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2022 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Religion/Religious Studies (Income $48-$75k) in Virginia

4 Ranked Colleges
750 Degrees Awarded
Best Value Religion Schools for a Bachelor's in Virginia For Those Making $48-$75k

With all of the options students have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. 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 Virginia For Those Making $48-$75k” ranking is part of that endeavor.

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

Across Virginia, there were 884 religion/religious studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 750 religion/religious studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Religion Schools for a Bachelor’s in Virginia For Those Making $48-$75k” ranking analyzed 4 colleges that offered a degree in religion/religious studies. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent religion/religious studies programs, but they also 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 religion/religious studies program at the school. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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Best Value Religion Schools for a Bachelor’s in Virginia For Those Making $48-$75k

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

Top 4 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Religion/Religious Studies (Income $48-$75k) in Virginia

#1

William & Mary

Williamsburg, Virginia
#1 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend William & Mary. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Religion Schools for a Bachelor’s in Virginia For Those Making $48-$75k list. Williamsburg, Virginia is the setting for this medium-sized institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s religion degrees to 11 students in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our virginia bachelor’s degree religion students whose families make $48-$75k list, William & Mary has also earned the #1 rank in our “Best Religion/Religious Studies Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Virginia” ranking. It costs about $11,721 for Virginia Bachelor’s Degree Religion students whose families make $48-$75k per year to attend William & Mary.

With a freshman retention rate of 93%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its students. The low student loan default rate of 1.0% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%.

Full William & Mary Religion/Religious Studies Report

#2

University of Virginia - Main Campus

Charlottesville, Virginia
#2 in overall quality

Out of the 4 schools in the Best Value Religion Schools for a Bachelor’s in Virginia For Those Making $48-$75k that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Virginia - Main Campus landed the #2 spot on the list. Charlottesville, Virginia is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s religion degrees to 39 students in 2019-2020.

University of Virginia did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our “Best Religion/Religious Studies Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Virginia” list. It costs about $14,671 for Virginia Bachelor’s Degree Religion students whose families make $48-$75k per year to attend University of Virginia - Main Campus.

Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 97%. The student loan default rate at the school is 1.6%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.

Read full report on Religion/Religious Studies at University of Virginia - Main Campus

#4 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Virginia Commonwealth University. The school came in at #3 for the Best Value Religion Schools for a Bachelor’s in Virginia For Those Making $48-$75k. VCU is located in Richmond, Virginia and, has a large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 11 bachelors’s religion degrees to qualified students.

VCU also made our “Best Religion/Religious Studies Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Virginia” list, coming in at #4. It costs about $20,868 for Virginia Bachelor’s Degree Religion students whose families make $48-$75k per year to attend VCU.

The school has an impressive student loan default rate. It’s only 4.5%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

Read more about Religion/Religious Studies at VCU

#4

Liberty University

Lynchburg, Virginia
#3 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Liberty University. It ranked #4 on our 2022 Best Value Religion Schools for a Bachelor’s in Virginia For Those Making $48-$75k list. Liberty University is a large private not-for-profit school situated in Lynchburg, Virginia. It awarded 656 bachelors’s religion degrees in 2019-2020.

Liberty University also made our “Best Religion/Religious Studies Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Virginia” list, coming in at #3. It costs about $27,831 for Virginia Bachelor’s Degree Religion students whose families make $48-$75k per year to attend Liberty University.

Read full report on Religion/Religious Studies at Liberty University

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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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