2022 Best Value Religion Schools for a Doctorate in Georgia For Those Making $48-$75k

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 Religion Schools for a Doctorate in Georgia For Those Making $48-$75k” ranking is part of that endeavor.

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 Georgia, there were 135 religious studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $48,300 and $41,250 respectively. At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 16 religious studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $66,934 and $102,100 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value Religion Schools for a Doctorate in Georgia For Those Making $48-$75k” 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. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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Best Value Religion Schools for a Doctorate in Georgia For Those Making $48-$75k

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Religion Schools for a Doctorate in Georgia For Those Making $48-$75k.

Top 2 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Religious Studies (Income $48-$75k) in Georgia

#1

Emory University

Atlanta, Georgia

#1 in overall quality

$44,676 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

$55,512 Average Early-Career Earnings

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Emory University. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Religion Schools for a Doctorate in Georgia For Those Making $48-$75k list. Emory University is located in Atlanta, Georgia and, has a fairly large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 15 doctorate’s religion degrees to qualified students.

Emory also took the #1 spot in our “Best Religious Studies Doctor’s Degree Schools in Georgia” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Emory University are $44,676, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Read more about Religious Studies at Emory University

#2

University of Georgia

Athens, Georgia

#2 in overall quality

$27,476 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Georgia. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Religion Schools for a Doctorate in Georgia For Those Making $48-$75k list. University of Georgia is a large public school situated in Athens, Georgia. It awarded 1 doctorate’s religion degrees in 2019-2020.

UGA also made our “Best Religious Studies Doctor’s Degree Schools in Georgia” list, coming in at #2. Average graduate tuition and fees at University of Georgia are $27,476, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Read more about Religious Studies at University of Georgia

• Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Religious Studies (Income $48-$75k) in the Southeast Region
• Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Religious Studies (Income $48-$75k)

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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