2023 Most Focused Master’s Degree Colleges for Islamic Studies in the Middle Atlantic Region

When pursuing a degree in today’s world, students have many different options to choose from. Our mission at College Factual is to arm you with as much information as we can to help you make that decision. Our “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Islamic Studies Major in the Middle Atlantic Region” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.

Islamic Studies is the 1116th most popular major in the country with 50 degrees awarded in 2020-2021.

Across the Middle Atlantic region, there were 17 Islamic studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 16 Islamic studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $62,572 and $0 respectively.

This year’s “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Islamic Studies Major in the Middle Atlantic Region” ranking looked at 3 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in Islamic studies. The colleges and universities that top this list are recognized because their Islamic studies program is one of the largest majors offered at the school.

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Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Islamic Studies Major in the Middle Atlantic Region

The colleges and universities below are the best for middle atlantic region master’s degree islamic studies students.

Top 3 Most Focused Master’s Degree Colleges for Islamic Studies in the Middle Atlantic Region

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Columbia University in the City of New York
New York, New York

#6 overall quality in Middle Atlantic

Out of the 3 schools in the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Islamic Studies Major in the Middle Atlantic Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Columbia University in the City of New York landed the #1 spot on the list. Located in New York, New York, this large private not-for-profit school handed out 10 diplomas to qualified masters’s Islamic studies students in 2020-2021.

Since the school has a undergrad student-to-faculty ratio of 6 to 1, those pursuing a degree will have more opportunities to interact with their professors. The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 1.7%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 95%.

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George Washington University
Washington, District of Columbia

#14 overall quality in Middle Atlantic

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend George Washington University. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Islamic Studies Major in the Middle Atlantic Region list. George Washington University is a large school located in Washington, District of Columbia that handed out 6 masters’s Islamic studies degrees in 2020-2021.

The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 1.3%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. With a freshman retention rate of 88%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students.

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Georgetown University
Washington, District of Columbia

#7 overall quality in Middle Atlantic

Out of the 3 schools in the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Islamic Studies Major in the Middle Atlantic Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Georgetown University landed the #3 spot on the list. Washington, District of Columbia is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out masters’s Islamic studies degrees to 1 students in 2020-2021.

The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 0.7%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. With a freshman retention rate of 94%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students.

Read more about Islamic Studies at Georgetown

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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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