2022 Best Value Colleges for Religious Education in Ohio (With Aid)

With all of the options students have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Best Value Relgious Ed Schools in Ohio For Those Getting Aid” ranking is part of that endeavor.

In 2019-2020, 1,336 people earned their degree in religious education, making the major the 351st most popular in the United States.

Across Ohio, there were 68 religious education graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Relgious Ed Schools in Ohio For Those Getting Aid” ranking analyzed 2 colleges that offered 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. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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Best Value Relgious Ed Schools in Ohio For Those Getting Aid

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Relgious Ed Schools in Ohio For Those Getting Aid.

Top 2 Best Value Colleges for Religious Education in Ohio (With Aid)

#1

Malone University

Canton, Ohio

#2 in overall quality

$19,897 Average Net Price

$43,989 Average Early-Career Earnings

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Malone University. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Relgious Ed Schools in Ohio For Those Getting Aid list. Malone is a private not-for-profit institution located in Canton, Ohio. The school has a small population, and it awarded 2 ’s degrees in 2019-2020.

Malone also made our “Best Religious Education Schools in Ohio” list, coming in at #2. It costs about $19,897 for Ohio Relgious Ed students with aid per year to attend Malone University.

Read more about Religious Education at Malone University

#2

Franciscan University of Steubenville

Steubenville, Ohio

#1 in overall quality

$24,918 Average Net Price

$36,920 Average Early-Career Earnings

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Franciscan University of Steubenville. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Relgious Ed Schools in Ohio For Those Getting Aid list. This small school is located in Steubenville, Ohio, and it awarded 52 ’s relgious ed degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Franciscan U, the school also landed the #1 spot in our “Best Religious Education Schools in Ohio” ranking. It costs about $24,918 for ohio relgious ed students with aid per year to attend Franciscan U.

The low student loan default rate of 2.4% 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%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 86%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.

Read full report on Religious Education at Franciscan University of Steubenville

• Best Value Colleges for Religious Education in the Great Lakes Region (With Aid)
• Best Value Colleges for Religious Education (With Aid)

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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