2022 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Religious Studies (Income $0-$30k) in Arkansas

It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. 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 Religion Schools for a Bachelor’s in Arkansas For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking is part of that endeavor.

In 2019-2020, 9,704 people earned their degree in religious studies, making the major the 115th most popular in the United States. 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 Arkansas, there were 20 religious studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 17 religious studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $36,332 and $22,750 respectively.

The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great religious studies programs and 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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When choosing the right school for you, it’s important to arm yourself with all the facts you can. To that end, we’ve created a number of major-specific rankings, including this “Best Value Religion Schools for a Bachelor’s in Arkansas For Those Making $0-$30k” list to help you make the college decision.

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

The colleges and universities below are the best for arkansas bachelor’s degree religion students whose families make $0-$30k.

Top 1 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Religious Studies (Income $0-$30k) in Arkansas

#1

University of Central Arkansas

Conway, Arkansas

#1 in overall quality

$13,549 Average Net Price

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Central Arkansas. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Religion Schools for a Bachelor’s in Arkansas For Those Making $0-$30k list. Conway, Arkansas is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s religion degrees to 6 students in 2019-2020.

UCA did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Religious Studies Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Arkansas” list. It costs about $13,549 for Arkansas Bachelor’s Degree Religion students whose families make $0-$30k per year to attend University of Central Arkansas.

Full UCA Religious Studies Report

• Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Religious Studies (Income $0-$30k) in the Southeast Region
• Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Religious Studies (Income $0-$30k)

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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