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Best Value Religious Studies Schools in District of Columbia

2023 Best Value Religious Studies Schools in District of Columbia

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

3 Colleges
$53,825 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$46,613 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Religious Studies 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.

To help you arm yourself with the information you need to make your decision, Course Advisor has developed this Best Value Religious Studies Schools in District of Columbia ranking. This report analyzed 3 schools in District of Columbia to see which ones offered the best value 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. 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.

Best District of Columbia Schools for Affordable Quality in Religious Studies

Our 2023 rankings named Catholic University of America the best value school in District of Columbia for religious studies students. CUA is a medium-sized private not-for-profit school located in the city of Washington.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at CUA are $52,156 a year. On average, religion graduates from CUA take out $27,000 in student loans while working on their degree.

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

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The excellent programs at George Washington University helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the best religious studies schools in District of Columbia. Located in the large city of Washington, GWU is a private not-for-profit college with a fairly large student population.

In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at GWU are $57,984 per year.

GWU also made our Best Religious Studies Schools in District of Columbia list, coming in at #2.

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#3

American University

Washington, DC

A rank of #3 on this year’s list means American University is a great value for religious studies students. The American University is a fairly large private not-for-profit school located in the large city of Washington.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at The American University are $51,334 a year.

The American University did well in our overall quality rankings, too. It placed #3 on our Best Religious Studies Schools in District of Columbia list.

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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

More Religious Studies Rankings in District of Columbia

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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