2025 Best Theology Schools in the Southeast Region
9Colleges in the Southeast Region
2,412Theology Degrees Awarded
Theology is of the hottest degree programs in the United States, coming in as the #127 most popular major in the country. This makes choosing the right school a hard decision.
College Factual reviewed 9 schools in the Southeast Region to determine which ones were the best for degree seekers in the field of theology. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 2,412 degrees in theology annually.
The theology program you select can have a big impact on your future. That's why we developed our collection of Best Schools for Theology rankings. We derive our Best Overall Theology School rankings by rolling up our degree-level rankings after weighting them by the number of degrees awarded at each school.
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.
The theology school you choose to invest your time and money in matters. To help you make the decision that is right for you, we've developed a number of major-specific rankings, including this list of the Best Theology Schools in the Southeast Region.
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The schools below may not offer all types of theology degrees so you may want to filter by degree level first. However, they are great for the degree levels they do offer.
Any student pursuing a degree in theology needs to look into Liberty University. Liberty University is a fairly 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 roughly 1173 theology students who graduated with this degree at Liberty University in the most recent data year.
It's hard to beat Columbia International University if you want to pursue a degree in theology. 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 27 theology students who graduated with this degree at CIU in the most recent year we have data available.
Any student who is interested in theology has to take a look at Regent University. Located in the city of Virginia Beach, Regent is a private not-for-profit university with a large student population. This university ranks 21st out of 57 colleges for overall quality in the state of Virginia.
There were roughly 73 theology students who graduated with this degree at Regent in the most recent year we have data available.
Every student pursuing a degree in theology has to check out Southeastern University. Located in the medium-sized city of Lakeland, SEU is a private not-for-profit university with a fairly large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #815 out of 2,152 colleges nationwide means SEU is a great university overall.
There were about 7 theology students who graduated with this degree at SEU in the most recent year we have data available.
Lee University is a small private not-for-profit university located in the city of Cleveland. This university ranks 17th out of 41 schools for overall quality in the state of Tennessee.
There were roughly 7 theology students who graduated with this degree at Lee University in the most recent year we have data available.
Located in the medium-sized city of West Palm Beach, Palm Beach Atlantic is a private not-for-profit university with a small student population. This university ranks 59th out of 70 schools for overall quality in the state of Florida.
There were about 29 theology students who graduated with this degree at Palm Beach Atlantic in the most recent year we have data available.
Located in the rural area of Ave Maria, AMU is a private not-for-profit university with a small student population. This university ranks 64th out of 70 schools for overall quality in the state of Florida.
There were about 35 theology students who graduated with this degree at AMU 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 theology program you select can have a big impact on your future. That's why we developed our collection of Best Schools for Theology rankings. We derive our Best Overall Theology School rankings by rolling up our degree-level rankings after weighting them by the number of degrees awarded at each school.
