2022 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Religious Studies in Connecticut (With Aid)

When pursuing a degree in today’s world, students have many different options to choose from. Our mission at College Factual is to arm you with as much information as we can to help you make that decision. Our “Best Value Religion Schools for a Bachelor’s in Connecticut For Those Getting Aid” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.

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 Connecticut, there were 97 religious studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 46 religious studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $40,552 and $24,636 respectively.

This ranking identifies schools with high-quality religious studies programs that also have a lower cost than 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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The religion school you choose to invest your time and money in matters. To help you make the decision that is right for you, we’ve developed a number of major-specific rankings, including this list of “Best Value Religion Schools for a Bachelor’s in Connecticut For Those Getting Aid”.

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Best Value Religion Schools for a Bachelor’s in Connecticut For Those Getting Aid

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Religion Schools for a Bachelor’s in Connecticut For Those Getting Aid.

Top 1 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Religious Studies in Connecticut (With Aid)

#1

Trinity College

Hartford, Connecticut

#1 in overall quality

$34,460 Average Net Price

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Trinity College. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Religion Schools for a Bachelor’s in Connecticut For Those Getting Aid list. This small school is located in Hartford, Connecticut, and it awarded 7 bachelors’s religion degrees in 2019-2020.

Trinity Bantams also took the #1 spot in our “Best Religious Studies Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Connecticut” ranking. It costs about $34,460 for Connecticut Bachelor’s Degree Religion students with aid per year to attend Trinity College.

Since the school has a student-to-faculty ratio of 9 to 1, those pursuing a degree will have more opportunities to interact with their professors. With a freshman retention rate of 90%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its students. The school has an impressive student loan default rate. It’s only 2.6%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

Read full report on Religious Studies at Trinity Bantams

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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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