2022 Best Value Religion Schools for a Doctorate in Tennessee For Those Making $0-$30k

Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. College Factual has developed its “Best Value Religion Schools for a Doctorate in Tennessee For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.

Religious Studies is the 115th most popular major in the country with 9,704 degrees awarded in 2019-2020. In 2017-2018, religious studies graduates who were awarded their degree in 2015-2017, earned an average of $32,163 and had an average of $28,712 in loans still to pay off.

Across Tennessee, there were 116 religious studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 12 religious studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively.

The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great religious 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 religious studies program at the school. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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Since the program you select can have a significant impact on your future, we’ve developed a number of rankings, including this “Best Value Religion Schools for a Doctorate in Tennessee For Those Making $0-$30k” list, to help you choose the best school for you.

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Best Value Religion Schools for a Doctorate in Tennessee For Those Making $0-$30k

The colleges and universities below are the best for tennessee doctor’s degree religion students whose families make $0-$30k.

Top 1 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Religious Studies (Income $0-$30k) in Tennessee

#1

Vanderbilt University

Nashville, Tennessee

#1 in overall quality

$50,624 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

$52,107 Average Early-Career Earnings

Out of the 1 schools in the Best Value Religion Schools for a Doctorate in Tennessee For Those Making $0-$30k that were part of this year’s ranking, Vanderbilt University landed the #1 spot on the list. Vanderbilt is a fairly large private not-for-profit school situated in Nashville, Tennessee. It awarded 12 doctorate’s religion degrees in 2019-2020.

Vanderbilt not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #1 on our “Best Religious Studies Doctor’s Degree Schools in Tennessee” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at Vanderbilt are $50,624, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Read full report on Religious Studies at Vanderbilt

• Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Religious Studies (Income $0-$30k) in the Southeast Region
• Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Religious Studies (Income $0-$30k)

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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