2023 Most Focused Colleges for Religion/Religious Studies in Utah

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 “Schools Highly Focused on Religion Major in Utah” ranking is part of that endeavor.

Religion/Religious Studies is the 189th most popular major in the country with 3,329 degrees awarded in 2021-2022.

Across Utah, there were 5 religion/religious studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively.

This year’s “Schools Highly Focused on Religion Major in Utah” ranking analyzed 2 colleges that offered a degree in religion/religious studies. This a ranking of the schools where the largest percentage of students has enrolled in religion/religious studies.

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Schools Highly Focused on Religion Major in Utah

The colleges and universities below are the best for utah religion students.

Top 2 Most Focused Colleges for Religion/Religious Studies in Utah

1

Utah State University
Logan, Utah

#5 overall quality in Utah

$42,623 Average Early-Career Earnings

$15,830 Average Student Debt

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Utah State University. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Schools Highly Focused on Religion Major in Utah list. This large school is located in Logan, Utah, and it awarded 5 ’s religion degrees in 2021-2022.

The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 0.8%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

Full USU Religion/Religious Studies Report

2

University of Utah
Salt Lake City, Utah

#3 overall quality in Utah

$51,388 Average Early-Career Earnings

$34,415 Average Student Debt

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Utah. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Schools Highly Focused on Religion Major in Utah list. University of Utah is a large public school situated in Salt Lake City, Utah. It awarded 0 ’s religion degrees in 2021-2022.

With a freshman retention rate of 87%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students. The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 0.8%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

Read more about Religion/Religious Studies at U of U

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

• *Avg Salary and Avg 4-Year Grad Rate 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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