Best Religious Studies Master’s Degree Colleges in the Far Western US Region

Unfortunately, there were no schools in the Far Western US Region that made our Best Religious Studies Master's Degree Schools in the Far Western US Region list. You may want to check out our national ranking in the field instead.

Choosing a Great Religious Studies School for Your Master's Degree

Your choice of religious studies for getting your master's degree school matters. This section explores some of the factors we include in our ranking and how much they vary depending on the school you select. Below we explain some of the most important factors to consider before making your choice:

Overall Quality Is a Must

A school that excels in educating for a particular major and degree level must be a great school overall as well. To make it into this list a school must rank well in our overall Best Colleges for a Master's Degree ranking. This ranking considered factors such as graduation rates, overall graduate earnings and other educational resources to identify great colleges and universities.

Average Early-Career Salaries

Average early-career salary of those graduating with their master's degree is one indicator we use in our analysis to find the schools that offer the highest-quality education. After all, your master's degree won't mean much if it doesn't help you find a job that will help you earn a living.

Other Factors We Consider

In addition to the above, you should consider some of the following factors:

• Major Focus - How many resources a school devotes to religious studies students as compared to other majors.
• Major Demand - How many other religious studies students want to attend this school to pursue a master's degree.
• Educational Resources - The amount of money and other resources allocated to students while they are pursuing their degree. These resources include such things as number of students per instructor and education expenditures per student.
• Student Debt - How much debt religious studies students go into to obtain their master's degree and how well they are able to pay back that debt.
• Accreditation - Whether a school is regionally accredited and/or accredited by a recognized religious studies related body.

Our full ranking methodology documents in more detail how we consider these factors to identify the best colleges for religious studies students working on their master's degree.

Insufficient Data for the Far Western US Region

As a result of missing data, we could not provide you with the religious studies quality ranking. This is usually due to there not being enough schools in the Far Western US Region that both offer religious studies and provided enough information for us to do a detailed analysis.

As an alternative, take a look at at some of our other Religious Studies rankings below or check out our overall Best Colleges for Religious Studies ranking.

Best Religious Studies Colleges by State

Explore the best religious studies colleges for a specific state in the Far Western US Region .

State	Colleges	Degrees Awarded
California	253	65
Washington	183	2
Oregon	158	0
Hawaii	85	7

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Rankings in Majors Related to Religion

One of 3 majors within the Philosophy & Religious Studies area of study, Religious Studies has other similar majors worth exploring.

Religion Focus Areas

Major	Annual Graduates
Religion/Religious Studies	37
Christian Studies	16
Other Religion/Religious Studies	4
Islamic Studies	2
Buddhist Studies	1

Most Popular Majors Related to Religion

Related Major	Annual Graduates
Philosophy	119
Other Philosophy & Religious Studies	61

Notes and References

• 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).
• Credit for the banner image above goes to Sowlos. More about our data sources and methodologies.