2022 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Theology (Income $0-$30k) in the Southeast Region

Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. At College Factual, we’re committed to helping you make that decision by providing information such as that found in our “Best Value Theology Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking.

Theology is the 131st most popular major in the country with 5,846 degrees awarded in 2019-2020.

Across the Southeast region, there were 2,138 theology graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 219 theology graduates with average earnings and debt of $36,277 and $25,415 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Theology Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking looked at 4 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in theology. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality theology programs that also have a lower cost than schools of similar quality.

Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the theology program at the school and the cost of the school after aid is awarded among other things. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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Best Value Theology Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region For Those Making $0-$30k

The colleges and universities below are the best for southeast region bachelor’s degree theology students whose families make $0-$30k.

Top 4 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Theology (Income $0-$30k) in the Southeast Region

#1

The Baptist College of Florida

Graceville, Florida

#4 in overall quality

$7,252 Average Net Price

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend The Baptist College of Florida. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value Theology Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region For Those Making $0-$30k. This small school is located in Graceville, Florida, and it awarded 25 bachelors’s theology degrees in 2019-2020.

BCF did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #4 on our “Best Theology Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” list. The estimated yearly cost for BCF is $7,252 for Southeast Region Bachelor’s Degree Theology students whose families make $0-$30k.

The impressive student-to-faculty ratio of 8 to 1 means that students may have more opportunities to work more closely with their professors than they would at other schools.

Full The Baptist College of Florida Theology Report

#2

Southern Adventist University

Collegedale, Tennessee

#1 in overall quality

$19,346 Average Net Price

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Southern Adventist University. The school came in at #2 for the Best Value Theology Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region For Those Making $0-$30k. Located in Collegedale, Tennessee, this small private not-for-profit school awarded 13 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s theology students in 2019-2020.

Southern Adventist also made our “Best Theology Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” list, coming in at #1. The yearly cost to attend Southern Adventist University is $19,346 for Southeast Region Bachelor’s Degree Theology students whose families make $0-$30k.

Read full report on Theology at Southern Adventist University

#3

Ave Maria University

Ave Maria, Florida

#3 in overall quality

$11,316 Average Net Price

Out of the 4 schools in the Best Value Theology Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region For Those Making $0-$30k that were part of this year’s ranking, Ave Maria University landed the #3 spot on the list. Ave Maria University is a small school located in Ave Maria, Florida that handed out 17 bachelors’s theology degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at AMU, the school also landed the #3 spot in our “Best Theology Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” ranking. The yearly cost to attend AMU is $11,316 for southeast region bachelor’s degree theology students whose families make $0-$30k.

Read more about Theology at AMU

#4

Palm Beach Atlantic University

West Palm Beach, Florida

#2 in overall quality

$23,101 Average Net Price

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Palm Beach Atlantic University. The school came in at #4 for the Best Value Theology Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region For Those Making $0-$30k. Located in West Palm Beach, Florida, this small private not-for-profit school awarded 18 degrees to qualified bachelors’s theology students in 2019-2020.

Palm Beach Atlantic did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our “Best Theology Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” list. The estimated yearly cost for Palm Beach Atlantic is $23,101 for southeast region bachelor’s degree theology students whose families make $0-$30k.

The school has an impressive student loan default rate. It’s only 3.3%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

Read full report on Theology at Palm Beach Atlantic University

• Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Theology (Income $0-$30k)

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).
• 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

• *Average salary, average net price, and average tuition and fees are for the top schools only.
• 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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