2022 Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Religion/Religious Studies (Income $0-$30k)

It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. 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 an Associate For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.

Religion/Religious Studies is the 173rd most popular major in the country with 3,832 degrees awarded in 2019-2020.

At the associate degree level specifically, there were 113 religion/religious studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $33,082 and $17,678 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value Religion Schools for an Associate For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking, we looked at 2 colleges that offer a degree in religion/religious studies. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great religion/religious studies programs and cost less that schools of similar quality.

Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the religion/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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Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we’ve developed the “Best Value Religion Schools for an Associate For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.

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Best Value Religion Schools for an Associate For Those Making $0-$30k

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

Top 2 Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Religion/Religious Studies (Income $0-$30k)

#1

Cairn University

Langhorne, Pennsylvania

#2 in overall quality

$16,977 Average Net Price

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Cairn University. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Religion Schools for an Associate For Those Making $0-$30k list. Cairn University is located in Langhorne, Pennsylvania and, has a small student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 1 associates’s religion degrees to qualified students.

Cairn also made our “Best Religion/Religious Studies Associate Degree Schools” list, coming in at #2. The yearly cost to attend Cairn University is $16,977 for Associate Degree Religion students whose families make $0-$30k.

Read full report on Religion/Religious Studies at Cairn University

#2

Liberty University

Lynchburg, Virginia

#1 in overall quality

$27,896 Average Net Price

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Liberty University. The school came in at #2 for the Best Value Religion Schools for an Associate For Those Making $0-$30k. Liberty University is located in Lynchburg, Virginia and, has a large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 94 associates’s religion degrees to qualified students.

Liberty University did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Religion/Religious Studies Associate Degree Schools” list. The estimated yearly cost for Liberty University is $27,896 for Associate Degree Religion students whose families make $0-$30k.

Read more about Religion/Religious Studies at Liberty University

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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