2022 Best Value Religion Schools for a Master’s in Virginia For Those Making $0-$30k

It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. 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 Religion Schools for a Master’s in Virginia For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking is part of that endeavor.

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 Virginia, there were 938 religious studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $28,600 and $26,733 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 11 religious studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value Religion Schools for a Master’s in Virginia For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking, we looked at 2 colleges that offer a degree in religious studies. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent religious studies programs, but they also cost less that schools of similar quality.

Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the religious studies program at the school and the cost of the school after aid is awarded among other things. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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Best Value Religion Schools for a Master’s in Virginia For Those Making $0-$30k

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Religion Schools for a Master’s in Virginia For Those Making $0-$30k.

Top 2 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Religious Studies (Income $0-$30k) in Virginia

#1

University of Virginia - Main Campus

Charlottesville, Virginia

#1 in overall quality

$32,394 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 2 schools in the Best Value Religion Schools for a Master’s in Virginia For Those Making $0-$30k that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Virginia - Main Campus landed the #1 spot on the list. Located in Charlottesville, Virginia, this large public school awarded 8 degrees to qualified masters’s religion students in 2019-2020.

University of Virginia also took the #1 spot in our “Best Religious Studies Master’s Degree Schools in Virginia” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at University of Virginia - Main Campus are $32,394, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read more about Religious Studies at University of Virginia - Main Campus

#2

Liberty University

Lynchburg, Virginia

$8,349 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

$23,113 Average Early-Career Earnings

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Liberty University. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Religion Schools for a Master’s in Virginia For Those Making $0-$30k list. Liberty University is located in Lynchburg, Virginia and, has a large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 3 masters’s religion degrees to qualified students.

Liberty University did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #0 on our “Best Religious Studies Master’s Degree Schools in Virginia” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at Liberty University are $8,349, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read more about Religious Studies at Liberty University

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