2023 Most Popular Master’s Degree Colleges for Chaplain/Chaplaincy Studies in the Far Western US Region

Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Most Well Attended Chaplain/Chaplaincy Studies Major in the Far Western US Region for a Master’s” ranking is part of that endeavor.

Chaplain/Chaplaincy Studies is the 1267th most popular major in the country with 18 degrees awarded in 2020-2021.

Across the Far Western US region, there were 10 chaplain/chaplaincy studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 10 chaplain/chaplaincy studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $61,693 and $0 respectively.

This year’s “Most Well Attended Chaplain/Chaplaincy Studies Major in the Far Western US Region for a Master’s” ranking analyzed 2 colleges that offered a degree in chaplain/chaplaincy studies. To top this list, a school must have a successful chaplain/chaplaincy studies program that graduates more students in the field than other colleges that offer the same major.

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Most Well Attended Chaplain/Chaplaincy Studies Major in the Far Western US Region for a Master’s

The following schools top our list of the Best “Most Well Attended Chaplain/Chaplaincy Studies Major in the Far Western US Region for a Master’s”.

Top 2 Most Popular Master’s Degree Colleges for Chaplain/Chaplaincy Studies in the Far Western US Region

1

University of the West
Rosemead, California

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of the West. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Most Well Attended Chaplain/Chaplaincy Studies Major in the Far Western US Region for a Master’s list. University of the West is a small private not-for-profit school situated in Rosemead, California. It awarded 10 masters’s chaplain/chaplaincy studies degrees in 2020-2021.

With a undergrad student-to-faculty ratio of 5 to 1, it’s easy to see that the school is committed to helping their undergraduates succeed.

Read more about Chaplain/Chaplaincy Studies at UWest

2

Claremont School of Theology
Claremont, California

Out of the 2 schools in the Most Well Attended Chaplain/Chaplaincy Studies Major in the Far Western US Region for a Master’s that were part of this year’s ranking, Claremont School of Theology landed the #2 spot on the list. Located in Claremont, California, this small private not-for-profit school handed out 0 degrees to qualified masters’s chaplain/chaplaincy studies students in 2020-2021.

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. The low undergrad student loan default rate of 4.6% 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 full report on Chaplain/Chaplaincy Studies at Claremont School of Theology

• Most Popular Master’s Degree Colleges for Chaplain/Chaplaincy Studies

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.