by our College Data Analytics Team
It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. College Factual has developed its “Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Religious Ed Major in the Far Western US Region” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.
Religious Education is the 216th most popular major in the country with 1,417 degrees awarded in 2020-2021. 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 doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 5 religious education graduates with average earnings and debt of $75,423 and $0 respectively.
For this year’s “Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Religious Ed Major in the Far Western US Region” ranking, we looked at 2 colleges that offer a degree 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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Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we’ve developed the “Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Religious Ed Major in the Far Western US Region” ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.
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The following schools top our list of the Best “Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Religious Ed Major in the Far Western US Region”.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Biola University. The school came in at #1 for the Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Religious Ed Major in the Far Western US Region. This medium-sized school is located in La Mirada, California, and it awarded 2 doctorate’s religious ed degrees in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 2.7%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Azusa Pacific University. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Religious Ed Major in the Far Western US Region list. Azusa Pacific is a private not-for-profit institution located in Azusa, California. The school has a medium-sized population, and it awarded 3 doctorate’s degrees in 2020-2021.
The undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 10 to 1 is a sign that students will have more opportunities to engage with their professors one-on-one. The low undergrad student loan default rate of 3.3% 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%.
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