2023 Best Value Religious Studies Schools in Pennsylvania

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

Finding the Best Religious Studies School for You

With 41 degrees and certificates handed out in 2020-2021, religious studies is the #133 most popular major in Pennsylvania.

There are so many programs in today's world that it can tough to figure out which one is the right one 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, Grad Degree Search has created the Best Value Religious Studies Schools in Pennsylvania to help you in your search for the best school for you. Our analysis looked at 3 schools in Pennsylvania to see which 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.

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. 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.

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

2023 Best Value Religious Studies Schools in Pennsylvania

The following schools top our list of the Best Value Religious Studies Colleges.

Best Pennsylvania Schools for Affordable Quality in Religious Studies

#1

University of Scranton

Scranton, PA

4 Degrees

#8 in Quality in Pennsylvania

$48,462 Average Tuition & Fees

Our 2023 rankings named University of Scranton the best value school in Pennsylvania for religious studies students. Located in the small city of Scranton, University of Scranton is a private not-for-profit school with a small student population.

University of Scranton undergraduate students pay an average of $48,462 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

University of Scranton excels when it comes to quality. It’s ranked in the top 15% of all schools on our Best Religious Studies Schools in Pennsylvania list.

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#2

University of Pennsylvania

Philadelphia, PA

4 Degrees

#2 in Quality in Pennsylvania

$61,710 Average Tuition & Fees

The excellent programs at University of Pennsylvania helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the best religious studies schools in Pennsylvania. UPenn is a fairly large private not-for-profit school located in the large city of Philadelphia.

UPenn undergraduate students pay an average of $61,710 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, UPenn is ranked #2 for overall quality for religion in Pennsylvania.

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#3

Cairn University

Langhorne, PA

3 Degrees

$30,720 Average Tuition & Fees

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Cairn University. The school came in at #3 on this year’s Best Value Religious Studies Schools in Pennsylvania list. Cairn is a small private not-for-profit school located in the suburb of Langhorne.

In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Cairn are $30,720 per year.

Full Religious Studies at Cairn University Report

Best Value Religious Studies Colleges in the Middle Atlantic Region

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

Majors Related to Religion

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

Majors Similar to Religion

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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