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

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

5 Colleges
$19,625 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$37,050 Avg Salary

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.

The Best Value Religious Education Master's Degree Schools in the Southeast Region ranking is one of many tools that Grad Degree Search has developed to help you make your educational decision. Our analysis looked at 5 schools in the Southeast Region to see which master's degree programs offered the best value experiences for religious ed students with the aim of identifying those quality schools that are more affordable than some of their counterparts.

When determining this ranking, we place a high emphasis on the school's quality as well as its sticker price. Even though a college may be affordable, it may not offer value. Specifically, our score for quality is discounted by the published tuition and fees charged by the given college. This gives the cost per unit of quality for each college. The more quality your dollar buys, the better the value.

Our calculations use out-of-state tuition and fees in our nationwide and regional rankings. For statewide rankings, we use average in-state tuition and fees.

2023 Best Value 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 value for your educational dollar.

Best Southeast Region Schools for Affordable Quality for a Master's in Religious Education

#1

Liberty University

Lynchburg, VA

Our 2023 rankings named Liberty University the best value school in the Southeast Region for religious education students working on their master’s degree. Located in the city of Lynchburg, Liberty University is a private not-for-profit college with a fairly large student population.

Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at Liberty University are $8,360 per year.

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Union Presbyterian Seminary. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Best Value Religious Education Master’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region list. Union Presbyterian is a fairly small private not-for-profit school located in the city of Richmond.

Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at Union Presbyterian are $13,190 per year.

Full Religious Education at Union Presbyterian Seminary Report

#3

Erskine College

Due West, SC

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Erskine College. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Best Value Religious Education Master’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region list. Erskine is a fairly small private not-for-profit school located in the rural area of Due West.

Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at Erskine are $13,700 per year.

Read full report on Religious Education at Erskine College

#4

Regent University

Virginia Beach, VA

The excellent master’s degree programs at Regent University helped the school earn the #4 place on this year’s ranking of the best value religious education schools in the Southeast Region . Regent is a large private not-for-profit school located in the large city of Virginia Beach.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at Regent are $17,190 a year.

Full Religious Education at Regent University Report

#5

Emory University

Atlanta, GA

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Emory University. It ranked #5 on our 2023 Best Value Religious Education Master’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region list. Emory is a large private not-for-profit school located in the city of Atlanta.

Emory graduate students pay an average of $45,684 in tuition and fees each year.

Emory excels when it comes to quality. It’s ranked in the top 5% of all schools on our Best Religious Education Master’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region list.

Read full report on Religious Education at Emory University

Best Religious Education Colleges by State

Explore the best religious education schools 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.

  • 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).
  • Credit for the banner image above goes to RichardF.

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