2022 Best Value Divinity Studies Schools for a Doctorate in the Far Western US Region

When pursuing a degree in today’s world, students have many different options to choose from. One of our goals at College Factual is to give you as much information as we can - such as our “Best Value Divinity Studies Schools for a Doctorate in the Far Western US Region” ranking - to help you make that decision.

Divinity/Ministry is the 115th most popular major in the country with 6,905 degrees awarded in 2019-2020.

Across the Far Western US region, there were 590 divinity/ministry graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 10 divinity/ministry graduates with average earnings and debt of $72,342 and $136,270 respectively.

This ranking identifies schools with high-quality divinity/ministry programs that also have a lower cost than schools of similar quality.

When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the divinity/ministry program at the school and the cost to attend the school once aid has been awarded. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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Best Value Divinity Studies Schools for a Doctorate in the Far Western US Region

The colleges and universities below are the best for far western us region doctor’s degree divinity studies students.

Top 2 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Divinity/Ministry in the Far Western US Region

#1

Seattle University

Seattle, Washington

#1 in overall quality

$14,040 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Seattle University. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value Divinity Studies Schools for a Doctorate in the Far Western US Region. Seattle U is a medium-sized private not-for-profit school situated in Seattle, Washington. It awarded 6 doctorate’s divinity studies degrees in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our far western us region doctor’s degree divinity studies students list, Seattle U has also earned the #1 rank in our “Best Divinity/Ministry Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Far Western US Region” ranking. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at Seattle U are $14,040.

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#2

Western Seminary

Portland, Oregon

#2 in overall quality

$15,300 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 1 schools in the Best Value Divinity Studies Schools for a Doctorate in the Far Western US Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Western Seminary landed the #2 spot on the list. This small school is located in Portland, Oregon, and it awarded 2 doctorate’s divinity studies degrees in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our far western us region doctor’s degree divinity studies students list, Western Seminary-San Jose has also earned the #2 rank in our “Best Divinity/Ministry Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Far Western US Region” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Western Seminary-San Jose are $15,300, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read more about Divinity/Ministry at Western Seminary

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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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