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2023 Best Value Religious Education Doctor's Degree Schools

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

9 Colleges
$22,754 Avg Tuition & Fees*

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

Religious Education is the #161 most popular major in the country with 687 degrees and certificates awarded in 2020-2021.

It's not easy to decide which program to enroll in when you have so many options available. 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 Education Doctor's Degree Schools to help you in your search for the best school for you. This report analyzed 9 schools in the United States to see which ones offered the best value doctor's degree programs for religious ed students. The goal was to highlight schools with more affordable prices than others offering similar quality experiences.

Our ranking of value is based on the quality of a program as defined in our per sticker price dollar. 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.

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

2023 Best Value Religious Education Doctor’s Degree Schools in the United States

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

Best Schools for Affordable Quality for a Doctorate in Religious Education

Our 2023 rankings named Midwestern Baptist Theological Seminary the best value school in the United States for religious education students working on their doctor’s degree. MBTS is a small private not-for-profit school located in the large city of Kansas City.

Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at MBTS are $6,950 per year.

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#2

Liberty University

Lynchburg, VA

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Liberty University. The school came in at #2 on this year’s Best Value Religious Education Doctor’s Degree Schools list. Located in the small city of Lynchburg, Liberty University is a private not-for-profit college with a very large student population.

Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at Liberty University are $8,360 per year.

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#3

Biola University

La Mirada, CA

A rank of #3 on this year’s list means Biola University is a great value for religious education students working on their doctor’s degree. Located in the large suburb of La Mirada, Biola is a private not-for-profit college with a moderately-sized student population.

Biola graduate students pay an average of $12,006 in tuition and fees each year.

In addition to its great value ranking, Biola is in the top 20% of all schools on our Best Religious Education Doctor’s Degree Schools list.

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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Azusa Pacific University. The school came in at #4 on this year’s Best Value Religious Education Doctor’s Degree Schools list. Azusa Pacific is a medium-sized private not-for-profit school located in the suburb of Azusa.

Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at Azusa Pacific are $16,696 per year.

On top of its placing in our value ranking, Azusa Pacific also did well on our Best Religious Education Doctor’s Degree Schools list. It’s in the top 15% of all schools reviewed in this analysis.

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A rank of #5 on this year’s list means Trinity International University - Illinois is a great value for religious education students working on their doctor’s degree. TIU Illinois is a small private not-for-profit school located in the suburb of Deerfield.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at TIU Illinois are $17,780 a year.

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#6

Boston College

Chestnut Hill, MA

Boston College landed the #6 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best value doctor’s degree religious education programs. Located in the small city of Chestnut Hill, Boston College is a private not-for-profit school with a large student population.

Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at Boston College are $32,722 per year.

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Columbia Theological Seminary came in at #7 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Religious Education Doctor’s Degree Schools ranking. Located in the large suburb of Decatur, Columbia Theological Seminary is a private not-for-profit college with a fairly small student population.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at Columbia Theological Seminary are $18,260 a year.

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Catholic University of America ranked #8 on this year’s Best Value Religious Education Doctor’s Degree Schools list. CUA is a medium-sized private not-for-profit school located in the city of Washington.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at CUA are $51,630 a year.

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#9

Andrews University

Berrien Springs, MI

Andrews University came in at #9 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Religious Education Doctor’s Degree Schools ranking. Andrews is a small private not-for-profit school located in the fringe town of Berrien Springs.

Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at Andrews are $29,630 per year.

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Religious Education by Region

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One of 7 majors within the area of study, religious education has other similar majors worth exploring.

Related Major Annual Graduates
Theological & Ministerial Studies 12,534
Pastoral Counseling & Specialized Ministries 1,624
Biblical Studies 1,052
Theology & Religious Vocations (Other) 777
Missionary Studies 423

Notes and References

*These averages are for the top 9 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 RichardF.

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