2022 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Religious Education in the Far Western US Region (With Aid)
It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. College Factual has developed its “Best Value Religious Ed Schools for a Doctorate in the Far Western US Region For Those Getting Aid” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.
Religious Education is the 215th most popular major in the country with 1,336 degrees awarded in 2019-2020. 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 Far Western US region, there were 96 religious education graduates with average earnings and debt of $19,200 and $23,563 respectively. At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 13 religious education graduates with average earnings and debt of $72,342 and $136,270 respectively.
This year’s “Best Value Religious Ed Schools for a Doctorate in the Far Western US Region For Those Getting Aid” ranking looked at 2 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in religious education. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality religious education 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 religious education program at the school. See our ranking methodology to learn more.
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Best Value Religious Ed Schools for a Doctorate in the Far Western US Region For Those Getting Aid
The colleges and universities below are the best for far western us region doctor’s degree religious ed students with aid.
Top 2 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Religious Education in the Far Western US Region (With Aid)
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Azusa Pacific University. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Religious Ed Schools for a Doctorate in the Far Western US Region For Those Getting Aid list. Azusa Pacific is a medium-sized private not-for-profit school situated in Azusa, California. It awarded 3 doctorate’s religious ed degrees in 2019-2020.
Azusa Pacific not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #2 on our “Best Religious Education Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Far Western US Region” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at Azusa Pacific are $16,571, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Biola University. The school came in at #2 for the Best Value Religious Ed Schools for a Doctorate in the Far Western US Region For Those Getting Aid. La Mirada, California is the setting for this medium-sized institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out doctorate’s religious ed degrees to 10 students in 2019-2020.
Biola also made our “Best Religious Education Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Far Western US Region” list, coming in at #1. Average graduate tuition and fees at Biola are $11,772, but some majors have different tuition rates.
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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%.
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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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