2024 Best Religious Studies Master's Degree Schools in Pennsylvania

a master's degree in religious studies is more popular than many other degrees. In fact, it ranks #101 out of 343 on popularity of all such degrees in the nation. This means you won't have too much trouble finding schools that offer the degree.

In 2024, College Factual analyzed 3 schools in order to identify the top ones for its Best Religious Studies Master's Degree Schools in Pennsylvania ranking. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 35 master's degrees in religious studies during the 2020-2021 academic year.

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Choosing a Great Religious Studies School for Your Master's Degree

Your choice of religious studies for getting your master's degree school matters. This section explores some of the factors we include in our ranking and how much they vary depending on the school you select. When choosing a school we recommend considering some of the following factors:

Quality Overall Is Important

A school that excels in educating for a particular major and degree level must be a great school overall as well. To make it into this list a school must rank well in our overall Best Colleges for a Master's Degree ranking. This ranking considered factors such as graduation rates, overall graduate earnings and other educational resources to identify great colleges and universities.

Average Earnings

To determine the overall quality of a graduate school, one factor we look at is the average early-career salary of those receiving their master's degree from the school. This is because one of the main reasons people pursue their master's degree is to enable themselves to find better-paying positions.

Other Factors We Consider

In addition to the above, you should consider some of the following factors:

• Major Focus - How many resources a school devotes to religious studies students as compared to other majors.
• Major Demand - How many other religious studies students want to attend this school to pursue a master's degree.
• Educational Resources - The amount of money and other resources allocated to students while they are pursuing their degree. These resources include such things as number of students per instructor and education expenditures per student.
• Student Debt - How much debt religious studies students go into to obtain their master's degree and how well they are able to pay back that debt.
• Accreditation - Whether a school is regionally accredited and/or accredited by a recognized religious studies related body.

Our complete ranking methodology documents in more detail how we consider these factors to identify the best colleges for religious studies students working on their master's degree.

One Size Does Not Fit All

The religion school you choose to invest your time and money in matters. To help you make the decision that is right for you, we've developed a number of major-specific rankings, including this list of the Best Religious Studies Master's Degree Schools in Pennsylvania.

Best Schools for Master’s Students to Study Religious Studies in Pennsylvania

Learn about the top ranked colleges and universities for religious studies students seeking a a master's degree.

Top Pennsylvania Schools for a Master's in Religion

1

University of Pennsylvania
Philadelphia, PA

1 Annual Graduates

University of Pennsylvania is a great choice for individuals interested in a master's degree in religious studies. Located in the large city of Philadelphia, UPenn is a private not-for-profit university with a very large student population.More information about a master’s in religious studies from University of Pennsylvania

2

Cairn University
Langhorne, PA

3 Annual Graduates

Any student pursuing a degree in a master's degree in religious studies needs to look into Cairn University. Located in the large suburb of Langhorne, Cairn is a private not-for-profit university with a small student population.More information about a master’s in religious studies from Cairn University

3

University of Scranton
Scranton, PA

4 Annual Graduates

Every student who is interested in a master's degree in religious studies has to take a look at University of Scranton. University of Scranton is a small private not-for-profit university located in the city of Scranton.More information about a master’s in religious studies from University of Scranton

Best Religious Studies Colleges in the Middle Atlantic Region

Explore all the Best Religious Studies Colleges in the Middle Atlantic Area or other specific states within that region.

State	Colleges	Degrees Awarded
New York	261	107
Maryland	193	37
New Jersey	188	233
District of Columbia	154	13

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Rankings in Majors Related to Religion

One of 3 majors within the Philosophy & Religious Studies area of study, Religious Studies has other similar majors worth exploring.

Religion Focus Areas

Major	Annual Graduates
Religion/Religious Studies	23
Jewish Studies	7
Christian Studies	3
Other Religion/Religious Studies	2

Majors Similar to Religion

Related Major	Annual Graduates
Philosophy	46
Other Philosophy & Religious Studies	2

Notes and References

• The bars on the spread charts above show the distribution of the schools on this list +/- one standard deviation from the mean.
• 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 the rest 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).
• Credit for the banner image above goes to Sowlos. More about our data sources and methodologies.