2022 Best Value Religion Schools for an Associate For Those Getting Aid

With all of the options students have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Best Value Religion Schools for an Associate For Those Getting Aid” ranking is part of that endeavor.

In 2019-2020, 3,832 people earned their degree in religion/religious studies, making the major the 173rd most popular in the United States.

At the associate degree level specifically, there were 113 religion/religious studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $33,082 and $17,678 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Religion Schools for an Associate For Those Getting Aid” ranking looked at 2 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in religion/religious studies. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great religion/religious studies programs and cost less that schools of similar quality.

To come up with these rankings, we looked at factors such as the cost to attend the school after aid is awarded and overall quality of the religion/religious studies program at the school. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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When choosing the right school for you, it’s important to arm yourself with all the facts you can. To that end, we’ve created a number of major-specific rankings, including this “Best Value Religion Schools for an Associate For Those Getting Aid” list to help you make the college decision.

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Best Value Religion Schools for an Associate For Those Getting Aid

The colleges and universities below are the best for associate degree religion students with aid.

Top 2 Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Religion/Religious Studies (With Aid)

#1

Cairn University

Langhorne, Pennsylvania

#2 in overall quality

$21,859 Average Net Price

Out of the 2 schools in the Best Value Religion Schools for an Associate For Those Getting Aid that were part of this year’s ranking, Cairn University landed the #1 spot on the list. Cairn is a private not-for-profit institution located in Langhorne, Pennsylvania. The school has a small population, and it awarded 1 associates’s degrees in 2019-2020.

Cairn did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our “Best Religion/Religious Studies Associate Degree Schools” list. It costs about $21,859 for Associate Degree Religion students with aid per year to attend Cairn University.

Read full report on Religion/Religious Studies at Cairn

#2

Liberty University

Lynchburg, Virginia

#1 in overall quality

$28,903 Average Net Price

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Liberty University. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Religion Schools for an Associate For Those Getting Aid list. Located in Lynchburg, Virginia, this large private not-for-profit school handed out 94 diplomas to qualified associates’s religion students in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Liberty University, the school also landed the #1 spot in our “Best Religion/Religious Studies Associate Degree Schools” ranking. It costs about $28,903 for Associate Degree Religion students with aid per year to attend Liberty University.

Read more about Religion/Religious Studies at Liberty University

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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