2023 Most Focused Associate Degree Colleges for Religious Studies in Indiana

With all of the options students have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Religion Major in Indiana” ranking is part of that endeavor.

In 2020-2021, 9,470 people earned their degree in religious studies, making the major the 90th most popular in the United States. In 2019-2020, religious studies graduates who were awarded their degree in 2017-2019, earned an average of $34,289 and had an average of $24,431 in loans still to pay off.

Across Indiana, there were 95 religious studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $28,804 and $27,000 respectively. At the associate degree level specifically, there were 0 religious studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $35,922 and $20,615 respectively.

This year’s “Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Religion Major in Indiana” ranking analyzed 2 colleges that offered a degree in religious studies. That schools that top this list have a program in religious studies in which the largest percentage of students at the school are enrolled.

For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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The religion school you choose to invest your time and money in matters. To help you make the decision that is right for you, we’ve developed a number of major-specific rankings, including this list of “Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Religion Major in Indiana”.

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Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Religion Major in Indiana

The following schools top our list of the Best “Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Religion Major in Indiana”.

Top 2 Most Focused Associate Degree Colleges for Religious Studies in Indiana

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Oakland City University
Oakland City, Indiana

Out of the 2 schools in the Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Religion Major in Indiana that were part of this year’s ranking, Oakland City University landed the #1 spot on the list. This small school is located in Oakland City, Indiana, and it awarded 3 associates’s religion degrees in 2020-2021.

With a freshman retention rate of 85%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students.

Read full report on Religious Studies at Oakland City University

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Calumet College of Saint Joseph
Whiting, Indiana

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Calumet College of Saint Joseph. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Religion Major in Indiana list. CCSJ is located in Whiting, Indiana and, has a small student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 0 associates’s religion degrees to qualified students.

Read more about Religious Studies at CCSJ

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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

• *Avg Salary and Avg 4-Year Grad Rate 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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