2023 Best Religious Education Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Veterans in the Far Western US Region
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When pursuing a degree in today’s world, veterans have many different options to choose from. College Factual has developed its “Most Veteran Friendly in the Far Western US Region for Religious Ed for a Doctorate” ranking as one item you can use to help make this 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.
Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent religious education programs, but they also offer a lot of support to veterans and active service members.
When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the religious education program at the school, veteran affordability, and veteran satisfaction. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.
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Since the program you select can have a significant impact on your future, we’ve developed a number of rankings, including this “Most Veteran Friendly in the Far Western US Region for Religious Ed for a Doctorate” list, to help you choose the best school for you.
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Most Veteran Friendly in the Far Western US Region for Religious Ed for a Doctorate
The colleges and universities below are the best for far western us region doctor’s degree vets studying religious ed.
Top 1 Best Religious Education Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Veterans in the Far Western US Region
Out of the 1 schools in the Most Veteran Friendly in the Far Western US Region for Religious Ed for a Doctorate that were part of this year’s ranking, Azusa Pacific University landed the #1 spot on the list. Azusa, 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 3 students in 2020-2021.
Azusa Pacific also took the #1 spot in our “Best Religious Education Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Far Western US Region” ranking.Our most recent data shows that 58 of the 9,006 students enrolled at Azusa Pacific University were GI Bill® students, of which 44 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average tuition and fees award for the Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients was $5,529. On top of their other funding sources, 0 students qualified for the Yellow Ribbon Program. Eligible students may be able to receive credit for their military training.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only [DEFAULT_RATE_STRING]%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. 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.
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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).
- Veteran-specific data can be found at the U.S. Department of Veteran Affairs.
- 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
- *Avg Salary and Avg 4-Year Grad Rate are for the top schools only.
- **GI Bill® student total includes all chapters of the GI Bill® program (e.g., Post-9/11, Montgomery GI Bill, Reserve Education Assistance Program, and Veteran Readiness and Employment)
- 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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