of the schools on this list +/- one standard deviation from the mean.
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 the rest 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).
The divinity studies program you select can have a big impact on your future. That's why we developed our collection of Best Schools for Divinity/Ministry rankings. In order to come up with a best overall ranking for divinity/ministry schools, we combine our degree-level rankings, weighting them by the number of degrees awarded at each level.
