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2023 Best Value Religious Studies Bachelor's Degree Schools in District of Columbia

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

3 Colleges
$53,825 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$28,206 Avg Salary

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

Religious Studies is the #93 most popular major in District of Columbia with 68 degrees and certificates awarded in 2020-2021.

Today's students have lots of options to pick from when considering higher education opportunities. You can choose a traditional brick and mortar school, or with the growth of online education, you can attend a school half-way across the country without even leaving your house. Also there are many trade schools that offer short-term programs that open up more career options.

The Best Value Religious Studies Bachelor's Degree Schools in District of Columbia ranking is one of many tools that Course Advisor has developed to help you make your educational decision. Our analysis looked at 3 schools in District of Columbia to see which bachelor's degree programs offered the best value experiences for religion students with the aim of identifying those quality schools that are more affordable than some of their counterparts.

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. Specifically, our score for quality is discounted by the published tuition and fees charged by the given college. This gives the cost per unit of quality for each college. The more quality your dollar buys, the better the value.

Our calculations use out-of-state tuition and fees in our nationwide and regional rankings. For statewide rankings, we use average in-state tuition and fees.

2023 Best Value Religious Studies Bachelor’s Degree Schools in District of Columbia

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

Best District of Columbia Schools for Affordable Quality for a Bachelor's in Religious Studies

Our analysis found Catholic University of America to be the best value school for religious studies students who want to pursue a bachelor’s degree in District of Columbia. CUA is a moderately-sized private not-for-profit school located in the large city of Washington.

In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at CUA are $52,156 per year.

CUA also took the #4 spot in our Best Religious Studies Bachelor’s Degree Schools in District of Columbia rankings.

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#2

American University

Washington, DC

A rank of #2 on this year’s list means American University is a great value for religious studies students working on their bachelor’s degree. The American University is a fairly large private not-for-profit school located in the large city of Washington.

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

The American University not only placed well in our value ranking, but it is also #3 on our Best Religious Studies Bachelor’s Degree Schools in District of Columbia list.

Full Religious Studies at American University Report

The excellent bachelor’s degree programs at George Washington University helped the school earn the #3 place on this year’s ranking of the best value religious studies schools in District of Columbia. Located in the large city of Washington, GWU is a private not-for-profit college with a very large student population.

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

In addition to its best value ranking, and one of the reasons why the school is on the list, GWU is ranked #2 for overall quality for religion in District of Columbia.

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Best Value Religious Studies Colleges in the Middle Atlantic Region

Explore all the Best Value Religious Studies Colleges in the Middle Atlantic Area or other specific states within that region.

State Degrees Awarded
Pennsylvania 245
New York 2,944
Maryland 160
New Jersey 1,341

Religious Studies is one of 3 different types of programs to choose from.

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 3 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.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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