2022 Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Religious Studies (Income $48-$75k) in the Southeast Region

When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. College Factual has developed its “Best Value Religion Schools for an Associate in the Southeast Region For Those Making $48-$75k” 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 the Southeast region, there were 2,028 religious studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $30,400 and $27,004 respectively. At the associate degree level specifically, there were 141 religious studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $31,631 and $18,547 respectively.

This ranking identifies schools with high-quality religious studies programs that also have a lower cost than 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. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we’ve developed the “Best Value Religion Schools for an Associate in the Southeast Region For Those Making $48-$75k” ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.

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Best Value Religion Schools for an Associate in the Southeast Region For Those Making $48-$75k

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Religion Schools for an Associate in the Southeast Region For Those Making $48-$75k.

Top 1 Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Religious Studies (Income $48-$75k) in the Southeast Region

#1

Liberty University

Lynchburg, Virginia

#1 in overall quality

$27,831 Average Net Price

$31,495 Average Early-Career Earnings

Out of the 1 schools in the Best Value Religion Schools for an Associate in the Southeast Region For Those Making $48-$75k that were part of this year’s ranking, Liberty University landed the #1 spot on the list. This large school is located in Lynchburg, Virginia, and it awarded 94 associates’s religion degrees in 2019-2020.

Liberty University also took the #1 spot in our “Best Religious Studies Associate Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for Liberty University is $27,831 for Southeast Region Associate Degree Religion students whose families make $48-$75k.

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• Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Religious Studies (Income $48-$75k)

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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