2023 Most Focused Associate Degree Colleges for Theology & Religious Vocations in Washington

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In 2020-2021, 27,459 people earned their degree in theology and religious vocations, making the major the 26th most popular in the United States. In 2019-2020, theology and religious vocations graduates who were awarded their degree in 2017-2019, earned an average of $36,020 and had an average of $26,322 in loans still to pay off.

Across Washington, there were 270 theology and religious vocations graduates with average earnings and debt of $37,778 and $23,048 respectively. At the associate degree level specifically, there were 14 theology and religious vocations graduates with average earnings and debt of $41,435 and $16,352 respectively.

This year’s “Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Theology & Religious Vocations Major in Washington” ranking looked at 2 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in theology and religious vocations. The colleges and universities that top this list are recognized because their theology and religious vocations program is one of the largest majors offered at the school.

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Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Theology & Religious Vocations Major in Washington

The following schools top our list of the Best “Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Theology & Religious Vocations Major in Washington”.

Top 2 Most Focused Associate Degree Colleges for Theology & Religious Vocations in Washington

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Northwest University - College of Adult and Professional Studies
Kirkland, Washington

Out of the 2 schools in the Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Theology & Religious Vocations Major in Washington that were part of this year’s ranking, Northwest University - College of Adult and Professional Studies landed the #1 spot on the list. Located in Kirkland, Washington, this small private not-for-profit school awarded 14 degrees to qualified associates’s theology and religious vocations students in 2020-2021.

Full Northwest University CAPS Theology & Religious Vocations Report

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Northwest University
Kirkland, Washington

#20 overall quality in Washington

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Northwest University. The school came in at #2 for the Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Theology & Religious Vocations Major in Washington. Located in Kirkland, Washington, this small private not-for-profit school awarded 43 degrees to qualified associates’s theology and religious vocations students in 2020-2021.

Since the school has a undergrad student-to-faculty ratio of 10 to 1, those pursuing a degree will have more opportunities to interact with their professors.

Full Northwest University Theology & Religious Vocations Report

• Most Focused Associate Degree Colleges for Theology & Religious Vocations in the Far Western US Region
• Most Focused Associate Degree Colleges for Theology & Religious Vocations

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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