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Is Religion/Religious Studies Worth It?

National view of Religion/Religious Studies across 169 schools. Average ROI Score: 54/100.

Avg Debt
$27K
Avg Year 1 Earnings
$52K
Avg Year 5 Earnings
$70K
Best School
Faith International University

Debt vs Earnings by School

Religion/Religious Studies by School

SchoolStateMedian DebtYear 1 EarningsYear 5 EarningsROI GradeVerdict
Faith International UniversityWA$12K$52K$70KBBUY
Baptist University of the AmericasTX$14K$52K$70KBBUY
Bloomfield CollegeNJ$21K$52K$70KCBUY
Thomas More UniversityKY$20K$52K$70KCBUY
Bates CollegeME$22K$52K$70KCCAUTION
CUNY Medgar Evers CollegeNY$22K$52K$70KCCAUTION
Lourdes UniversityOH$21K$52K$70KCCAUTION
Ouachita Baptist UniversityAR$21K$52K$70KCCAUTION
Beulah Heights UniversityGA$23K$52K$70KCCAUTION
Hebrew Theological CollegeIL$23K$52K$70KCCAUTION
Grinnell CollegeIA$24K$52K$70KCCAUTION
Bais HaMedrash and Mesivta of BaltimoreMD$25K$52K$70KCCAUTION
Bais Medrash Mayan HatorahNJ$25K$52K$70KCCAUTION
Bais Medrash of Dexter ParkNY$25K$52K$70KCCAUTION
Bais Medrash Toras ChesedNJ$25K$52K$70KCCAUTION
Be'er Yaakov Talmudic SeminaryNY$25K$52K$70KCCAUTION
Beis Medrash Heichal DovidNY$25K$52K$70KCCAUTION
Bet Medrash Gadol Ateret TorahNY$25K$52K$70KCCAUTION
Beth Medrash Meor YitzchokNY$25K$52K$70KCCAUTION
Beth Medrash of Asbury ParkNJ$25K$52K$70KCCAUTION
Central Yeshiva Tomchei Tmimim LubavitzNY$25K$52K$70KCCAUTION
Congregation Talmidei Mesivta Tiferes Shmiel AleksanderNY$25K$52K$70KCCAUTION
DePauw UniversityIN$24K$52K$70KCCAUTION
Grove City CollegePA$25K$52K$70KCCAUTION
Hampden-Sydney CollegeVA$25K$52K$70KCCAUTION
Hillsdale CollegeMI$25K$52K$70KCCAUTION
Kehilath Yakov Rabbinical SeminaryNY$25K$52K$70KCCAUTION
Kentucky Mountain Bible CollegeKY$25K$52K$70KCCAUTION
Keser Torah-Mayan HatalmudNJ$25K$52K$70KCCAUTION
Machzikei Hadath Rabbinical CollegeNY$25K$52K$70KCCAUTION
Mesivta of Eastern Parkway-Yeshiva Zichron MeilechNY$25K$52K$70KCCAUTION
Mesivta Torah Vodaath Rabbinical SeminaryNY$25K$52K$70KCCAUTION
Mesivtha Tifereth Jerusalem of AmericaNY$25K$52K$70KCCAUTION
Mirrer Yeshiva Cent InstituteNY$25K$52K$70KCCAUTION
Ner Israel Rabbinical CollegeMD$25K$52K$70KCCAUTION
Rabbi Jacob Joseph SchoolNJ$25K$52K$70KCCAUTION
Rabbinical Academy Mesivta Rabbi Chaim BerlinNY$25K$52K$70KCCAUTION
Rabbinical College Beth ShragaNY$25K$52K$70KCCAUTION
Rabbinical College Bobover Yeshiva Bnei ZionNY$25K$52K$70KCCAUTION
Rabbinical College of AmericaNJ$25K$52K$70KCCAUTION
Rabbinical College of Long IslandNY$25K$52K$70KCCAUTION
Rabbinical College Ohr YisroelNY$25K$52K$70KCCAUTION
Saint Joseph Seminary CollegeLA$25K$52K$70KCCAUTION
Salem CollegeNC$25K$52K$70KCCAUTION
Sh'or Yoshuv Rabbinical CollegeNY$25K$52K$70KCCAUTION
Talmudic College of FloridaFL$25K$52K$70KCCAUTION
Talmudical Academy-New JerseyNJ$25K$52K$70KCCAUTION
Talmudical Seminary of BobovNY$25K$52K$70KCCAUTION
