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2022 Best Value Religious Vocations Schools for a Doctorate in California For Those Making $30-$48k

1 Ranked Colleges
63 Degrees Awarded
$11,800 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees*
Best Value Religious Vocations Schools for a Doctorate in California For Those Making $30-$48k

When pursuing a degree in today’s world, students have many different options to choose from. 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 Religious Vocations Schools for a Doctorate in California For Those Making $30-$48k” ranking is part of that endeavor.

In 2019-2020, 1,274 people earned their degree in theology and religious vocations (other), making the major the 221st most popular in the United States. In 2017-2018, theology and religious vocations (other) graduates who were awarded their degree in 2015-2017, earned an average of $40,430 and had an average of $40,848 in loans still to pay off.

Across California, there were 162 theology and religious vocations (other) graduates with average earnings and debt of $34,900 and $31,138 respectively. At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 63 theology and religious vocations (other) graduates with average earnings and debt of $71,544 and $133,402 respectively.

Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent theology and religious vocations (other) programs, but they also cost less that schools of similar quality.

Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the theology and religious vocations (other) program at the school and the cost of the school after aid is awarded among other things. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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Best Value Religious Vocations Schools for a Doctorate in California For Those Making $30-$48k

The colleges and universities below are the best for california doctor’s degree religious vocations students whose families make $30-$48k.

Top 1 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Theology & Religious Vocations (Other) (Income $30-$48k) in California

#1

Biola University

La Mirada, California

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Biola University. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Religious Vocations Schools for a Doctorate in California For Those Making $30-$48k list. Biola is a medium-sized school located in La Mirada, California that handed out 19 doctorate’s religious vocations degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Biola, the school also landed the #1 spot in our “Best Theology & Religious Vocations (Other) Doctor’s Degree Schools in California” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Biola University are $11,772, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

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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

  • *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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