2023 Best Value Religious Studies Doctor's Degree Schools in California

Identifying Quality Schools at More Affordable Prices

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

Religious Studies is the #137 most popular major in California with 90 degrees and certificates awarded in 2020-2021.

When it comes to higher education, there are a lot of options for students. 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.

Along with in-depth profiles of schools and the programs they offer, Grad Degree Search has created the Best Value Religious Studies Doctor's Degree Schools in California to help you in your search for the best school for you. This report analyzed 2 schools in California to see which ones offered the best value doctor's degree programs for religion students. The goal was to highlight schools with more affordable prices than others offering similar quality experiences.

This ranking is not just a list of inexpensive schools. We also consider each school's quality, since we believe a low-quality school may not be a 'bargain' at any price. 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.

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

2023 Best Value Religious Studies Doctor’s Degree Schools in California

Check out the religion doctor's degree programs at these schools if you want to get the best value for your educational dollar.

Best California Schools for Affordable Quality for a Doctorate in Religious Studies

#1

University of California - Santa Barbara

Santa Barbara, CA

4 Doctor's Degrees

#14 in Quality in California

$13,581 Average Tuition & Fees

Our analysis found University of California - Santa Barbara to be the best value school for religious studies students who want to pursue a doctor’s degree in California. Located in the suburb of Santa Barbara, UCSB is a public school with a very large student population.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state graduate student at UCSB are $13,581 a year.

Full Religious Studies at University of California - Santa Barbara Report

#2

University of California - Riverside

Riverside, CA

1 Doctor's Degrees

$13,467 Average Tuition & Fees

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend University of California - Riverside. The school came in at #2 on this year’s Best Value Religious Studies Doctor’s Degree Schools in California list. Located in the large city of Riverside, UCR is a public school with a fairly large student population.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state graduate student at UCR are $13,467 a year.

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Notes and References

*These averages are for the top 2 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).
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