Talmudical Seminary Oholei TorahNY$25K$52K$70KCCAUTION
Talmudical Yeshiva of PhiladelphiaPA$25K$52K$70KCCAUTION
Telshe Yeshiva-ChicagoIL$25K$52K$70KCCAUTION
Torah Temimah Talmudical SeminaryNY$25K$52K$70KCCAUTION
United Talmudical SeminaryNY$25K$52K$70KCCAUTION
Uta Mesivta of Kiryas JoelNY$25K$52K$70KCCAUTION
Women's Institute of Torah Seminary and CollegeMD$25K$52K$70KCCAUTION
Yeshiva Chemdas HatorahNJ$25K$52K$70KCCAUTION
Yeshiva D'monsey Rabbinical CollegeNY$25K$52K$70KCCAUTION
Yeshiva Derech ChaimNY$25K$52K$70KCCAUTION
Yeshiva Gedola Tiferes Yaakov YitzchokNJ$25K$52K$70KCCAUTION
Yeshiva Gedola Tiferes YerachmielNJ$25K$52K$70KCCAUTION
Yeshiva Gedolah Kesser TorahNY$25K$52K$70KCCAUTION
Yeshiva Gedolah of CliffwoodNJ$25K$52K$70KCCAUTION
Yeshiva Gedolah of Greater DetroitMI$25K$52K$70KCCAUTION
Yeshiva Gedolah of Woodlake VillageNJ$25K$52K$70KCCAUTION
Yeshiva Gedolah Tiferes BoruchNJ$25K$52K$70KCCAUTION
Yeshiva Gedolah Zichron LeymaNJ$25K$52K$70KCCAUTION
Yeshiva Karlin StolinNY$25K$52K$70KCCAUTION
Yeshiva Kollel Tifereth ElizerNY$25K$52K$70KCCAUTION
Yeshiva of Far Rockaway Derech Ayson Rabbinical SeminaryNY$25K$52K$70KCCAUTION
Yeshiva of KashoNY$25K$52K$70KCCAUTION
Yeshiva of Machzikai HadasNY$25K$52K$70KCCAUTION
Yeshiva of Nitra Rabbinical CollegeNY$25K$52K$70KCCAUTION
Yeshiva of OceanNY$25K$52K$70KCCAUTION
Yeshiva of the Telshe AlumniNY$25K$52K$70KCCAUTION
Yeshiva Ohr Elchonon Chabad West Coast Talmudical SeminaryCA$25K$52K$70KCCAUTION
Yeshiva Ohr YisraelNY$25K$52K$70KCCAUTION
Yeshiva Shaar EphraimNY$25K$52K$70KCCAUTION
Yeshiva Sholom ShachnaNY$25K$52K$70KCCAUTION
Yeshiva Toras ChaimNJ$25K$52K$70KCCAUTION
Yeshiva Yesoda Hatorah Vetz ChaimNY$25K$52K$70KCCAUTION
Yeshiva Yesodei HatorahNJ$25K$52K$70KCCAUTION
Yeshiva Zichron AryehNY$25K$52K$70KCCAUTION
Yeshivas Be'er YitzchokNJ$25K$52K$70KCCAUTION
Yeshivas Emek HatorahNJ$25K$52K$70KCCAUTION
Yeshivas Sanz KlauzenburgNY$25K$52K$70KCCAUTION
Yeshivat Hechal ShemuelNY$25K$52K$70KCCAUTION
Yeshivath Shaar HatorahNY$25K$52K$70KCCAUTION
Yeshivath ViznitzNY$25K$52K$70KCCAUTION
Yeshivath Zichron MosheNY$25K$52K$70KCCAUTION
Bethany CollegeKS$26K$52K$70KCCAUTION
Brewton-Parker CollegeGA$26K$52K$70KCCAUTION
Jewish Theological Seminary of AmericaNY$26K$52K$70KCCAUTION
Kalamazoo CollegeMI$26K$52K$70KCCAUTION
Northwestern CollegeIA$26K$52K$70KCCAUTION
Pacific Rim Christian UniversityHI$26K$52K$70KCCAUTION
St. Mary's College of MarylandMD$26K$52K$70KCCAUTION
The University of the SouthTN$26K$52K$70KCCAUTION
University of Puget SoundWA$26K$52K$70KCCAUTION
Yeshiva UniversityNY$26K$52K$70KCCAUTION
Anderson UniversitySC$27K$52K$70KCCAUTION
Bethel College-North NewtonKS$27K$52K$70KCCAUTION
Carson-Newman UniversityTN$27K$52K$70KCCAUTION
Furman UniversitySC$27K$52K$70KCCAUTION
Gardner-Webb UniversityNC$27K$52K$70KCCAUTION
Gordon CollegeMA$27K$52K$70KCCAUTION
Hannibal-LaGrange UniversityMO$27K$52K$70KCCAUTION
