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2022 Best Value Religious Ed Schools for a Doctorate For Those Getting Aid

6 Ranked Colleges
82 Degrees Awarded
$15,700 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees*
Best Value Religious Ed Schools for a Doctorate For Those Getting Aid

When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. At College Factual, we’re committed to helping you make that decision by providing information such as that found in our “Best Value Religious Ed Schools for a Doctorate For Those Getting Aid” ranking.

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.

At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 82 religious education graduates with average earnings and debt of $72,680 and $116,043 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value Religious Ed Schools for a Doctorate For Those Getting Aid” ranking, we looked at 6 colleges that offer a degree in religious education. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent religious education programs, but they also cost less that 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. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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Best Value Religious Ed Schools for a Doctorate For Those Getting Aid

The colleges and universities below are the best for doctor’s degree religious ed students with aid.

Top 6 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Religious Education (With Aid)

#2 in overall quality

Out of the 6 schools in the Best Value Religious Ed Schools for a Doctorate For Those Getting Aid that were part of this year’s ranking, Midwestern Baptist Theological Seminary landed the #1 spot on the list. Kansas City, Missouri is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out doctorate’s religious ed degrees to 8 students in 2019-2020.

MBTS not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #2 on our “Best Religious Education Doctor’s Degree Schools” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at MBTS are $6,950, but some majors have different tuition rates.

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#4 in overall quality

Out of the 6 schools in the Best Value Religious Ed Schools for a Doctorate For Those Getting Aid that were part of this year’s ranking, Trinity International University - Illinois landed the #2 spot on the list. TIU Illinois is a small school located in Deerfield, Illinois that handed out 5 doctorate’s religious ed degrees in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our doctor’s degree religious ed students with aid list, TIU Illinois has also earned the #4 rank in our “Best Religious Education Doctor’s Degree Schools” ranking. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at Trinity International University - Illinois are $17,780.

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#3

Boston College

Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts
#2 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Boston College. It ranked #3 on our 2022 Best Value Religious Ed Schools for a Doctorate For Those Getting Aid list. Boston College is a private not-for-profit institution located in Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts. The school has a fairly large population, and it awarded 1 doctorate’s degrees in 2019-2020.

Boston College not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #2 on our “Best Religious Education Doctor’s Degree Schools” list. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at Boston College are $31,930.

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#4

Azusa Pacific University

Azusa, California
#3 in overall quality

Out of the 6 schools in the Best Value Religious Ed Schools for a Doctorate For Those Getting Aid that were part of this year’s ranking, Azusa Pacific University landed the #4 spot on the list. Azusa Pacific University is a medium-sized school located in Azusa, California that handed out 3 doctorate’s religious ed degrees in 2019-2020.

Azusa Pacific did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #3 on our “Best Religious Education Doctor’s Degree Schools” 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

#5

Biola University

La Mirada, California
#1 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Biola University. It ranked #5 on our 2022 Best Value Religious Ed Schools for a Doctorate For Those Getting Aid list. La Mirada, California is the setting for this medium-sized institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out doctorate’s religious ed degrees to 10 students in 2019-2020.

Biola also took the #1 spot in our “Best Religious Education Doctor’s Degree Schools” ranking. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at Biola are $11,772.

Read more about Religious Education at Biola University

#6

Liberty University

Lynchburg, Virginia
#5 in overall quality

With a ranking of #6, Liberty University did quite well on the 2022 Best Value Religious Ed Schools for a Doctorate For Those Getting Aid list. Liberty University is a private not-for-profit institution located in Lynchburg, Virginia. The school has a large population, and it awarded 11 doctorate’s degrees in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our doctor’s degree religious ed students with aid list, Liberty University has also earned the #5 rank in our “Best Religious Education Doctor’s Degree Schools” ranking. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at Liberty University are $8,349.

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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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