2022 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Religious Education (Income $48-$75k) in the Middle Atlantic Region

It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. One of our goals at College Factual is to give you as much information as we can - such as our “Best Value Religious Ed Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Making $48-$75k” ranking - to help you make that decision.

In 2019-2020, 1,336 people earned their degree in religious education, making the major the 215th most popular in the United States. In 2017-2018, religious education graduates who were awarded their degree in 2015-2017, earned an average of $28,663 and had an average of $31,603 in loans still to pay off.

Across the Middle Atlantic region, there were 145 religious education graduates with average earnings and debt of $20,100 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 34 religious education graduates with average earnings and debt of $39,278 and $24,587 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Religious Ed Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Making $48-$75k” ranking looked at 2 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in religious education. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent religious education programs, but they also cost less that schools of similar quality.

Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the religious education program at the school and the cost of the school after aid is awarded among other things. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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Best Value Religious Ed Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Making $48-$75k

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Religious Ed Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Making $48-$75k.

Top 2 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Religious Education (Income $48-$75k) in the Middle Atlantic Region

#1

Messiah University

Mechanicsburg, Pennsylvania

#1 in overall quality

$22,999 Average Net Price

$24,730 Average Early-Career Earnings

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Messiah University. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Religious Ed Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Making $48-$75k list. Messiah University is a private not-for-profit institution located in Mechanicsburg, Pennsylvania. The school has a small population, and it awarded 12 bachelors’s degrees in 2019-2020.

Messiah also took the #1 spot in our “Best Religious Education Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for Messiah University is $22,999 for middle atlantic region bachelor’s degree religious ed students whose families make $48-$75k.

Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 86%. The low student loan default rate of 2.4% 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%.

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#2

University of Valley Forge

Phoenixville, Pennsylvania

#2 in overall quality

$19,577 Average Net Price

Out of the 2 schools in the Best Value Religious Ed Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Making $48-$75k that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Valley Forge landed the #2 spot on the list. University of Valley Forge is located in Phoenixville, Pennsylvania and, has a small student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 1 bachelors’s religious ed degrees to qualified students.

UVF did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our “Best Religious Education Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region” list. The yearly cost to attend University of Valley Forge is $19,577 for middle atlantic region bachelor’s degree religious ed students whose families make $48-$75k.

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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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