2022 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Religious Education in the Middle Atlantic Region

With all of the options students have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. Our mission at College Factual is to arm you with as much information as we can to help you make that decision. Our “Best Value Relgious Ed Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Middle Atlantic Region” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.

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 Middle Atlantic region, there were 145 religious education graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 34 religious education graduates with average earnings and debt of $39,278 and $24,587 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value Relgious Ed Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Middle Atlantic Region” ranking, we looked at 2 colleges that offer a degree 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.

Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the religious education program at the school and the cost of the school after aid is awarded among other things. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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Best Value Relgious Ed Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Middle Atlantic Region

The colleges and universities below are the best for middle atlantic region bachelor’s degree relgious ed students.

Top 2 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Religious Education in the Middle Atlantic Region

#1

University of Valley Forge

Phoenixville, Pennsylvania

#2 in overall quality

$20,636 Average Net Price

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Valley Forge. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Relgious Ed Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Middle Atlantic Region list. UVF is a small private not-for-profit school situated in Phoenixville, Pennsylvania. It awarded 1 bachelors’s relgious ed degrees in 2019-2020.

UVF did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our “Best Religious Education Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region” list. The yearly cost to attend University of Valley Forge is $20,636 for Middle Atlantic Region Bachelor’s Degree Relgious Ed students.

Read more about Religious Education at UVF

#2

Messiah University

Mechanicsburg, Pennsylvania

#1 in overall quality

$28,141 Average Net Price

Out of the 2 schools in the Best Value Relgious Ed Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Middle Atlantic Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Messiah University landed the #2 spot on the list. Located in Mechanicsburg, Pennsylvania, this small private not-for-profit school handed out 12 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s relgious ed students in 2019-2020.

Messiah not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #1 on our “Best Religious Education Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region” list. The yearly cost to attend Messiah University is $28,141 for middle atlantic region bachelor’s degree relgious ed students.

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 more about Religious Education at Messiah University

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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

• *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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