Religious Education is about average in terms of popularity for bachelor's degrees programs. That is, it ranks #183 out of the 363 majors across the country that we analyze each year. So, you may have to do some digging around to find quality schools that offer the degree program. This list can help with that.
There was only one school in California to review for the 2025 Best Religious Education Bachelor's Degree Schools in California ranking. If you would like to see more options to choose from, check out the Best Bachelor's Degree Schools in the United States ranking..
When choosing the right school for you, it's important to arm yourself with all the facts you can. To that end, we've created a number of major-specific rankings, including this Best Religious Education Bachelor's Degree Schools in California list to help you make the college decision.
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Best Schools for Bachelor’s Students to Study Religious Education in California
Below you'll see a list of the best colleges and universities for pursuing a bachelor's degree in religious education.
Top California Schools for a Bachelor's in Religious Ed
Any student pursuing a degree in a bachelor's degree in religious education has to look into Biola University. Biola is a moderately-sized private not-for-profit university located in the large suburb of La Mirada.
Bachelor's students who receive their degree from the religious ed program make an average of $30,887 in their early career salary.
The bars on the spread charts above show the distribution of the schools on this list +/- one standard deviation from the mean.
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 the rest 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).