Hebrew Union College - Jewish Institute of Religion MA in Religious Studies

The main focus area for this major is Jewish Studies. For more details on this concentration, visit its profile page.

Religious Studies is a major offered under the philosophy and religious studies program of study at Hebrew Union College - Jewish Institute of Religion. Here, you’ll find out more about the major master’s degree program in religion, including such details as the number of graduates, diversity of students, and more.

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How Much Does a Master’s in Religion from HUC - JIR Cost?

$26,535 Average Tuition and Fees

HUC - JIR Graduate Tuition and Fees

In 2019-2020, the average part-time graduate tuition at HUC - JIR was $1,600 per credit hour for both in-state and out-of-state students. Information about average full-time graduate student tuition and fees is shown in the table below.

	In State	Out of State
Tuition	$26,500	$26,500
Fees	$35	$35

Does HUC - JIR Offer an Online MA in Religion?

HUC - JIR does not offer an online option for its religion master’s degree program at this time. To see if the school offers distance learning options in other areas, visit the HUC - JIR Online Learning page.

HUC - JIR Master’s Student Diversity for Religion

2 Master's Degrees Awarded

50.0% Women

50.0% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*

In the 2019-2020 academic year, 2 students received their master’s degree in religion. The gender and racial-ethnic breakdown of those individuals is shown below.

Male-to-Female Ratio

Women made up around 50.0% of the religion students who took home a master’s degree in 2019-2020. This is higher than the nationwide number of 27.4%.

Racial-Ethnic Diversity

Of those graduates who received a master’s degree in religion at HUC - JIR in 2019-2020, 50.0% were racial-ethnic minorities*. This is higher than the nationwide number of 16%.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	1
Native American or Alaska Native	0
Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander	0
White	1
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

MA in Religion Focus Areas at HUC - JIR

Religious Studies students may decide to major in one of the following focus areas.

Focus Area	Annual Graduates
Jewish Studies	2

References

*The racial-ethnic minorities count is calculated by taking the total number of students and subtracting white students, international students, and students whose race/ethnicity was unknown. This number is then divided by the total number of students at the school to obtain the racial-ethnic minorities percentage.

More about our data sources and methodologies.