2023 Best Theological & Ministerial Studies Master’s Degree Colleges for Veterans in Kentucky

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 Kentucky for Theology for a Master’s” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.

Theological & Ministerial Studies is the 63rd most popular major in the country with 15,832 degrees awarded in 2020-2021. In 2019-2020, theological and ministerial studies graduates who were awarded their degree in 2017-2019, earned an average of $40,590 and had an average of $26,272 in loans still to pay off.

Across Kentucky, there were 779 theological and ministerial studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $47,029 and $0 respectively.

For this year’s “Most Veteran Friendly in Kentucky for Theology for a Master’s” ranking, we looked at 2 colleges that offer a degree in theological and ministerial studies. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality theological and ministerial studies programs as well as strong veteran support.

Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the theological and ministerial studies program at the school, veteran affordability, and veteran population. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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Most Veteran Friendly in Kentucky for Theology for a Master’s

The following schools top our list of the Best “Most Veteran Friendly in Kentucky for Theology for a Master’s”.

Top 2 Best Theological & Ministerial Studies Master’s Degree Colleges for Veterans in Kentucky

1

Louisville Presbyterian Theological Seminary
Louisville, Kentucky

2 GI Bill® Students**

#2 in overall quality

$3,642 Average GI Bill® Award

Out of the 2 schools in the Most Veteran Friendly in Kentucky for Theology for a Master’s that were part of this year’s ranking, Louisville Presbyterian Theological Seminary landed the #1 spot on the list. Louisville Seminary is a small school located in Louisville, Kentucky that handed out 17 masters’s theology degrees in 2020-2021.

Louisville Seminary did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our “Best Theological & Ministerial Studies Master’s Degree Schools in Kentucky” list.Among the 151 students enrolled at Louisville Seminary, 2 are GI Bill® students, according to our most recent data. Out of that number, 1 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average tuition and fees award for the Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients was $3,642. 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. 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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Asbury Theological Seminary
Wilmore, Kentucky

10 GI Bill® Students**

#1 in overall quality

$5,996 Average GI Bill® Award

Out of the 2 schools in the Most Veteran Friendly in Kentucky for Theology for a Master’s that were part of this year’s ranking, Asbury Theological Seminary landed the #2 spot on the list. Asbury Seminary is located in Wilmore, Kentucky and, has a small student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 175 masters’s theology degrees to qualified students.

Asbury Seminary also took the #1 spot in our “Best Theological & Ministerial Studies Master’s Degree Schools in Kentucky” ranking.According to our most recent data, Asbury Seminary supports 1,755 students, and 10 of those are GI Bill® students, of which 8 are Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average tuition and fees award for the Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients was $5,996. In addition to receiving other benefits, 0 students qualified for the Yellow Ribbon Program.

Since the school has a undergrad student-to-faculty ratio of to 1, those pursuing a degree will have more opportunities to interact with their professors. The low undergrad student loan default rate of [DEFAULT_RATE_STRING]% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 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

Footnotes

• *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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