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

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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 Alabama, there were 92 religious studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $22,250 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 30 religious studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $55,476 and $0 respectively.

For this year’s “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Religion Major in Alabama” ranking, we looked at 5 colleges that offer a degree in religious studies. The colleges and universities that top this list are recognized because their religious studies program is one of the largest majors offered at the school.

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

The colleges and universities below are the best for alabama master’s degree religion students.

Top 5 Most Focused Master’s Degree Colleges for Religious Studies in Alabama

1

Amridge University
Montgomery, Alabama

Out of the 5 schools in the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Religion Major in Alabama that were part of this year’s ranking, Amridge University landed the #1 spot on the list. Amridge is a private not-for-profit institution located in Montgomery, Alabama. The school has a small population, and it awarded 9 masters’s degrees in 2020-2021.

Full Amridge University Religious Studies Report

2

University of Mobile
Mobile, Alabama

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Mobile. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Religion Major in Alabama list. Mobile, Alabama is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out masters’s religion degrees to 7 students in 2020-2021.

Read more about Religious Studies at University of Mobile

3

Spring Hill College
Mobile, Alabama

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Spring Hill College. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Religion Major in Alabama list. Spring Hill College is a private not-for-profit institution located in Mobile, Alabama. The school has a small population, and it awarded 4 masters’s degrees in 2020-2021.

The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 4.3%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

Read full report on Religious Studies at Spring Hill

4

Athens State University
Athens, Alabama

#11 overall quality in Alabama

Out of the 5 schools in the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Religion Major in Alabama that were part of this year’s ranking, Athens State University landed the #4 spot on the list. Located in Athens, Alabama, this small public school handed out 6 diplomas to qualified masters’s religion students in 2020-2021.

Read more about Religious Studies at Athens State University

5

The University of Alabama
Tuscaloosa, Alabama

#2 overall quality in Alabama

Out of the 5 schools in the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Religion Major in Alabama that were part of this year’s ranking, The University of Alabama landed the #5 spot on the list. The University of Alabama is a large public school situated in Tuscaloosa, Alabama. It awarded 4 masters’s religion degrees in 2020-2021.

The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 4.0%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. With a freshman retention rate of 87%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students.

Full UA 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

• *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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