2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Other Religion/Religious Studies Major in the Far Western US Region

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In 2020-2021, 117 people earned their degree in other religion/religious studies, making the major the 984th most popular in the United States.

Across the Far Western US region, there were 8 other religion/religious studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 6 other religion/religious studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $61,693 and $0 respectively.

For this year’s “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Other Religion/Religious Studies Major in the Far Western US Region” ranking, we looked at 2 colleges that offer a degree in other religion/religious studies. The colleges and universities that top this list are recognized because their other religion/religious studies program is one of the largest majors offered at the school.

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Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Other Religion/Religious Studies Major in the Far Western US Region

The colleges and universities below are the best for far western us region master’s degree other religion/religious studies students.

Top 2 Most Focused Master’s Degree Colleges for Other Religion/Religious Studies in the Far Western US Region

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Academy for Jewish Religion - California
Los Angeles, California

Out of the 2 schools in the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Other Religion/Religious Studies Major in the Far Western US Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Academy for Jewish Religion - California landed the #1 spot on the list. This small school is located in Los Angeles, California, and it awarded 2 masters’s other religion/religious studies degrees in 2020-2021.

The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 4.7%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. The undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of to 1 is a sign that students will have more opportunities to engage with their professors one-on-one.

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University of the West
Rosemead, California

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of the West. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Other Religion/Religious Studies Major in the Far Western US Region list. University of the West is a private not-for-profit institution located in Rosemead, California. The school has a small population, and it awarded 4 masters’s degrees 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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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

• *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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