2023 Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Religious Ed Major in the Far Western US Region
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Ranked Colleges
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Degrees Awarded
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When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Religious Ed Major in the Far Western US Region” ranking is part of that endeavor.
In 2021-2022, 1,292 people earned their degree in religious education, making the major the 216th most popular in the United States. In , religious education graduates who were awarded their degree in , earned an average of $30,694 and had an average of $27,141 in loans still to pay off.
Across the Far Western US region, there were 63 religious education graduates with average earnings and debt of $26,766 and $24,969 respectively. At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 19 religious education graduates with average earnings and debt of $76,633 and $152,837 respectively.
For this year’s “Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Religious Ed Major in the Far Western US Region” ranking, we looked at 2 colleges that offer a degree in religious education. That schools that top this list have a program in religious education in which the largest percentage of students at the school are enrolled.
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Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Religious Ed Major in the Far Western US Region
The colleges and universities below are the best for far western us region doctor’s degree religious ed students.
Top 2 Most Focused Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Religious Education in the Far Western US Region
Out of the 2 schools in the Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Religious Ed Major in the Far Western US Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Biola University landed the #1 spot on the list. This medium-sized school is located in La Mirada, California, and it awarded 10 doctorate’s religious ed degrees in 2021-2022.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 0.7% 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%. With a freshman retention rate of 88%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students.
Read more about Religious Education at Biola
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Azusa Pacific University. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Religious Ed Major in the Far Western US Region list. Azusa Pacific is a medium-sized private not-for-profit school situated in Azusa, California. It awarded 9 doctorate’s religious ed degrees in 2021-2022.
The undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 10 to 1 is a sign that students will have more opportunities to engage with their professors one-on-one. The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 1.1%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Full Azusa Pacific University Religious Education Report
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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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- *Avg Salary and Avg 4-Year Grad Rate 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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