2023 Most Veteran Friendly in District of Columbia for Religion for a Bachelor’s

Veterans have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. Our mission at College Factual is to arm you with as much information as we can to help you make that decision. Our “Most Veteran Friendly in District of Columbia for Religion for a Bachelor’s” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.

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 District of Columbia, there were 68 religious studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $46,613 and $27,000 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 52 religious studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $47,584 and $27,317 respectively.

This year’s “Most Veteran Friendly in District of Columbia for Religion for a Bachelor’s” ranking analyzed 2 colleges that offered a degree in religious studies. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent religious studies programs, but they also offer a lot of support to veterans and active service members.

To come up with these rankings, we looked at factors such as veteran satisfaction, veteran affordability, and overall quality of the religious studies program at the school. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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Most Veteran Friendly in District of Columbia for Religion for a Bachelor’s

The colleges and universities below are the best for district of columbia bachelor’s degree vets studying religion.

Top 2 Best Religious Studies Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Veterans in District of Columbia

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Catholic University of America
Washington, District of Columbia

196 GI Bill® Students**

#1 in overall quality

YES Student Veterans Organization

Out of the 2 schools in the Most Veteran Friendly in District of Columbia for Religion for a Bachelor’s that were part of this year’s ranking, Catholic University of America landed the #1 spot on the list. This medium-sized school is located in Washington, District of Columbia, and it awarded 20 bachelors’s religion degrees in 2020-2021.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at CUA, the school also landed the #1 spot in our “Best Religious Studies Bachelor’s Degree Schools in District of Columbia” ranking.According to our most recent data, Catholic University of America supports 5,366 students, and 196 of those are GI Bill® students, of which 123 are Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average Post-9/11 GI Bill® award for tuition and fees at the school was $12,878. In addition to receiving other benefits, 53 students received scholarships through the Yellow Ribbon Program. Catholic University of America offers credit for military training for eligible students.

With a freshman retention rate of 86%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students. The low undergrad student loan default rate of [DEFAULT_RATE_STRING]% 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%.

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George Washington University
Washington, District of Columbia

1 GI Bill® Students**

#2 in overall quality

YES Student Veterans Organization

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend George Washington University. The school came in at #2 for the Most Veteran Friendly in District of Columbia for Religion for a Bachelor’s. George Washington University is a large school located in Washington, District of Columbia that handed out 13 bachelors’s religion degrees in 2020-2021.

GWU did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our “Best Religious Studies Bachelor’s Degree Schools in District of Columbia” list.Of the 27,017 students enrolled at George Washington University, 1 were GI Bill® students, according to our most recent data. Out of that number, 1 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average tuition and fees award for the Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients was $3,185. On top of their other funding sources, 0 students qualified for the Yellow Ribbon Program.

Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 88%. The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is [DEFAULT_RATE_STRING]%, 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).
• Veteran-specific data can be found at the U.S. Department of Veteran Affairs.
• 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.
• **GI Bill® student total includes all chapters of the GI Bill® program (e.g., Post-9/11, Montgomery GI Bill, Reserve Education Assistance Program, and Veteran Readiness and Employment)
• 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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