2022 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Religious Studies in the New England Region

It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. At College Factual, we’re committed to helping you make that decision by providing information such as that found in our “Best Value Religion Schools for a Master’s in the New England Region” ranking.

Religious Studies is the 115th most popular major in the country with 9,704 degrees awarded in 2019-2020. In 2017-2018, religious studies graduates who were awarded their degree in 2015-2017, earned an average of $32,163 and had an average of $28,712 in loans still to pay off.

Across the New England region, there were 305 religious studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $19,687 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 53 religious studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $58,606 and $42,101 respectively.

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

Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the religious studies program at the school and the cost of the school after aid is awarded among other things. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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When choosing the right school for you, it’s important to arm yourself with all the facts you can. To that end, we’ve created a number of major-specific rankings, including this “Best Value Religion Schools for a Master’s in the New England Region” list to help you make the college decision.

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Best Value Religion Schools for a Master’s in the New England Region

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

Top 1 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Religious Studies in the New England Region

#1

Hartford Seminary

Hartford, Connecticut

#1 in overall quality

$14,194 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

$33,281 Average Early-Career Earnings

Out of the 1 schools in the Best Value Religion Schools for a Master’s in the New England Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Hartford Seminary landed the #1 spot on the list. Located in Hartford, Connecticut, this small private not-for-profit school handed out 11 degrees to qualified masters’s religion students in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Hartford Seminary, the school also landed the #1 spot in our “Best Religious Studies Master’s Degree Schools in the New England Region” ranking. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at Hartford Seminary are $14,194.

Full Hartford Seminary Religious 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

• *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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