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2023 Best Religious Education Master's Degree Schools in the Southeast Region

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Finding the Best Religious Education Master's Degree School for You

Religious Education is the #161 most popular major in the country with 687 degrees and certificates awarded in 2020-2021.

Today's students have lots of options to pick from when considering higher education opportunities. You're no longer limited to schools in your local area, either, since online programs are becoming more prevalent. Or you may find the programs at a trade school to be a better alternative for you.

To assist you in seeing some of the education options that are available to you, Grad Degree Search has created its Best Religious Education Master's Degree Schools in the Southeast Region ranking. Our analysis looked at 5 schools in the Southeast Region to see which master's degree programs offered the best educational experiences for students. To come up with a school's ranking, we analyzed numerous factors related to post-graduation wages, the quality of education offered by the school, average accumulated student debt, and more.

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2023 Best Religious Education Master’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region

Check out the religious ed master's degree programs at these schools if you want to get the best education that money can buy.

Top Southeast Region Schools for a Master's in Religious Education

Our 2023 rankings named Union Presbyterian Seminary the best school in the Southeast Region for religious education students working on their master’s degree. Union Presbyterian is a fairly small private not-for-profit school located in the city of Richmond.

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#2

Emory University

Atlanta, GA

The excellent master’s degree programs at Emory University helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the best religious education schools in the Southeast Region . Emory is a fairly large private not-for-profit school located in the city of Atlanta.

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#3

Erskine College

Due West, SC

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Erskine College. The school came in at #3 on this year’s Best Religious Education Master’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region list. Erskine is a small private not-for-profit school located in the rural area of Due West.

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#4

Liberty University

Lynchburg, VA

A rank of #4 on this year’s list means Liberty University is a great place for religious education students working on their master’s degree. Located in the small city of Lynchburg, Liberty University is a private not-for-profit school with a fairly large student population.

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#5

Regent University

Virginia Beach, VA

The excellent master’s degree programs at Regent University helped the school earn the #5 place on this year’s ranking of the best religious education schools in the Southeast Region . Regent is a fairly large private not-for-profit school located in the city of Virginia Beach.

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Best Religious Education Colleges by State

Explore the best religious education colleges for a specific state in the Southeast region.

State Degrees Awarded
Virginia 45
Florida 0
Georgia 4
North Carolina 30
Tennessee 0
Kentucky 17
Louisiana 53
Alabama 1
South Carolina 2
Mississippi 2

One of 7 majors within the area of study, religious education has other similar majors worth exploring.

Related Major Annual Graduates
Theological & Ministerial Studies 12,534
Pastoral Counseling & Specialized Ministries 1,624
Biblical Studies 1,052
Theology & Religious Vocations (Other) 777
Missionary Studies 423

Notes and References

*These averages are for the top 5 schools only.

  • Read more about our ranking methodology.
  • 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).
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