Huntingdon CollegeAL$27K$52K$70KCCAUTION
Lewis & Clark CollegeOR$27K$52K$70KCCAUTION
Muhlenberg CollegePA$27K$52K$70KCCAUTION
Oklahoma Wesleyan UniversityOK$27K$52K$70KCCAUTION
Presbyterian CollegeSC$27K$52K$70KCCAUTION
Saint Mary's University of MinnesotaMN$27K$52K$70KCCAUTION
The Master's University and SeminaryCA$27K$52K$70KCCAUTION
Thiel CollegePA$27K$52K$70KCCAUTION
University of St ThomasMN$27K$52K$70KCCAUTION
Wabash CollegeIN$27K$52K$70KCCAUTION
Wartburg CollegeIA$27K$52K$70KCCAUTION
Westminster CollegeMO$27K$52K$70KCCAUTION
Westmont CollegeCA$27K$52K$70KCCAUTION
Bethel UniversityTN$28K$52K$70KCCAUTION
Bethune-Cookman UniversityFL$28K$52K$70KCCAUTION
Birmingham-Southern CollegeAL$28K$52K$70KCCAUTION
Bluefield UniversityVA$28K$52K$70KCCAUTION
Houston Christian UniversityTX$28K$52K$70KCCAUTION
Morningside UniversityIA$28K$52K$70KCCAUTION
Northwest Nazarene UniversityID$29K$52K$70KCCAUTION
Oakland City UniversityIN$29K$52K$70KCCAUTION
Shorter UniversityGA$29K$52K$70KCCAUTION
Spring Hill CollegeAL$28K$52K$70KCCAUTION
University of the SouthwestNM$28K$52K$70KCCAUTION
Wesleyan CollegeGA$28K$52K$70KCCAUTION
Williamson Christian CollegeTN$27K$52K$70KCCAUTION
Arkansas Baptist CollegeAR$29K$52K$70KCCAUTION
Clinton CollegeSC$29K$52K$70KCCAUTION
Hellenic College-Holy Cross Greek Orthodox School of TheologyMA$29K$52K$70KCCAUTION
Jarvis Christian UniversityTX$30K$52K$70KCCAUTION
Oklahoma City UniversityOK$29K$52K$70KCCAUTION
Southern Wesleyan UniversitySC$29K$52K$70KCCAUTION
Spring Arbor UniversityMI$30K$52K$70KCCAUTION
Stillman CollegeAL$29K$52K$70KCCAUTION
Vanguard University of Southern CaliforniaCA$29K$52K$70KCCAUTION
Andrews UniversityMI$30K$52K$70KCCAUTION
Greenville UniversityIL$30K$52K$70KCCAUTION
Liberty UniversityVA$30K$52K$70KCCAUTION
Livingstone CollegeNC$30K$52K$70KCCAUTION
Rosemont CollegePA$30K$52K$70KCCAUTION
University of MaryND$30K$52K$70KCCAUTION
University of MobileAL$30K$52K$70KCCAUTION
Chaminade University of HonoluluHI$32K$52K$70KCCAUTION
Greensboro CollegeNC$31K$52K$70KCCAUTION
Kentucky Wesleyan CollegeKY$32K$52K$70KCCAUTION
King UniversityTN$32K$52K$70KCCAUTION
Louisiana State University-AlexandriaLA$32K$52K$70KCCAUTION
MidAmerica Nazarene UniversityKS$32K$52K$70KCCAUTION
Saint Augustine's UniversityNC$32K$52K$70KCCAUTION
Wayland Baptist UniversityTX$31K$52K$70KCCAUTION
Evangel UniversityMO$32K$52K$70KDCAUTION
Ohio Christian UniversityOH$32K$52K$70KDCAUTION
Touro UniversityNY$33K$52K$70KDCAUTION
William Carey UniversityMS$33K$52K$70KDCAUTION
University of PikevilleKY$34K$52K$70KDCAUTION
Manna UniversityNC$35K$52K$70KDCAUTION
Naropa UniversityCO$35K$52K$70KDCAUTION
Erskine CollegeSC$36K$52K$70KDCAUTION
Virginia University of LynchburgVA$36K$52K$70KDCAUTION
Messenger CollegeTX$37K$52K$70KDCAUTION
Washington Adventist UniversityMD$38K$52K$70KDCAUTION
D'Youville UniversityNY$40K$52K$70KDCAUTION
Pfeiffer UniversityNC$40K$52K$70KDCAUTION