by our College Data Analytics Team
When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. College Factual has developed its “Most Well Attended Religion Major in Georgia for a Master’s” ranking as one item you can use to help make this 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 Georgia, there were 116 religious studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $52,125 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 16 religious studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $56,186 and $0 respectively.
This year’s “Most Well Attended Religion Major in Georgia for a Master’s” ranking looked at 4 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in religious studies. To top this list, a school must have a successful religious studies program that graduates more students in the field than other colleges that offer the same major.
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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 “Most Well Attended Religion Major in Georgia for a Master’s” list, to help you choose the best school for you.
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The following schools top our list of the Best “Most Well Attended Religion Major in Georgia for a Master’s”.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Beulah Heights University. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Most Well Attended Religion Major in Georgia for a Master’s list. Atlanta, Georgia is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out masters’s religion degrees to 8 students in 2020-2021.
The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 90%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.
Out of the 4 schools in the Most Well Attended Religion Major in Georgia for a Master’s that were part of this year’s ranking, Georgia State University landed the #2 spot on the list. Georgia State is a public institution located in Atlanta, Georgia. The school has a large population, and it awarded 4 masters’s degrees in 2020-2021.
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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Georgia. The school came in at #3 for the Most Well Attended Religion Major in Georgia for a Master’s. This large school is located in Athens, Georgia, and it awarded 3 masters’s religion degrees in 2020-2021.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 1.9%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. With a freshman retention rate of 94%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Emory University. The school came in at #4 for the Most Well Attended Religion Major in Georgia for a Master’s. This fairly large school is located in Atlanta, Georgia, and it awarded 1 masters’s religion degrees in 2020-2021.
Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 93%. The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 1.4%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. Since the school has a undergrad student-to-faculty ratio of 9 to 1, those pursuing a degree will have more opportunities to interact with their professors.
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