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2022 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Theology in the Far Western US Region

4 Ranked Colleges
125 Degrees Awarded
$25,700 Avg Net Price*
Best Value Theology Schools for a Bachelor's in the Far Western US Region

It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. College Factual has developed its “Best Value Theology Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Far Western US Region” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.

Theology is the 131st most popular major in the country with 5,846 degrees awarded in 2019-2020.

Across the Far Western US region, there were 588 theology graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 125 theology graduates with average earnings and debt of $38,083 and $22,209 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Theology Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Far Western US Region” ranking looked at 4 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in theology. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality theology programs that also have a lower cost than schools of similar quality.

Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the theology program at the school and the cost of the school after aid is awarded among other things. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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Best Value Theology Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Far Western US Region

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Theology Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Far Western US Region.

Top 4 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Theology in the Far Western US Region

#1

The Master's University and Seminary

Santa Clarita, California
#1 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend The Master’s University and Seminary. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value Theology Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Far Western US Region. The Master’s University is a small private not-for-profit school situated in Santa Clarita, California. It awarded 51 bachelors’s theology degrees in 2019-2020.

The Master’s University also made our “Best Theology Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Far Western US Region” list, coming in at #1. The estimated yearly cost for The Master’s University is $28,833 for far western us region bachelor’s degree theology students.

The low student loan default rate of 2.5% 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%.

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#2

William Jessup University

Rocklin, California
#4 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend William Jessup University. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Theology Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Far Western US Region list. William Jessup University is a small school located in Rocklin, California that handed out 14 bachelors’s theology degrees in 2019-2020.

William Jessup University not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #4 on our “Best Theology Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Far Western US Region” list. The estimated yearly cost for William Jessup University is $21,207 for far western us region bachelor’s degree theology students.

Read more about Theology at William Jessup University

#3

Azusa Pacific University

Azusa, California
#3 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Azusa Pacific University. It ranked #3 on our 2022 Best Value Theology Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Far Western US Region list. This medium-sized school is located in Azusa, California, and it awarded 2 bachelors’s theology degrees in 2019-2020.

Azusa Pacific did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #3 on our “Best Theology Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Far Western US Region” list. The yearly cost to attend Azusa Pacific is $26,293 for far western us region bachelor’s degree theology students.

The low student loan default rate of 3.3% 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 student-to-faculty ratio of 10 to 1 is a sign that students will have more opportunities to engage with their professors one-on-one.

Read more about Theology at Azusa Pacific University

#4

Seattle Pacific University

Seattle, Washington
#2 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Seattle Pacific University. It ranked #4 on our 2022 Best Value Theology Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Far Western US Region list. Seattle, Washington is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out bachelors’s theology degrees to 12 students in 2019-2020.

SPU did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our “Best Theology Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Far Western US Region” list. The estimated yearly cost for Seattle Pacific University is $26,505 for Far Western US Region Bachelor’s Degree Theology students.

The student loan default rate at the school is 2.0%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.

Read more about Theology at Seattle Pacific 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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