by our College Data Analytics Team
With all of the options students have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. Our mission at College Factual is to arm you with as much information as we can to help you make that decision. Our “Most Well Attended Religion Major in the Rocky Mountains Region for an Associate” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.
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 associate degree level specifically, there were 0 religious studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $36,822 and $20,997 respectively.
This year’s “Most Well Attended Religion Major in the Rocky Mountains Region for an Associate” ranking looked at 2 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in religious studies. To top this list, a school must have a successful religious studies program that graduates more students in the field than other colleges that offer the same major.
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Since the program you select can have a significant impact on your future, we’ve developed a number of rankings, including this “Most Well Attended Religion Major in the Rocky Mountains Region for an Associate” list, to help you choose the best school for you.
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The following schools top our list of the Best “Most Well Attended Religion Major in the Rocky Mountains Region for an Associate”.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Northwest Nazarene University. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Most Well Attended Religion Major in the Rocky Mountains Region for an Associate list. NNU is located in Nampa, Idaho and, has a small student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 12 associates’s religion degrees to qualified students.
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%.
Out of the 2 schools in the Most Well Attended Religion Major in the Rocky Mountains Region for an Associate that were part of this year’s ranking, Laramie County Community College landed the #1 spot on the list. Cheyenne, Wyoming is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The public school handed out associates’s religion degrees to 0 students in 2020-2021.
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