by our College Data Analytics Team
Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. 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 Religion Major in Ohio” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.
In 2020-2021, 9,470 people earned their degree in religious studies, making the major the 90th most popular in the United States. In 2019-2020, religious studies graduates who were awarded their degree in 2017-2019, earned an average of $34,289 and had an average of $24,431 in loans still to pay off.
Across Ohio, there were 122 religious studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $34,222 and $32,012 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 27 religious studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $56,359 and $0 respectively.
For this year’s “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Religion Major in Ohio” ranking, we looked at 7 colleges that offer a degree in religious studies. This a ranking of the schools where the largest percentage of students has enrolled in religious studies.
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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 “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Religion Major in Ohio” list to help you make the college decision.
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The following schools top our list of the Best “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Religion Major in Ohio”.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Athenaeum of Ohio. The school came in at #1 for the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Religion Major in Ohio. Mount St. Mary’s Seminary is a small private not-for-profit school situated in Cincinnati, Ohio. It awarded 4 masters’s religion degrees in 2020-2021.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Mount Vernon Nazarene University. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Religion Major in Ohio list. Mount Vernon Nazarene University is located in Mount Vernon, Ohio and, has a small student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 12 masters’s religion degrees to qualified students.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 3.9%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Full Mount Vernon Nazarene University Religious Studies Report
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend John Carroll University. The school came in at #3 for the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Religion Major in Ohio. Located in University Heights, Ohio, this small private not-for-profit school awarded 7 degrees to qualified masters’s religion students in 2020-2021.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 2.1% 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%.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Mount St. Joseph University. The school came in at #4 for the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Religion Major in Ohio. Mount St. Joe is a private not-for-profit institution located in Cincinnati, Ohio. The school has a small population, and it awarded 3 masters’s degrees in 2020-2021.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 4.6% 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%.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Case Western Reserve University. The school came in at #5 for the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Religion Major in Ohio. Case Western is located in Cleveland, Ohio and, has a fairly large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 1 masters’s religion degrees to qualified students.
Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 93%. The low undergrad student loan default rate of 1.5% 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%.
With a ranking of #6, Ashland University did quite well on the 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Religion Major in Ohio list. Ashland University is located in Ashland, Ohio and, has a small student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 6 masters’s religion degrees to qualified students.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 4.1%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Lourdes University came in at #6 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Religion Major in Ohio ranking. Lourdes is located in Sylvania, Ohio and, has a small student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 2 masters’s religion degrees to qualified students.
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