2023 Most Focused Colleges for Christian Studies in the Middle Atlantic Region

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Christian Studies is the 495th most popular major in the country with 723 degrees awarded in 2020-2021.

Across the Middle Atlantic region, there were 21 Christian studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively.

For this year’s “Schools Highly Focused on Christian Studies Major in the Middle Atlantic Region” ranking, we looked at 4 colleges that offer a degree in Christian studies. This a ranking of the schools where the largest percentage of students has enrolled in Christian studies.

For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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Schools Highly Focused on Christian Studies Major in the Middle Atlantic Region

The colleges and universities below are the best for middle atlantic region christian studies students.

Top 4 Most Focused Colleges for Christian Studies in the Middle Atlantic Region

1

The General Theological Seminary
New York, New York

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend The General Theological Seminary. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Schools Highly Focused on Christian Studies Major in the Middle Atlantic Region list. This small school is located in New York, New York, and it awarded 7 ’s Christian studies degrees in 2020-2021.

The low undergrad student loan default rate of 3.4% 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%. The impressive undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of to 1 means that students may have more opportunities to work more closely with their professors than they would at other schools.

Read more about Christian Studies at The General Theological Seminary

2

Cairn University
Langhorne, Pennsylvania

$28,756 Average Early-Career Earnings

$29,330 Average Student Debt

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Cairn University. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Schools Highly Focused on Christian Studies Major in the Middle Atlantic Region list. Cairn University is located in Langhorne, Pennsylvania and, has a small student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 3 ’s Christian studies degrees to qualified students.

Read more about Christian Studies at Cairn

3

Seton Hall University
South Orange, New Jersey

$54,624 Average Early-Career Earnings

$24,741 Average Student Debt

Out of the 4 schools in the Schools Highly Focused on Christian Studies Major in the Middle Atlantic Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Seton Hall University landed the #3 spot on the list. Located in South Orange, New Jersey, this medium-sized private not-for-profit school awarded 10 degrees to qualified ’s Christian studies students in 2020-2021.

The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 3.6%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.

Read full report on Christian Studies at Seton Hall

4

Fordham University
Bronx, New York

$52,826 Average Early-Career Earnings

$26,063 Average Student Debt

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Fordham University. The school came in at #4 for the Schools Highly Focused on Christian Studies Major in the Middle Atlantic Region. Located in Bronx, New York, this fairly large private not-for-profit school awarded 1 degrees to qualified ’s Christian studies students in 2020-2021.

The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 89%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. The low undergrad student loan default rate of 2.3% 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%.

Full Fordham University Christian Studies Report

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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

• *Avg Salary and Avg 4-Year Grad Rate 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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