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2022 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Religious Studies in Washington

4 Ranked Colleges
97 Degrees Awarded
$24,700 Avg Net Price*
Best Value Religion Schools for a Bachelor's in Washington

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 Bachelor’s in Washington” 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 Washington, there were 98 religious studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $22,000 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 97 religious studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $39,202 and $21,977 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Religion Schools for a Bachelor’s in Washington” ranking analyzed 4 colleges that offered a degree in religious studies. 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. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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Best Value Religion Schools for a Bachelor’s in Washington

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Religion Schools for a Bachelor’s in Washington.

Top 4 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Religious Studies in Washington

#1 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Washington - Seattle Campus. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value Religion Schools for a Bachelor’s in Washington. University of Washington - Seattle Campus is a large school located in Seattle, Washington that handed out 4 bachelors’s religion degrees in 2019-2020.

UW Seattle also took the #1 spot in our “Best Religious Studies Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Washington” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for UW Seattle is $13,297 for Washington Bachelor’s Degree Religion students.

Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 93%. The student loan default rate at the school is 2.2%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.

Full UW Seattle Religious Studies Report

#2

Western Washington University

Bellingham, Washington
#4 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Western Washington University. The school came in at #2 for the Best Value Religion Schools for a Bachelor’s in Washington. WWU is a public institution located in Bellingham, Washington. The school has a fairly large population, and it awarded 1 bachelors’s degrees in 2019-2020.

WWU not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #4 on our “Best Religious Studies Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Washington” list. It costs about $16,529 for Washington Bachelor’s Degree Religion students per year to attend Western Washington University.

The low student loan default rate of 2.7% 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%.

Read full report on Religious Studies at WWU

#3

Gonzaga University

Spokane, Washington
#2 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Gonzaga University. The school came in at #3 for the Best Value Religion Schools for a Bachelor’s in Washington. Gonzaga is a medium-sized school located in Spokane, Washington that handed out 7 bachelors’s religion degrees in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our washington bachelor’s degree religion students list, Gonzaga has also earned the #2 rank in our “Best Religious Studies Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Washington” ranking. It costs about $33,793 for Washington Bachelor’s Degree Religion students per year to attend Gonzaga.

Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 92%. The student loan default rate at the school is 1.3%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.

Read full report on Religious Studies at Gonzaga University

#4

University of Puget Sound

Tacoma, Washington

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Puget Sound. It ranked #4 on our 2022 Best Value Religion Schools for a Bachelor’s in Washington list. University of Puget Sound is located in Tacoma, Washington and, has a small student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 10 bachelors’s religion degrees to qualified students.

In addition to being on our washington bachelor’s degree religion students list, Puget Sound has also earned the #3 rank in our “Best Religious Studies Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Washington” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for Puget Sound is $35,149 for Washington Bachelor’s Degree Religion students.

The low student loan default rate of 2.6% 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%. Since the school has a student-to-faculty ratio of 9 to 1, those pursuing a degree will have more opportunities to interact with their professors.

Read full report on Religious Studies at University of Puget Sound

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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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