2022 Best Value Other Religion/Religious Studies Schools For Those Making $30-$48k

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In 2019-2020, 117 people earned their degree in other religion/religious studies, making the major the 949th most popular in the United States.

For this year’s “Best Value Other Religion/Religious Studies Schools For Those Making $30-$48k” ranking, we looked at 2 colleges that offer a degree in other religion/religious studies. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality other religion/religious studies programs that also have a lower cost than schools of similar quality.

When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the other religion/religious studies program at the school and the cost to attend the school once aid has been awarded. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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Best Value Other Religion/Religious Studies Schools For Those Making $30-$48k

The colleges and universities below are the best for other religion/religious studies students whose families make $30-$48k.

Top 2 Best Value Colleges for Other Religion/Religious Studies (Income $30-$48k)

#1

Virginia Tech

Blacksburg, Virginia

#1 in overall quality

$14,010 Average Net Price

$49,654 Average Early-Career Earnings

Out of the 2 schools in the Best Value Other Religion/Religious Studies Schools For Those Making $30-$48k that were part of this year’s ranking, Virginia Tech landed the #1 spot on the list. Located in Blacksburg, Virginia, this large public school handed out 16 degrees to qualified ’s other religion/religious studies students in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our other religion/religious studies students whose families make $30-$48k list, Virginia Tech has also earned the #1 rank in our “Best Other Religion/Religious Studies Schools” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for Virginia Tech is $14,010 for Other Religion/Religious Studies students whose families make $30-$48k.

The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 93%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. The student loan default rate at the school is 1.6%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.

Read more about Other Religion/Religious Studies at Virginia Tech

#2

Grand Valley State University

Allendale, Michigan

#2 in overall quality

$12,459 Average Net Price

$41,297 Average Early-Career Earnings

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Grand Valley State University. The school came in at #2 for the Best Value Other Religion/Religious Studies Schools For Those Making $30-$48k. Allendale, Michigan is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out ’s other religion/religious studies degrees to 6 students in 2019-2020.

GVSU also made our “Best Other Religion/Religious Studies Schools” list, coming in at #2. The yearly cost to attend Grand Valley State University is $12,459 for Other Religion/Religious Studies students whose families make $30-$48k.

The low student loan default rate of 3.7% 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%.

Read more about Other Religion/Religious Studies at GVSU

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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