2022 Best Value Religion Schools for a Master’s in the Southwest Region
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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 Southwest region, there were 423 religious studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $33,900 and $24,858 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 57 religious studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $53,078 and $37,227 respectively.
Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent religious studies programs, but they also 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. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.
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Best Value Religion Schools for a Master’s in the Southwest Region
The colleges and universities below are the best for southwest region master’s degree religion students.
Top 1 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Religious Studies in the Southwest Region
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Arizona State University - Tempe. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Religion Schools for a Master’s in the Southwest Region list. Arizona State University - Tempe is a large school located in Tempe, Arizona that handed out 2 masters’s religion degrees in 2019-2020.
ASU - Tempe did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Religious Studies Master’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at Arizona State University - Tempe are $27,048, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.
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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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