2023 Most Focused Master’s Degree Colleges for Religious Studies in Colorado

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Religious Studies is the 90th most popular major in the country with 9,470 degrees awarded in 2020-2021. 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 Colorado, there were 51 religious studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 28 religious studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $56,172 and $0 respectively.

This year’s “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Religion Major in Colorado” ranking analyzed 4 colleges that offered a degree in religious studies. That schools that top this list have a program in religious studies in which the largest percentage of students at the school are enrolled.

Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Religion Major in Colorado

The following schools top our list of the Best “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Religion Major in Colorado”.

Top 4 Most Focused Master’s Degree Colleges for Religious Studies in Colorado

1

Denver Seminary
Littleton, Colorado

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Denver Seminary. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Religion Major in Colorado list. Denver Seminary is a small school located in Littleton, Colorado that handed out 16 masters’s religion degrees in 2020-2021.

The impressive undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of to 1 means that students may have more opportunities to work more closely with their professors than they would at other schools. The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 2.7%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

Read more about Religious Studies at Denver Seminary

2

Naropa University
Boulder, Colorado

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Naropa University. The school came in at #2 for the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Religion Major in Colorado. Naropa is located in Boulder, Colorado and, has a small student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 6 masters’s religion degrees to qualified students.

The undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 7 to 1 is a sign that students will have more opportunities to engage with their professors one-on-one.

Full Naropa Religious Studies Report

3

University of Colorado Boulder
Boulder, Colorado

#2 overall quality in Colorado

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Colorado Boulder. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Religion Major in Colorado list. This large school is located in Boulder, Colorado, and it awarded 5 masters’s religion degrees in 2020-2021.

Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 85%. The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 2.4%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

Read full report on Religious Studies at University of Colorado Boulder

4

University of Denver
Denver, Colorado

#3 overall quality in Colorado

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Denver. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Religion Major in Colorado list. DU is located in Denver, Colorado and, has a fairly large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 1 masters’s religion degrees to qualified students.

The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 1.6%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

Read full report on Religious Studies at University of Denver

• Most Focused Master’s Degree Colleges for Religious Studies in the Rocky Mountains Region
• Most Focused Master’s Degree Colleges for Religious Studies

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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