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2022 Best Value Islamic Studies Schools for a Bachelor’s For Those Making $30-$48k

4 Ranked Colleges
23 Degrees Awarded
$12,700 Avg Net Price*
Best Value Islamic Studies Schools for a Bachelor's For Those Making $30-$48k

Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Best Value Islamic Studies Schools for a Bachelor’s For Those Making $30-$48k” ranking is part of that endeavor.

In 2019-2020, 59 people earned their degree in Islamic studies, making the major the 1108th most popular in the United States.

At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 23 Islamic studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $38,303 and $24,501 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value Islamic Studies Schools for a Bachelor’s For Those Making $30-$48k” ranking, we looked at 4 colleges that offer a degree in Islamic studies. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent Islamic studies 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 Islamic studies program at the school and the cost to attend the school once aid has been awarded. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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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 Value Islamic Studies Schools for a Bachelor’s For Those Making $30-$48k” list to help you make the college decision.

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Best Value Islamic Studies Schools for a Bachelor’s For Those Making $30-$48k

The colleges and universities below are the best for bachelor’s degree islamic studies students whose families make $30-$48k.

Top 4 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Islamic Studies (Income $30-$48k)

#1

Boston College

Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts
#1 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Boston College. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Islamic Studies Schools for a Bachelor’s For Those Making $30-$48k list. This fairly large school is located in Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts, and it awarded 7 bachelors’s Islamic studies degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Boston College, the school also landed the #1 spot in our “Best Islamic Studies Bachelor’s Degree Schools” ranking. The yearly cost to attend Boston College is $8,951 for bachelor’s degree islamic studies students whose families make $30-$48k.

The school has an impressive student loan default rate. It’s only 1.2%, 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 93%.

Read more about Islamic Studies at Boston College

#3 in overall quality

Out of the 4 schools in the Best Value Islamic Studies Schools for a Bachelor’s For Those Making $30-$48k that were part of this year’s ranking, Ohio State University - Main Campus landed the #2 spot on the list. Ohio State University - Main Campus is a public institution located in Columbus, Ohio. The school has a large population, and it awarded 1 bachelors’s degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Ohio State, the school also landed the #3 spot in our “Best Islamic Studies Bachelor’s Degree Schools” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for Ohio State is $10,037 for bachelor’s degree islamic studies students whose families make $30-$48k.

The school has an impressive student loan default rate. It’s only 4.4%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 94%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.

Full Ohio State Islamic Studies Report

#3

San Diego State University

San Diego, California
#4 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend San Diego State University. It ranked #3 on our 2022 Best Value Islamic Studies Schools for a Bachelor’s For Those Making $30-$48k list. SDSU is a large school located in San Diego, California that handed out 1 bachelors’s Islamic studies degrees in 2019-2020.

SDSU also made our “Best Islamic Studies Bachelor’s Degree Schools” list, coming in at #4. The estimated yearly cost for SDSU is $10,594 for Bachelor’s Degree Islamic Studies students whose families make $30-$48k.

The student loan default rate at the school is 2.8%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 89%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.

Read full report on Islamic Studies at San Diego State University

#4

Villanova University

Villanova, Pennsylvania
#2 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Villanova University. The school came in at #4 for the Best Value Islamic Studies Schools for a Bachelor’s For Those Making $30-$48k. Located in Villanova, Pennsylvania, this fairly large private not-for-profit school awarded 2 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s Islamic studies students in 2019-2020.

Villanova also made our “Best Islamic Studies Bachelor’s Degree Schools” list, coming in at #2. The yearly cost to attend Villanova University is $21,359 for bachelor’s degree islamic studies students whose families make $30-$48k.

Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 96%. The low student loan default rate of 1.5% 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%.

Read full report on Islamic Studies at Villanova

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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