2022 Best Value Relgious Ed Schools for a Bachelor’s in Pennsylvania

Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. College Factual has developed its “Best Value Relgious Ed Schools for a Bachelor’s in Pennsylvania” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.

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

Across Pennsylvania, there were 13 religious education graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 13 religious education graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value Relgious Ed Schools for a Bachelor’s in Pennsylvania” 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.

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. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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When choosing the right school for you, it’s important to arm yourself with all the facts you can. To that end, we’ve created a number of major-specific rankings, including this “Best Value Relgious Ed Schools for a Bachelor’s in Pennsylvania” list to help you make the college decision.

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Best Value Relgious Ed Schools for a Bachelor’s in Pennsylvania

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

Top 2 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Religious Education in Pennsylvania

#1

University of Valley Forge

Phoenixville, Pennsylvania

#2 in overall quality

$20,636 Average Net Price

Out of the 2 schools in the Best Value Relgious Ed Schools for a Bachelor’s in Pennsylvania that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Valley Forge landed the #1 spot on the list. Phoenixville, Pennsylvania is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out bachelors’s relgious ed degrees to 1 students in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our pennsylvania bachelor’s degree relgious ed students list, UVF has also earned the #2 rank in our “Best Religious Education Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Pennsylvania” ranking. It costs about $20,636 for Pennsylvania Bachelor’s Degree Relgious Ed students per year to attend University of Valley Forge.

Full UVF Religious Education Report

#2

Messiah University

Mechanicsburg, Pennsylvania

#1 in overall quality

$28,141 Average Net Price

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Messiah University. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Relgious Ed Schools for a Bachelor’s in Pennsylvania list. Mechanicsburg, Pennsylvania is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out bachelors’s relgious ed degrees to 12 students in 2019-2020.

Messiah did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Religious Education Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Pennsylvania” list. The estimated yearly cost for Messiah is $28,141 for Pennsylvania Bachelor’s Degree Relgious Ed students.

Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 86%. The student loan default rate at the school is 2.4%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.

Read full report on 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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