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2022 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Islamic Studies (With Aid)

4 Ranked Colleges
23 Degrees Awarded
$27,300 Avg Net Price*
Best Value Islamic Studies Schools for a Bachelor's For Those Getting Aid

Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Best Value Islamic Studies Schools for a Bachelor’s For Those Getting Aid” ranking is part of that endeavor.

In 2019-2020, 59 people earned their degree in Islamic studies, making the major the 1108th most popular in the United States.

At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 23 Islamic studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $38,303 and $24,501 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value Islamic Studies Schools for a Bachelor’s For Those Getting Aid” ranking, we looked at 4 colleges that offer a degree in Islamic studies. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality Islamic studies programs that also have a lower cost than schools of similar quality.

When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the Islamic studies program at the school and the cost to attend the school once aid has been awarded. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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Since the program you select can have a significant impact on your future, we’ve developed a number of rankings, including this “Best Value Islamic Studies Schools for a Bachelor’s For Those Getting Aid” list, to help you choose the best school for you.

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Best Value Islamic Studies Schools for a Bachelor’s For Those Getting Aid

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Islamic Studies Schools for a Bachelor’s For Those Getting Aid.

Top 4 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Islamic Studies (With Aid)

#1

San Diego State University

San Diego, California
#4 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend San Diego State University. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Islamic Studies Schools for a Bachelor’s For Those Getting Aid list. Located in San Diego, California, this large public school handed out 1 degrees to qualified bachelors’s Islamic studies students in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our bachelor’s degree islamic studies students with aid list, SDSU has also earned the #4 rank in our “Best Islamic Studies Bachelor’s Degree Schools” ranking. The yearly cost to attend San Diego State University is $14,788 for Bachelor’s Degree Islamic Studies students with aid.

The school has an impressive student loan default rate. It’s only 2.8%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 89%.

Read more about Islamic Studies at San Diego State University

#3 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Ohio State University - Main Campus. The school came in at #2 for the Best Value Islamic Studies Schools for a Bachelor’s For Those Getting Aid. Columbus, Ohio is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s Islamic studies degrees to 1 students in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our bachelor’s degree islamic studies students with aid list, Ohio State has also earned the #3 rank in our “Best Islamic Studies Bachelor’s Degree Schools” ranking. It costs about $17,616 for bachelor’s degree islamic studies students with aid per year to attend Ohio State.

The school has an impressive student loan default rate. It’s only 4.4%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. With a freshman retention rate of 94%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its students.

Read more about Islamic Studies at Ohio State

#3

Boston College

Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts
#1 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Boston College. It ranked #3 on our 2022 Best Value Islamic Studies Schools for a Bachelor’s For Those Getting Aid list. This fairly large school is located in Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts, and it awarded 7 bachelors’s Islamic studies degrees in 2019-2020.

Boston College also took the #1 spot in our “Best Islamic Studies Bachelor’s Degree Schools” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for Boston College is $35,899 for bachelor’s degree islamic studies students with aid.

The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 93%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. The school has an impressive student loan default rate. It’s only 1.2%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

Read more about Islamic Studies at Boston College

#4

Villanova University

Villanova, Pennsylvania
#2 in overall quality

Out of the 4 schools in the Best Value Islamic Studies Schools for a Bachelor’s For Those Getting Aid that were part of this year’s ranking, Villanova University landed the #4 spot on the list. Villanova University is a private not-for-profit institution located in Villanova, Pennsylvania. The school has a fairly large population, and it awarded 2 bachelors’s degrees in 2019-2020.

Villanova also made our “Best Islamic Studies Bachelor’s Degree Schools” list, coming in at #2. It costs about $41,027 for bachelor’s degree islamic studies students with aid per year to attend Villanova.

The school has an impressive student loan default rate. It’s only 1.5%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 96%.

Read more about Islamic Studies at Villanova University

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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