2022 Best Value Theology & Religious Vocations Schools for a Doctorate in District of Columbia

When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. College Factual has developed its “Best Value Theology & Religious Vocations Schools for a Doctorate in District of Columbia” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.

In 2019-2020, 26,872 people earned their degree in theology and religious vocations, making the major the 25th most popular in the United States. In 2017-2018, theology and religious vocations graduates who were awarded their degree in 2015-2017, earned an average of $34,203 and had an average of $35,660 in loans still to pay off.

Across District of Columbia, there were 328 theology and religious vocations graduates with average earnings and debt of $51,400 and $75,023 respectively. At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 97 theology and religious vocations graduates with average earnings and debt of $70,324 and $136,457 respectively.

The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great theology and religious vocations programs and 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 program at the school and the cost of the school after aid is awarded among other things. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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Best Value Theology & Religious Vocations Schools for a Doctorate in District of Columbia

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Theology & Religious Vocations Schools for a Doctorate in District of Columbia.

Top 1 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Theology & Religious Vocations in District of Columbia

#1

Catholic University of America

Washington, District of Columbia

#1 in overall quality

$50,340 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Catholic University of America. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Theology & Religious Vocations Schools for a Doctorate in District of Columbia list. Located in Washington, District of Columbia, this medium-sized private not-for-profit school handed out 29 diplomas to qualified doctorate’s theology and religious vocations students in 2019-2020.

CUA not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #1 on our “Best Theology & Religious Vocations Doctor’s Degree Schools in District of Columbia” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at Catholic University of America are $50,340, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Read full report on Theology & Religious Vocations at CUA

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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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