2022 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Theology & Religious Vocations in Maine (With Aid)

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 Theology & Religious Vocations Schools for a Bachelor’s in Maine For Those Getting Aid” ranking is part of that endeavor.

In 2019-2020, 26,872 people earned their degree in theology and religious vocations, making the major the 25th most popular in the United States. In 2017-2018, theology and religious vocations graduates who were awarded their degree in 2015-2017, earned an average of $34,203 and had an average of $35,660 in loans still to pay off.

Across Maine, there were 64 theology and religious vocations graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 7 theology and religious vocations graduates with average earnings and debt of $40,256 and $26,111 respectively.

This ranking identifies schools with high-quality theology and religious vocations 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 theology and religious vocations program at the school. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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Best Value Theology & Religious Vocations Schools for a Bachelor’s in Maine For Those Getting Aid

The colleges and universities below are the best for maine bachelor’s degree theology & religious vocations students with aid.

Top 1 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Theology & Religious Vocations in Maine (With Aid)

#1

Saint Joseph's College of Maine

Standish, Maine

#1 in overall quality

$26,929 Average Net Price

Out of the 1 schools in the Best Value Theology & Religious Vocations Schools for a Bachelor’s in Maine For Those Getting Aid that were part of this year’s ranking, Saint Joseph’s College of Maine landed the #1 spot on the list. Standish, Maine is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out bachelors’s theology and religious vocations degrees to 7 students in 2019-2020.

Saint Joseph’s Maine not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #1 on our “Best Theology & Religious Vocations Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Maine” list. The estimated yearly cost for Saint Joseph’s College of Maine is $26,929 for Maine Bachelor’s Degree Theology & Religious Vocations students with aid.

The low student loan default rate of 4.8% 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%.

Read more about Theology & Religious Vocations at Saint Joseph’s Maine

• Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Theology & Religious Vocations in the New England Region (With Aid)
• Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Theology & Religious Vocations (With Aid)

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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