by our College Data Analytics Team
Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. One of our goals at College Factual is to give you as much information as we can - such as our “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Religious Ed Major in the Far Western US Region” ranking - to help you make that decision.
In 2020-2021, 1,417 people earned their degree in religious education, making the major the 216th most popular in the United States. In 2019-2020, religious education graduates who were awarded their degree in 2017-2019, earned an average of $30,694 and had an average of $27,203 in loans still to pay off.
Across the Far Western US region, there were 67 religious education graduates with average earnings and debt of $26,766 and $25,038 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 35 religious education graduates with average earnings and debt of $39,720 and $23,024 respectively.
This year’s “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Religious Ed Major in the Far Western US Region” ranking looked at 7 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in religious education. That schools that top this list have a program in religious education in which the largest percentage of students at the school are enrolled.
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The colleges and universities below are the best for far western us region bachelor’s degree religious ed students.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Biola University. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Religious Ed Major in the Far Western US Region list. Biola is a medium-sized private not-for-profit school situated in La Mirada, California. It awarded 21 bachelors’s religious ed degrees in 2020-2021.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 2.7%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Out of the 7 schools in the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Religious Ed Major in the Far Western US Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Bethesda University landed the #2 spot on the list. Located in Anaheim, California, this small private not-for-profit school awarded 1 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s religious ed 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.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend George Fox University. The school came in at #3 for the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Religious Ed Major in the Far Western US Region. George Fox University is a small school located in Newberg, Oregon that handed out 4 bachelors’s religious ed degrees in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 1.6%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Azusa Pacific University. The school came in at #4 for the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Religious Ed Major in the Far Western US Region. Azusa Pacific is located in Azusa, California and, has a medium-sized student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 9 bachelors’s religious ed degrees to qualified students.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 3.3%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. 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.
Read more about Religious Education at Azusa Pacific University
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Fresno Pacific University. It ranked #5 on our 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Religious Ed Major in the Far Western US Region list. Fresno Pacific is a small private not-for-profit school situated in Fresno, California. It awarded 0 bachelors’s religious ed degrees in 2020-2021.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 4.5%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Concordia University, Irvine. It ranked #5 on our 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Religious Ed Major in the Far Western US Region list. Irvine, California is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out bachelors’s religious ed degrees to 0 students in 2020-2021.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 2.9% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%.
Full Concordia University, Irvine Religious Education Report
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend The Master’s University and Seminary. The school came in at #5 for the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Religious Ed Major in the Far Western US Region. Santa Clarita, California is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out bachelors’s religious ed degrees to 0 students in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 1.5%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
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