by our College Data Analytics Team
It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. One of our goals at College Factual is to give you as much information as we can - such as our “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Religion Major in Kansas” ranking - to help you make that decision.
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 Kansas, there were 60 religious studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 27 religious studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $56,354 and $0 respectively.
This year’s “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Religion Major in Kansas” ranking looked at 2 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s 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.
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Since the program you select can have a significant impact on your future, we’ve developed a number of rankings, including this “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Religion Major in Kansas” list, to help you choose the best school for you.
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The colleges and universities below are the best for kansas master’s degree religion students.
Out of the 2 schools in the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Religion Major in Kansas that were part of this year’s ranking, Friends University landed the #1 spot on the list. Friends University is a small private not-for-profit school situated in Wichita, Kansas. It awarded 24 masters’s religion degrees in 2020-2021.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Kansas. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Religion Major in Kansas list. University of Kansas is a large school located in Lawrence, Kansas that handed out 3 masters’s religion degrees in 2020-2021.
The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 86%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. The low undergrad student loan default rate of 4.3% 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%.
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