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2022 Best Value Islamic Studies Schools for a Bachelor’s

4 Ranked Colleges
23 Degrees Awarded
$27,300 Avg Net Price*
Best Value Islamic Studies Schools for a Bachelor's

With all of the options students have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. 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” ranking is part of that endeavor.

Islamic Studies is the 1108th most popular major in the country with 59 degrees awarded in 2019-2020.

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.

This year’s “Best Value Islamic Studies Schools for a Bachelor’s” ranking analyzed 4 colleges that offered a degree in Islamic studies. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality Islamic studies programs that also have a lower cost than 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. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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Best Value Islamic Studies Schools for a Bachelor’s

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

Top 4 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Islamic Studies

#1

San Diego State University

San Diego, California
#4 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend San Diego State University. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value Islamic Studies Schools for a Bachelor’s. Located in San Diego, California, this large public school awarded 1 degrees to qualified bachelors’s Islamic studies students in 2019-2020.

SDSU not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #4 on our “Best Islamic Studies Bachelor’s Degree Schools” list. The estimated yearly cost for SDSU is $14,788 for Bachelor’s Degree Islamic Studies students.

The school has an impressive student loan default rate. It’s only 2.8%, 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 SDSU Islamic Studies Report

#3 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Ohio State University - Main Campus. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Islamic Studies Schools for a Bachelor’s list. Ohio State 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 yearly cost to attend Ohio State is $17,616 for bachelor’s degree islamic studies students.

Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 94%. The student loan default rate at the school is 4.4%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.

Full Ohio State Islamic Studies Report

#3

Villanova University

Villanova, Pennsylvania
#2 in overall quality

Out of the 4 schools in the Best Value Islamic Studies Schools for a Bachelor’s that were part of this year’s ranking, Villanova University landed the #3 spot on the list. Villanova University is a fairly large school located in Villanova, Pennsylvania that handed out 2 bachelors’s Islamic studies degrees in 2019-2020.

Villanova also took the #2 spot in our “Best Islamic Studies Bachelor’s Degree Schools” ranking. The yearly cost to attend Villanova is $41,027 for bachelor’s degree islamic studies students.

The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 96%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. 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%.

Full Villanova Islamic Studies Report

#4

Boston College

Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts
#1 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Boston College. It ranked #4 on our 2022 Best Value Islamic Studies Schools for a Bachelor’s list. Boston College is a private not-for-profit institution located in Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts. The school has a fairly large population, and it awarded 7 bachelors’s degrees in 2019-2020.

Boston College also took the #1 spot in our “Best Islamic Studies Bachelor’s Degree Schools” ranking. The yearly cost to attend Boston College is $35,899 for bachelor’s degree islamic studies students.

The student loan default rate at the school is 1.2%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. With a freshman retention rate of 93%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its students.

Full Boston College Islamic 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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