2022 Best Value Religious Ed Schools for a Doctorate in the Far Western US Region For Those Making $75-$110k

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 “Best Value Religious Ed Schools for a Doctorate in the Far Western US Region For Those Making $75-$110k” ranking is part of that endeavor.

Religious Education is the 215th most popular major in the country with 1,336 degrees awarded in 2019-2020. In 2017-2018, religious education graduates who were awarded their degree in 2015-2017, earned an average of $28,663 and had an average of $31,603 in loans still to pay off.

Across the Far Western US region, there were 96 religious education graduates with average earnings and debt of $19,200 and $23,563 respectively. At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 13 religious education graduates with average earnings and debt of $72,342 and $136,270 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Religious Ed Schools for a Doctorate in the Far Western US Region For Those Making $75-$110k” ranking looked at 2 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in religious education. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality religious education programs that also have a lower cost than schools of similar quality.

When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the religious education program at the school and the cost to attend the school once aid has been awarded. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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Best Value Religious Ed Schools for a Doctorate in the Far Western US Region For Those Making $75-$110k

The colleges and universities below are the best for far western us region doctor’s degree religious ed students whose families make $75-$110k.

Top 2 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Religious Education (Income $75-$110k) in the Far Western US Region

#1

Azusa Pacific University

Azusa, California

#2 in overall quality

$16,571 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 2 schools in the Best Value Religious Ed Schools for a Doctorate in the Far Western US Region For Those Making $75-$110k that were part of this year’s ranking, Azusa Pacific University landed the #1 spot on the list. Azusa Pacific is a medium-sized school located in Azusa, California that handed out 3 doctorate’s religious ed degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Azusa Pacific, the school also landed the #2 spot in our “Best Religious Education Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Far Western US Region” ranking. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at Azusa Pacific are $16,571.

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#2

Biola University

La Mirada, California

#1 in overall quality

$11,772 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Biola University. The school came in at #2 for the Best Value Religious Ed Schools for a Doctorate in the Far Western US Region For Those Making $75-$110k. Biola is a medium-sized school located in La Mirada, California that handed out 10 doctorate’s religious ed degrees in 2019-2020.

Biola did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Religious Education Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Far Western US Region” list. 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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• Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Religious Education (Income $75-$110k)

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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