2023 Most Focused Colleges for Religious Education in Idaho

When pursuing a degree in today’s world, students have many different options to choose from. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Schools Highly Focused on Religious Ed Major in Idaho” ranking is part of that endeavor.

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 Idaho, there were 1 religious education graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively.

For this year’s “Schools Highly Focused on Religious Ed Major in Idaho” 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.

Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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Schools Highly Focused on Religious Ed Major in Idaho

The colleges and universities below are the best for idaho religious ed students.

Top 2 Most Focused Colleges for Religious Education in Idaho

1

Northwest Nazarene University
Nampa, Idaho

#5 overall quality in Idaho

$49,029 Average Early-Career Earnings

$27,181 Average Student Debt

Out of the 2 schools in the Schools Highly Focused on Religious Ed Major in Idaho that were part of this year’s ranking, Northwest Nazarene University landed the #1 spot on the list. NNU is a small school located in Nampa, Idaho that handed out 1 ’s religious ed degrees in 2020-2021.

The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 2.1%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.

Read more about Religious Education at Northwest Nazarene University

2

Boise Bible College
Boise, Idaho

Out of the 2 schools in the Schools Highly Focused on Religious Ed Major in Idaho that were part of this year’s ranking, Boise Bible College landed the #2 spot on the list. Boise Bible College is a small private not-for-profit school situated in Boise, Idaho. It awarded 0 ’s religious ed degrees in 2020-2021.

With a undergrad student-to-faculty ratio of 10 to 1, it’s easy to see that the school is committed to helping their undergraduates succeed.

Read full report on Religious Education at Boise Bible College

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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

• *Avg Salary and Avg 4-Year Grad Rate 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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