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2023 Best Value Religious Education Schools in California

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

2 Colleges
$41,510 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$26,766 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Religious Education School for You

In 2020-2021, 21 degrees and certificates were awarded to religious education students who went to a California college or university. This makes it the #196 most popular major in the state.

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.

The Best Value Religious Education Schools in California ranking is one of many tools that Grad Degree Search has developed to help you make your educational decision. Our analysis looked at 2 schools in California to see which programs offered the best value experiences for religious ed students with the aim of identifying those quality schools that are more affordable than some of their counterparts.

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 Schools in California

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

Best California Schools for Affordable Quality in Religious Education

#1

Biola University

La Mirada, CA
$44,382 Average Tuition & Fees

Our analysis found Biola University to be the best value school for religious education students who want to pursue a degree in California. Located in the large suburb of La Mirada, Biola is a private not-for-profit college with a moderately-sized student population.

Biola undergraduate students pay an average of $44,382 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

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$41,510 Average Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Azusa Pacific University. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Best Value Religious Education Schools in California list. Azusa Pacific is a medium-sized private not-for-profit school located in the suburb of Azusa.

In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Azusa Pacific are $41,510 per year.

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Best Value Religious Education Colleges in the Far Western US Region

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State Degrees Awarded
Washington 10

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 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).
  • Credit for the banner image above goes to RichardF.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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