2022 Best Value Catholic Studies Schools for a Bachelor’s

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With 10 degrees handed out in 2019-2020, catholic studies is the most popular major in the United States.

At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 3 catholic studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $38,303 and $24,501 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value Catholic Studies Schools for a Bachelor’s” ranking, we looked at 2 colleges that offer a degree in catholic studies. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great catholic studies programs and cost less that 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 catholic studies program at the school. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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Best Value Catholic Studies Schools for a Bachelor’s

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Catholic Studies Schools for a Bachelor’s.

Top 2 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Catholic Studies

#1

DePaul University

Chicago, Illinois

#2 in overall quality

$30,090 Average Net Price

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend DePaul University. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Catholic Studies Schools for a Bachelor’s list. Located in Chicago, Illinois, this large private not-for-profit school handed out 2 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s catholic studies students in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at DePaul, the school also landed the #2 spot in our “Best Catholic Studies Bachelor’s Degree Schools” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for DePaul University is $30,090 for Bachelor’s Degree Catholic Studies students.

The student loan default rate at the school is 4.5%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.

Read more about Catholic Studies at DePaul University

#2

College of the Holy Cross

Worcester, Massachusetts

#1 in overall quality

$37,292 Average Net Price

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend College of the Holy Cross. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Catholic Studies Schools for a Bachelor’s list. Holy Cross is located in Worcester, Massachusetts and, has a small student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 1 bachelors’s catholic studies degrees to qualified students.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Holy Cross, the school also landed the #1 spot in our “Best Catholic Studies Bachelor’s Degree Schools” ranking. It costs about $37,292 for Bachelor’s Degree Catholic Studies students per year to attend Holy Cross.

The impressive student-to-faculty ratio of 10 to 1 means that students may have more opportunities to work more closely with their professors than they would at other schools. The school has an impressive student loan default rate. It’s only 0.5%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 89%.

Full College of the Holy Cross Catholic Studies Report

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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