2022 Best Value Religion Schools for a Master’s in Georgia For Those Making $30-$48k

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 Master’s in Georgia For Those Making $30-$48k” 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 Georgia, there were 135 religious studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $48,300 and $41,250 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 15 religious studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $52,988 and $43,995 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value Religion Schools for a Master’s in Georgia For Those Making $30-$48k” ranking, we looked at 2 colleges that offer a degree in religious studies. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality religious studies programs that also have a lower cost than schools of similar quality.

Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the religious studies program at the school and the cost of the school after aid is awarded among other things. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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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 Master’s in Georgia For Those Making $30-$48k” list to help you make the college decision.

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Best Value Religion Schools for a Master’s in Georgia For Those Making $30-$48k

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Religion Schools for a Master’s in Georgia For Those Making $30-$48k.

Top 2 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Religious Studies (Income $30-$48k) in Georgia

#1

University of Georgia

Athens, Georgia

$27,476 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Georgia. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Religion Schools for a Master’s in Georgia For Those Making $30-$48k list. University of Georgia is a large school located in Athens, Georgia that handed out 1 masters’s religion degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at UGA, the school also landed the #0 spot in our “Best Religious Studies Master’s Degree Schools in Georgia” ranking. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at UGA are $27,476.

Full University of Georgia Religious Studies Report

#2

Georgia State University

Atlanta, Georgia

#1 in overall quality

$24,790 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Georgia State University. The school came in at #2 for the Best Value Religion Schools for a Master’s in Georgia For Those Making $30-$48k. Atlanta, Georgia is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s religion degrees to 7 students in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Georgia State, the school also landed the #1 spot in our “Best Religious Studies Master’s Degree Schools in Georgia” ranking. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at Georgia State are $24,790.

Read full report on Religious Studies at Georgia State

• Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Religious Studies (Income $30-$48k) in the Southeast Region
• Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Religious Studies (Income $30-$48k)

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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