2022 Best Value Theology & Religious Vocations Schools for a Doctorate in the Rocky Mountains Region

When pursuing a degree in today’s world, students have many different options to choose from. College Factual has developed its “Best Value Theology & Religious Vocations Schools for a Doctorate in the Rocky Mountains Region” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.

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 the Rocky Mountains region, there were 448 theology and religious vocations graduates with average earnings and debt of $38,180 and $38,735 respectively. At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 5 theology and religious vocations graduates with average earnings and debt of $75,140 and $97,138 respectively.

The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great theology and religious vocations programs and cost less that schools of similar quality.

When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the theology and religious vocations program at the school and the cost to attend the school once aid has been awarded. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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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 Theology & Religious Vocations Schools for a Doctorate in the Rocky Mountains Region” ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.

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Best Value Theology & Religious Vocations Schools for a Doctorate in the Rocky Mountains Region

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Theology & Religious Vocations Schools for a Doctorate in the Rocky Mountains Region.

Top 1 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Theology & Religious Vocations in the Rocky Mountains Region

#1

Denver Seminary

Littleton, Colorado

#1 in overall quality

$11,700 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Denver Seminary. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Theology & Religious Vocations Schools for a Doctorate in the Rocky Mountains Region list. Denver Seminary is located in Littleton, Colorado and, has a small student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 5 doctorate’s theology and religious vocations degrees to qualified students.

Denver Seminary did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Theology & Religious Vocations Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at Denver Seminary are $11,700, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Read more about Theology & Religious Vocations at Denver Seminary

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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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