2022 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Religious Education (Income $75-$110k) in California

It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. One of our goals at College Factual is to give you as much information as we can - such as our “Best Value Religious Ed Schools for a Master’s in California For Those Making $75-$110k” ranking - to help you make that decision.

In 2019-2020, 1,336 people earned their degree in religious education, making the major the 215th most popular in the United States. 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 California, there were 88 religious education graduates with average earnings and debt of $19,200 and $23,563 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 15 religious education graduates with average earnings and debt of $60,281 and $50,119 respectively.

This ranking identifies schools with high-quality religious education programs that also have a lower cost than schools of similar quality.

To come up with these rankings, we looked at factors such as the cost to attend the school after aid is awarded and overall quality of the religious education program at the school. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we’ve developed the “Best Value Religious Ed Schools for a Master’s in California For Those Making $75-$110k” ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.

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Best Value Religious Ed Schools for a Master’s in California For Those Making $75-$110k

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Religious Ed Schools for a Master’s in California For Those Making $75-$110k.

Top 2 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Religious Education (Income $75-$110k) in California

#1

Azusa Pacific University

Azusa, California

#1 in overall quality

$16,571 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

$41,565 Average Early-Career Earnings

Out of the 1 schools in the Best Value Religious Ed Schools for a Master’s in California For Those Making $75-$110k that were part of this year’s ranking, Azusa Pacific University landed the #1 spot on the list. This medium-sized school is located in Azusa, California, and it awarded 12 masters’s religious ed degrees in 2019-2020.

Azusa Pacific did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Religious Education Master’s Degree Schools in California” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at Azusa Pacific University are $16,571, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Full Azusa Pacific Religious Education Report

#2

American Jewish University

Los Angeles, California

$32,301 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend American Jewish University. The school came in at #2 for the Best Value Religious Ed Schools for a Master’s in California For Those Making $75-$110k. Located in Los Angeles, California, this small private not-for-profit school handed out 3 diplomas to qualified masters’s religious ed students in 2019-2020.

AJU also took the #0 spot in our “Best Religious Education Master’s Degree Schools in California” ranking. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at AJU are $32,301.

Read full report on Religious Education at American Jewish University

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