2022 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Religious Education in the Far Western US Region

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 for a Bachelor’s in the Far Western US Region” 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 the Far Western US region, there were 96 religious education graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 60 religious education graduates with average earnings and debt of $38,083 and $22,209 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Relgious Ed Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Far Western US Region” ranking looked at 2 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in religious education. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great religious education programs and 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. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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Best Value Relgious Ed Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Far Western US Region

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Relgious Ed Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Far Western US Region.

Top 2 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Religious Education in the Far Western US Region

#1

Azusa Pacific University

Azusa, California

#1 in overall quality

$26,293 Average Net Price

Out of the 2 schools in the Best Value Relgious Ed Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Far Western US Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Azusa Pacific University landed the #1 spot on the list. Azusa Pacific University is a medium-sized school located in Azusa, California that handed out 22 bachelors’s relgious ed degrees in 2019-2020.

Azusa Pacific did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Religious Education Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Far Western US Region” list. The yearly cost to attend Azusa Pacific University is $26,293 for Far Western US Region Bachelor’s Degree Relgious Ed students.

The 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 student loan default rate at the school is 3.3%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.

Read more about Religious Education at Azusa Pacific

#2

Biola University

La Mirada, California

#2 in overall quality

$31,859 Average Net Price

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Biola University. The school came in at #2 for the Best Value Relgious Ed Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Far Western US Region. La Mirada, California is the setting for this medium-sized institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out bachelors’s relgious ed degrees to 32 students in 2019-2020.

Biola also made our “Best Religious Education Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Far Western US Region” list, coming in at #2. It costs about $31,859 for Far Western US Region Bachelor’s Degree Relgious Ed students per year to attend Biola.

The school has an impressive student loan default rate. It’s only 1.6%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

Read full report on Religious Education at Biola University

• Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Religious Education

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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