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2022 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Religious Studies in the Plains States Region (With Aid)

1 Ranked Colleges
4 Degrees Awarded
$27,600 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees*
Best Value Religion Schools for a Doctorate in the Plains States Region For Those Getting Aid

When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. Our mission at College Factual is to arm you with as much information as we can to help you make that decision. Our “Best Value Religion Schools for a Doctorate in the Plains States Region For Those Getting Aid” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.

In 2019-2020, 9,704 people earned their degree in religious studies, making the major the 115th most popular in the United States. 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 Plains States region, there were 342 religious studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $29,667 and $23,034 respectively. At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 4 religious studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $72,701 and $106,703 respectively.

The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great religious studies programs and cost less that schools of similar quality.

When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the religious 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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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 Religion Schools for a Doctorate in the Plains States Region For Those Getting Aid” list to help you make the college decision.

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Best Value Religion Schools for a Doctorate in the Plains States Region For Those Getting Aid

The colleges and universities below are the best for plains states region doctor’s degree religion students with aid.

Top 1 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Religious Studies in the Plains States Region (With Aid)

#1

University of Iowa

Iowa City, Iowa
#1 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Iowa. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value Religion Schools for a Doctorate in the Plains States Region For Those Getting Aid. Iowa is a large school located in Iowa City, Iowa that handed out 4 doctorate’s religion degrees in 2019-2020.

Iowa also took the #1 spot in our “Best Religious Studies Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at University of Iowa are $27,613, but some majors have different tuition rates.

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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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