2023 Best Religious Education Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Veterans in the Far Western US Region
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Ranked Colleges
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Degrees Awarded
$34,500
Avg Cost*
When pursuing a degree in today’s world, veterans have many different options to choose from. Our mission at College Factual is to arm you with as much information as we can to help you make that decision. Our “Most Veteran Friendly in the Far Western US Region for Relgious Ed for a Bachelor’s” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.
Religious Education is the 358th most popular major in the country with 1,417 degrees awarded in 2020-2021.
Across the Far Western US region, there were 67 religious education graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 35 religious education graduates with average earnings and debt of $39,720 and $23,024 respectively.
For this year’s “Most Veteran Friendly in the Far Western US Region for Relgious Ed for a Bachelor’s” ranking, we looked at 2 colleges that offer a degree in religious education. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality religious education programs as well as strong veteran support.
To come up with these rankings, we looked at factors such as veteran satisfaction, veteran affordability, and overall quality of the religious education program at the school. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.
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Most Veteran Friendly in the Far Western US Region for Relgious Ed for a Bachelor’s
The following schools top our list of the Best “Most Veteran Friendly in the Far Western US Region for Relgious Ed for a Bachelor’s”.
Top 2 Best Religious Education Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Veterans in the Far Western US Region
Out of the 2 schools in the Most Veteran Friendly in the Far Western US Region for Relgious Ed for a Bachelor’s that were part of this year’s ranking, Biola University landed the #1 spot on the list. Biola University is a medium-sized private not-for-profit school situated in La Mirada, California. It awarded 21 bachelors’s relgious ed degrees in 2020-2021.
Biola also made our “Best Religious Education Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Far Western US Region” list, coming in at #1.Our most recent data shows that 148 of the 5,815 students enrolled at Biola were GI Bill® students, of which 112 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average Post-9/11 GI Bill® award for tuition and fees at the school was $12,579. To help with additional expenses, 38 students received funds through the Yellow Ribbon Program. Biola does offer credit for military training for eligible students.
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%.
[Read full report on veteran student life at Biola]](/colleges/biola-university/student-life/veterans/)
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Azusa Pacific University. The school came in at #2 for the Most Veteran Friendly in the Far Western US Region for Relgious Ed for a Bachelor’s. Azusa Pacific is a private not-for-profit institution located in Azusa, California. The school has a medium-sized population, and it awarded 9 bachelors’s degrees in 2020-2021.
Azusa Pacific did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our “Best Religious Education Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Far Western US Region” list.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. To help with additional expenses, 0 students qualified for the Yellow Ribbon Program. Students may be able to receive credit for their military training, depending on their background.
The impressive undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 10 to 1 means that students may have more opportunities to work more closely with their professors than they would at other schools. 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%.
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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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