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2023 Best Value Religious Studies Bachelor's Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region

Identifying Quality Schools at More Affordable Prices

13 Colleges
$47,990 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$28,206 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Religious Studies Bachelor's Degree School for You

Religious Studies is the #86 most popular major in the country with 9,470 degrees and certificates awarded in 2020-2021.

There are lots of options to pick from today when trying to decide which program is right for you. With more and more schools offering online options, you could even register for a great program on the other side of the country. On top of that, there are a considerable number of trade schools that offer fast-track entry to many fields.

Along with in-depth profiles of schools and the programs they offer, Course Advisor has created the Best Value Religious Studies Bachelor's Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region to help you in your search for the best school for you. This report analyzed 13 schools in the Middle Atlantic Region to see which ones offered the best value bachelor's degree programs for religion students. The goal was to highlight schools with more affordable prices than others offering similar quality experiences.

When determining this ranking, we place a high emphasis on the school's quality as well as its sticker price. Even though a college may be affordable, it may not offer value. More specifically, we discount our quality score by the published tuition and fees charged by a school. This gives the cost per unit of quality for each college. The value is determined by how much quality your dollar buys.

Our calculations use out-of-state tuition and fees in our nationwide and regional rankings. Average in-state tuition and fees are used for our statewide rankings.

2023 Best Value Religious Studies Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region

The colleges and universities below are the best value schools for religion majors pursuing a bachelor's degree.

Top 10 Best Religious Studies Bachelor's Degree Schools

Our analysis found Jewish Theological Seminary of America to be the best value school for religious studies students who want to pursue a bachelor’s degree in the Middle Atlantic Region . Located in the large city of New York, Jewish Theological Seminary of America is a private not-for-profit college with a fairly small student population.

Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Jewish Theological Seminary of America are $66,064 per year. Religion majors at Jewish Theological Seminary of America take out an average of $17,221 in student loans while working on their Bachelor's Degree.

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#2

University of Pennsylvania

Philadelphia, PA

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Pennsylvania. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Best Value Religious Studies Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region list. Located in the large city of Philadelphia, UPenn is a private not-for-profit school with a very large student population.

Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at UPenn are $61,710 per year.

UPenn also made our Best Religious Studies Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region list, coming in at #3.

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The excellent bachelor’s degree programs at Catholic University of America helped the school earn the #3 place on this year’s ranking of the best value religious studies schools in the Middle Atlantic Region . Located in the city of Washington, CUA is a private not-for-profit college with a moderately-sized student population.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state undergraduate student at CUA are $52,156 a year.

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#4

Cairn University

Langhorne, PA

The excellent bachelor’s degree programs at Cairn University helped the school earn the #4 place on this year’s ranking of the best value religious studies schools in the Middle Atlantic Region . Located in the large suburb of Langhorne, Cairn is a private not-for-profit college with a small student population.

Cairn undergraduate students pay an average of $30,720 in tuition and fees each year. Religion majors at Cairn take out an average of $31,422 in student loans while working on their Bachelor's Degree.

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Out of the 13 schools in the Middle Atlantic Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Rutgers University - New Brunswick landed the # 5 spot on the list. Rutgers New Brunswick is a fairly large public school located in the small city of New Brunswick.

Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Rutgers New Brunswick are $33,005 per year.

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With a ranking of #6, Rutgers University - Camden did quite well on this year’s best value schools for religious studies students working on their bachelor’s degree. Rutgers Camden is a moderately-sized public school located in the city of Camden.

Rutgers Camden undergraduate students pay an average of $32,299 in tuition and fees each year.

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#7

American University

Washington, DC

With a ranking of #7, American University did quite well on this year’s best value schools for religious studies students working on their bachelor’s degree. Located in the large city of Washington, The American University is a private not-for-profit college with a fairly large student population.

The American University undergraduate students pay an average of $51,334 in tuition and fees each year.

On top of its placing in our value ranking, The American University also did well on our Best Religious Studies Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region list. It’s in the top 20% of all schools reviewed in this analysis.

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#8

Brooklyn College

Brooklyn, NY

Brooklyn College did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best places for religious studies students to get a bachelor’s degree. It came in at #8 on the list. Brooklyn College is a fairly large public school located in the city of Brooklyn.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state undergraduate student at Brooklyn College are $15,390 a year.

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Columbia University in the City of New York did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best places for religious studies students to get a bachelor’s degree. It came in at #9 on the list. Columbia is a very large private not-for-profit school located in the city of New York.

Columbia undergraduate students pay an average of $62,466 in tuition and fees each year.

Columbia excels when it comes to quality. It’s ranked in the top 10% of all schools on our Best Religious Studies Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region list.

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#10

George Washington University

Washington, DC

George Washington University came in at #10 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Religious Studies Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region ranking. GWU is a very large private not-for-profit school located in the city of Washington.

GWU undergraduate students pay an average of $57,984 in tuition and fees each year.

GWU also claimed a spot on our Best Religious Studies Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region list. It’s in the top 15% of all schools in this category.

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Best Religious Studies Colleges by State

Explore the best religious studies colleges for a specific state in the Middle Atlantic region.

State Degrees Awarded
Pennsylvania 245
New York 2,944
Maryland 160
New Jersey 1,341
District of Columbia 68

One of 3 majors within the area of study, religious studies has other similar majors worth exploring.

Related Major Annual Graduates
Philosophy 10,054
Other Philosophy & Religious Studies 285
General Philosophy & Religious Studies 184

Notes and References

*These averages are for the top 13 schools only.

  • 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 the rest 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).
  • Credit for the banner image above goes to Sowlos.

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