2022 Best Value Religion Schools for a Bachelor’s in District of Columbia For Those Making $0-$30k

It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. One of our goals at College Factual is to give you as much information as we can - such as our “Best Value Religion Schools for a Bachelor’s in District of Columbia For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking - to help you make that decision.

Religious Studies is the 115th most popular major in the country with 9,704 degrees awarded in 2019-2020. In 2017-2018, religious studies graduates who were awarded their degree in 2015-2017, earned an average of $32,163 and had an average of $28,712 in loans still to pay off.

Across District of Columbia, there were 49 religious studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $46,900 and $35,804 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 37 religious studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $44,446 and $25,767 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Religion Schools for a Bachelor’s in District of Columbia For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking looked at 2 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in religious studies. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent religious studies programs, but they also cost less that schools of similar quality.

To come up with these rankings, we looked at factors such as the cost to attend the school after aid is awarded and overall quality of the religious studies program at the school. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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Best Value Religion Schools for a Bachelor’s in District of Columbia For Those Making $0-$30k

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Religion Schools for a Bachelor’s in District of Columbia For Those Making $0-$30k.

Top 2 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Religious Studies (Income $0-$30k) in District of Columbia

#1

American University

Washington, District of Columbia

#1 in overall quality

$28,432 Average Net Price

Out of the 2 schools in the Best Value Religion Schools for a Bachelor’s in District of Columbia For Those Making $0-$30k that were part of this year’s ranking, American University landed the #1 spot on the list. This fairly large school is located in Washington, District of Columbia, and it awarded 7 bachelors’s religion degrees in 2019-2020.

The American University also took the #1 spot in our “Best Religious Studies Bachelor’s Degree Schools in District of Columbia” ranking. It costs about $28,432 for district of columbia bachelor’s degree religion students whose families make $0-$30k per year to attend American University.

The school has an impressive student loan default rate. It’s only 2.5%, 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 85%.

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#2

Catholic University of America

Washington, District of Columbia

#2 in overall quality

$25,675 Average Net Price

$37,568 Average Early-Career Earnings

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Catholic University of America. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Religion Schools for a Bachelor’s in District of Columbia For Those Making $0-$30k list. Located in Washington, District of Columbia, this medium-sized private not-for-profit school awarded 15 degrees to qualified bachelors’s religion students in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our district of columbia bachelor’s degree religion students whose families make $0-$30k list, CUA has also earned the #2 rank in our “Best Religious Studies Bachelor’s Degree Schools in District of Columbia” ranking. It costs about $25,675 for district of columbia bachelor’s degree religion students whose families make $0-$30k per year to attend CUA.

The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 86%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. The student loan default rate at the school is 2.8%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.

Read full report on Religious Studies at Catholic University of America

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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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