by our College Data Analytics Team
It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. One of our goals at College Factual is to give you as much information as we can - such as our “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Religion Major in the Rocky Mountains Region” ranking - to help you make that decision.
Religious Studies is the 90th most popular major in the country with 9,470 degrees awarded in 2020-2021. 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 the Rocky Mountains region, there were 89 religious studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 52 religious studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $40,089 and $26,296 respectively.
For this year’s “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Religion Major in the Rocky Mountains Region” ranking, we looked at 10 colleges that offer a degree in religious studies. The colleges and universities that top this list are recognized because their religious studies program is one of the largest majors offered at the school.
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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 a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Religion Major in the Rocky Mountains Region”.
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The following schools top our list of the Best “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Religion Major in the Rocky Mountains Region”.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Northwest Nazarene University. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Religion Major in the Rocky Mountains Region list. Located in Nampa, Idaho, this small private not-for-profit school handed out 12 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s religion students in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 2.1%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Naropa University. The school came in at #2 for the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Religion Major in the Rocky Mountains Region. Naropa is a small private not-for-profit school situated in Boulder, Colorado. It awarded 4 bachelors’s religion degrees in 2020-2021.
Since the school has a undergrad student-to-faculty ratio of 7 to 1, those pursuing a degree will have more opportunities to interact with their professors.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Colorado College. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Religion Major in the Rocky Mountains Region list. Located in Colorado Springs, Colorado, this small private not-for-profit school awarded 2 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s religion students in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 0.5%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. With a freshman retention rate of 86%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students. The undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 9 to 1 is a sign that students will have more opportunities to engage with their professors one-on-one.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend The College of Idaho. The school came in at #4 for the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Religion Major in the Rocky Mountains Region. The College of Idaho is a small school located in Caldwell, Idaho that handed out 1 bachelors’s religion degrees in 2020-2021.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 3.7%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Read full report on Religious Studies at The College of Idaho
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Utah State University. It ranked #5 on our 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Religion Major in the Rocky Mountains Region list. Located in Logan, Utah, this large public school awarded 12 degrees to qualified bachelors’s religion students in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 3.6%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
University of Wyoming did quite well in the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Religion Major in the Rocky Mountains Region ranking, coming in at #6. UW is a fairly large public school situated in Laramie, Wyoming. It awarded 5 bachelors’s religion degrees in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 3.5%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
University of Utah ranked #7 on this year’s Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Religion Major in the Rocky Mountains Region list. University of Utah is a public institution located in Salt Lake City, Utah. The school has a large population, and it awarded 8 bachelors’s degrees in 2020-2021.
The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 89%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. The low undergrad student loan default rate of 1.7% 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%.
With a ranking of #8, University of Colorado Boulder did quite well on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Religion Major in the Rocky Mountains Region list. Boulder, Colorado is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s religion degrees to 6 students in 2020-2021.
With a freshman retention rate of 85%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students. The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 2.4%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Read more about Religious Studies at University of Colorado Boulder
Regis University ranked #9 on this year’s Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Religion Major in the Rocky Mountains Region list. Regis University is a medium-sized private not-for-profit school situated in Denver, Colorado. It awarded 1 bachelors’s religion degrees in 2020-2021.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 3.2%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
University of Denver did quite well in the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Religion Major in the Rocky Mountains Region ranking, coming in at #10. Located in Denver, Colorado, this fairly large private not-for-profit school handed out 1 degrees to qualified bachelors’s religion students in 2020-2021.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 1.6%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
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