2023 Most Veteran Friendly in California for Theology & Religious Vocations for an Associate
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Ranked Colleges
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Degrees Awarded
$22,400
Avg Cost*

Veterans have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. At College Factual, we’re committed to helping you make that decision by providing information such as that found in our “Most Veteran Friendly in California for Theology & Religious Vocations for an Associate” ranking.
Theology & Religious Vocations is the 26th most popular major in the country with 27,459 degrees awarded in 2020-2021. In 2019-2020, theology and religious vocations graduates who were awarded their degree in 2017-2019, earned an average of $36,020 and had an average of $26,322 in loans still to pay off.
Across California, there were 2,128 theology and religious vocations graduates with average earnings and debt of $35,875 and $25,334 respectively. At the associate degree level specifically, there were 21 theology and religious vocations graduates with average earnings and debt of $38,972 and $17,699 respectively.
Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent theology and religious vocations programs, but they also offer a lot of support to veterans and active service members.
To come up with these rankings, we looked at factors such as veteran satisfaction, veteran affordability, and overall quality of the theology and religious vocations program at the school. See our ranking methodology to learn more.
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Most Veteran Friendly in California for Theology & Religious Vocations for an Associate
The following schools top our list of the Best “Most Veteran Friendly in California for Theology & Religious Vocations for an Associate”.
Top 1 Best Theology & Religious Vocations Associate Degree Colleges for Veterans in California
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Life Pacific College. The school came in at #1 for the Most Veteran Friendly in California for Theology & Religious Vocations for an Associate. Life Pacific College is a private not-for-profit institution located in San Dimas, California. The school has a small population, and it awarded 2 associates’s degrees in 2020-2021.
LIFE Bible College did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Theology & Religious Vocations Associate Degree Schools in California” list.Our most recent data shows that 10 of the 604 students enrolled at Life Pacific College were GI Bill® students, of which 7 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average tuition and fees award for the Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients was $12,726. In addition to receiving other benefits, 0 students qualified for the Yellow Ribbon Program. Eligible students may be able to receive credit for their military training.
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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).
- Veteran-specific data can be found at the U.S. Department of Veteran Affairs.
- 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
- *Avg Salary and Avg 4-Year Grad Rate are for the top schools only.
- **GI Bill® student total includes all chapters of the GI Bill® program (e.g., Post-9/11, Montgomery GI Bill, Reserve Education Assistance Program, and Veteran Readiness and Employment)
- 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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