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2022 Best Value Theology Schools for an Associate For Those Getting Aid

4 Ranked Colleges
41 Degrees Awarded
$20,700 Avg Net Price*
Best Value Theology Schools for an Associate For Those Getting 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 Theology Schools for an Associate For Those Getting Aid” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.

Theology is the 131st most popular major in the country with 5,846 degrees awarded in 2019-2020.

At the associate degree level specifically, there were 41 theology graduates with average earnings and debt of $33,082 and $17,678 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value Theology Schools for an Associate For Those Getting Aid” ranking, we looked at 4 colleges that offer a degree in theology. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent theology programs, but they also cost less that schools of similar quality.

When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the theology program at the school and the cost to attend the school once aid has been awarded. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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Best Value Theology Schools for an Associate For Those Getting Aid

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Theology Schools for an Associate For Those Getting Aid.

Top 4 Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Theology (With Aid)

#1

The Baptist College of Florida

Graceville, Florida
#4 in overall quality
$10,288 Average Net Price

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend The Baptist College of Florida. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value Theology Schools for an Associate For Those Getting Aid. The Baptist College of Florida is a private not-for-profit institution located in Graceville, Florida. The school has a small population, and it awarded 2 associates’s degrees in 2019-2020.

BCF not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #4 on our “Best Theology Associate Degree Schools” list. It costs about $10,288 for associate degree theology students with aid per year to attend BCF.

The impressive student-to-faculty ratio of 8 to 1 means that students may have more opportunities to work more closely with their professors than they would at other schools.

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#2

Indiana Wesleyan University - National & Global

Marion, Indiana
#3 in overall quality
$22,207 Average Net Price

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Indiana Wesleyan University - National & Global. The school came in at #2 for the Best Value Theology Schools for an Associate For Those Getting Aid. Located in Marion, Indiana, this fairly large private not-for-profit school awarded 1 diplomas to qualified associates’s theology students in 2019-2020.

IWU not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #3 on our “Best Theology Associate Degree Schools” list. The yearly cost to attend IWU is $22,207 for associate degree theology students with aid.

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#3

Franciscan University of Steubenville

Steubenville, Ohio
#1 in overall quality
$24,918 Average Net Price

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Franciscan University of Steubenville. The school came in at #3 for the Best Value Theology Schools for an Associate For Those Getting Aid. Located in Steubenville, Ohio, this small private not-for-profit school awarded 9 degrees to qualified associates’s theology students in 2019-2020.

Franciscan U did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Theology Associate Degree Schools” list. It costs about $24,918 for associate degree theology students with aid per year to attend Franciscan University of Steubenville.

The student loan default rate at the school is 2.4%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 86%.

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#4

Oklahoma Wesleyan University

Bartlesville, Oklahoma
#2 in overall quality
$25,246 Average Net Price

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Oklahoma Wesleyan University. The school came in at #4 for the Best Value Theology Schools for an Associate For Those Getting Aid. This small school is located in Bartlesville, Oklahoma, and it awarded 1 associates’s theology degrees in 2019-2020.

OKWU or OWU also took the #2 spot in our “Best Theology Associate Degree Schools” ranking. It costs about $25,246 for associate degree theology students with aid per year to attend OKWU or OWU.

The impressive student-to-faculty ratio of 9 to 1 means that students may have more opportunities to work more closely with their professors than they would at other schools.

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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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