2022 Best Value Theology Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Rocky Mountains Region For Those Making $75-$110k

When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. 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 Theology Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Rocky Mountains Region For Those Making $75-$110k” ranking is part of that endeavor.

In 2019-2020, 15,051 people earned their degree in theological and ministerial studies, making the major the 55th most popular in the United States. In 2017-2018, theological and ministerial studies graduates who were awarded their degree in 2015-2017, earned an average of $36,911 and had an average of $41,597 in loans still to pay off.

Across the Rocky Mountains region, there were 197 theological and ministerial studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $41,733 and $37,721 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 53 theological and ministerial studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $38,111 and $23,874 respectively.

This ranking identifies schools with high-quality theological and ministerial studies programs that also have a lower cost than 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 theological and ministerial studies program at the school. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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Best Value Theology Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Rocky Mountains Region For Those Making $75-$110k

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Theology Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Rocky Mountains Region For Those Making $75-$110k.

Top 1 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Theological & Ministerial Studies (Income $75-$110k) in the Rocky Mountains Region

#1

Colorado Christian University

Lakewood, Colorado

#2 in overall quality

$25,892 Average Net Price

Out of the 1 schools in the Best Value Theology Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Rocky Mountains Region For Those Making $75-$110k that were part of this year’s ranking, Colorado Christian University landed the #1 spot on the list. Located in Lakewood, Colorado, this medium-sized private not-for-profit school awarded 16 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s theology students in 2019-2020.

CCU did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our “Best Theological & Ministerial Studies Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region” list. It costs about $25,892 for Rocky Mountains Region Bachelor’s Degree Theology students whose families make $75-$110k per year to attend CCU.

Full Colorado Christian University Theological & Ministerial Studies Report

• Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Theological & Ministerial Studies (Income $75-$110k)

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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