2023 Most Focused Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Other Religion/Religious Studies
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When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. 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 a Doctorate Highly Focused on Other Religion/Religious Studies Major” ranking is part of that endeavor.
In 2020-2021, 117 people earned their degree in other religion/religious studies, making the major the 984th most popular in the United States.
At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 4 other religion/religious studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $75,260 and $0 respectively.
This year’s “Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Other Religion/Religious Studies Major” ranking analyzed 3 colleges that offered a degree in other religion/religious studies. That schools that top this list have a program in other religion/religious studies in which the largest percentage of students at the school are enrolled.
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Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Other Religion/Religious Studies Major
The following schools top our list of the Best “Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Other Religion/Religious Studies Major”.
Top 3 Most Focused Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Other Religion/Religious Studies
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of the West. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Other Religion/Religious Studies Major list. Located in Rosemead, California, this small private not-for-profit school handed out 2 diplomas to qualified doctorate’s other religion/religious studies students in 2020-2021.
Since the school has a undergrad student-to-faculty ratio of 5 to 1, those pursuing a degree will have more opportunities to interact with their professors.
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Out of the 3 schools in the Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Other Religion/Religious Studies Major that were part of this year’s ranking, Georgetown University landed the #2 spot on the list. This large school is located in Washington, District of Columbia, and it awarded 2 doctorate’s other religion/religious studies degrees in 2020-2021.
With a freshman retention rate of 94%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students. The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 0.7%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Read full report on Other Religion/Religious Studies at Georgetown
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of California - Berkeley. The school came in at #3 for the Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Other Religion/Religious Studies Major. University of California - Berkeley is a public institution located in Berkeley, California. The school has a large population, and it awarded 0 doctorate’s degrees in 2020-2021.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 1.8% 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 freshman retention rate of 96%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students.
Read more about Other Religion/Religious Studies at University of California - Berkeley
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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
- *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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