by our College Data Analytics Team
When pursuing a degree in today’s world, students have many different options to choose from. One of our goals at College Factual is to give you as much information as we can - such as our “Most Well Attended Judaic Studies Major in the New England Region for a Master’s” ranking - to help you make that decision.
Jewish Studies is the 445th most popular major in the country with 1,387 degrees awarded in 2020-2021.
Across the New England region, there were 15 Jewish studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 9 Jewish studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $61,899 and $0 respectively.
This year’s “Most Well Attended Judaic Studies Major in the New England Region for a Master’s” ranking analyzed 2 colleges that offered a degree in Jewish studies. To top this list, a school must have a successful Jewish studies program that graduates more students in the field than other colleges that offer the same major.
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The colleges and universities below are the best for new england region master’s degree judaic studies students.
Out of the 2 schools in the Most Well Attended Judaic Studies Major in the New England Region for a Master’s that were part of this year’s ranking, Hebrew College landed the #1 spot on the list. This small school is located in Newton Centre, Massachusetts, and it awarded 9 masters’s Judaic studies degrees in 2020-2021.
With a undergrad student-to-faculty ratio of 1 to 1, it’s easy to see that the school is committed to helping their undergraduates succeed.
Out of the 2 schools in the Most Well Attended Judaic Studies Major in the New England Region for a Master’s that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Connecticut landed the #2 spot on the list. Located in Storrs, Connecticut, this large public school awarded 0 degrees to qualified masters’s Judaic studies students in 2020-2021.
Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 93%. The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 2.0%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
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