2022 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Catholic Studies in the New England Region

With all of the options students have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Best Value Catholic Studies Schools for a Bachelor’s in the New England Region” ranking is part of that endeavor.

Catholic Studies is one of the most popular majors in the nation, ranking of all the majors we analyze. In 2019-2020, 10 degrees were awarded to students with this major.

Across the New England region, there were 1 catholic studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 1 catholic studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $41,041 and $24,492 respectively.

Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent catholic studies programs, but they also cost less that schools of similar quality.

When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the catholic studies program at the school and the cost to attend the school once aid has been awarded. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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Best Value Catholic Studies Schools for a Bachelor’s in the New England Region

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Catholic Studies Schools for a Bachelor’s in the New England Region.

Top 1 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Catholic Studies in the New England Region

#1

College of the Holy Cross

Worcester, Massachusetts

#1 in overall quality

$37,292 Average Net Price

Out of the 1 schools in the Best Value Catholic Studies Schools for a Bachelor’s in the New England Region that were part of this year’s ranking, College of the Holy Cross landed the #1 spot on the list. Holy Cross is a private not-for-profit institution located in Worcester, Massachusetts. The school has a small population, and it awarded 1 bachelors’s degrees in 2019-2020.

Holy Cross did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Catholic Studies Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the New England Region” list. The yearly cost to attend College of the Holy Cross is $37,292 for New England Region Bachelor’s Degree Catholic Studies students.

With a freshman retention rate of 89%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its students. With a student-to-faculty ratio of 10 to 1, it’s easy to see that the school is committed to helping their undergraduates succeed. The low student loan default rate of 0.5% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%.

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Notes and References

References

• 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 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).
• Information about the national average student loan default rate is from the U.S. Department of Education and refers to data about the 2016 borrower cohort tracking period for which the cohort default rate (CDR) was 10.1%.

Read more about our data sources and methodologies

Footnotes

• *Average salary, average net price, and average tuition and fees are for the top schools only.
• Some schools otherwise deserving of recognition may have been removed from this ranking in the event that new data identified post-publication warranted it, or at the request of the school.

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