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2022 Best Value Religion Schools for a Bachelor’s in Florida

6 Ranked Colleges
127 Degrees Awarded
$8,600 Avg Net Price*
Best Value Religion Schools for a Bachelor's in Florida

When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. At College Factual, we’re committed to helping you make that decision by providing information such as that found in our “Best Value Religion Schools for a Bachelor’s in Florida” ranking.

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 Florida, there were 156 religious studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $23,100 and $22,092 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 127 religious studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $36,173 and $25,318 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Religion Schools for a Bachelor’s in Florida” ranking analyzed 6 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.

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. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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Best Value Religion Schools for a Bachelor’s in Florida

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

Top 6 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Religious Studies in Florida

#1

University of Florida

Gainesville, Florida

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Florida. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Religion Schools for a Bachelor’s in Florida list. Gainesville, Florida is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s religion degrees to 9 students in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our florida bachelor’s degree religion students list, UF has also earned the #2 rank in our “Best Religious Studies Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Florida” ranking. The yearly cost to attend UF is $6,302 for florida bachelor’s degree religion students.

The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 97%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. The student loan default rate at the school is 2.0%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.

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#2

Florida State University

Tallahassee, Florida

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Florida State University. The school came in at #2 for the Best Value Religion Schools for a Bachelor’s in Florida. Florida State University is a large school located in Tallahassee, Florida that handed out 18 bachelors’s religion degrees in 2019-2020.

Florida State not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #1 on our “Best Religious Studies Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Florida” list. The estimated yearly cost for Florida State University is $9,789 for Florida Bachelor’s Degree Religion students.

The low student loan default rate of 3.5% 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%. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 95%.

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#3 in overall quality

Out of the 6 schools in the Best Value Religion Schools for a Bachelor’s in Florida that were part of this year’s ranking, Florida International University landed the #3 spot on the list. Located in Miami, Florida, this large public school handed out 12 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s religion students in 2019-2020.

FIU also took the #3 spot in our “Best Religious Studies Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Florida” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for Florida International University is $7,296 for florida bachelor’s degree religion students.

With a freshman retention rate of 91%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its students.

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#4 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Central Florida. The school came in at #4 for the Best Value Religion Schools for a Bachelor’s in Florida. University of Central Florida is a large public school situated in Orlando, Florida. It awarded 11 bachelors’s religion degrees in 2019-2020.

UCF did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #4 on our “Best Religious Studies Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Florida” list. The yearly cost to attend University of Central Florida is $10,274 for florida bachelor’s degree religion students.

The school has an impressive student loan default rate. It’s only 4.2%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. With a freshman retention rate of 92%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its students.

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#5 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of South Florida - Main Campus. It ranked #5 on our 2022 Best Value Religion Schools for a Bachelor’s in Florida list. University of South Florida - Main Campus is a large school located in Tampa, Florida that handed out 6 bachelors’s religion degrees in 2019-2020.

USF Tampa also made our “Best Religious Studies Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Florida” list, coming in at #5. The estimated yearly cost for University of South Florida - Main Campus is $8,355 for Florida Bachelor’s Degree Religion students.

With a freshman retention rate of 92%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its students. The school has an impressive student loan default rate. It’s only 4.5%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

Read more about Religious Studies at University of South Florida - Main Campus

#6

University of North Florida

Jacksonville, Florida
#6 in overall quality

University of North Florida came in at #6 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Religion Schools for a Bachelor’s in Florida ranking. Located in Jacksonville, Florida, this fairly large public school handed out 2 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s religion students in 2019-2020.

UNF also made our “Best Religious Studies Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Florida” list, coming in at #6. The estimated yearly cost for UNF is $9,606 for florida bachelor’s degree religion students.

The student loan default rate at the school is 4.3%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.

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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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