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2023 Most Popular Colleges for Religious Studies in Vermont

4 Ranked Colleges
17 Degrees Awarded
$37,100 Avg Cost*
Most Well Attended Religion Major in Vermont

It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Most Well Attended Religion Major in Vermont” ranking is part of that endeavor.

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 Vermont, there were 17 religious studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively.

For this year’s “Most Well Attended Religion Major in Vermont” ranking, we looked at 4 colleges that offer a degree 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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Most Well Attended Religion Major in Vermont

The colleges and universities below are the best for vermont religion students.

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University of Vermont
Burlington, Vermont

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Vermont. The school came in at #1 for the Most Well Attended Religion Major in Vermont. Located in Burlington, Vermont, this fairly large public school handed out 10 degrees to qualified ’s religion students in 2020-2021.

The low undergrad student loan default rate of 1.7% 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 freshman retention rate of 85%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students.

Full UVM Religious Studies Report

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Middlebury College
Middlebury, Vermont

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Middlebury College. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Most Well Attended Religion Major in Vermont list. Middlebury College is located in Middlebury, Vermont and, has a small student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 4 ’s religion degrees to qualified students.

The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 89%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 0.8%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. The impressive undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 8 to 1 means that students may have more opportunities to work more closely with their professors than they would at other schools.

Read full report on Religious Studies at Middlebury College

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Saint Michael's College
Colchester, Vermont

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Saint Michael’s College. The school came in at #3 for the Most Well Attended Religion Major in Vermont. Located in Colchester, Vermont, this small private not-for-profit school awarded 3 diplomas to qualified ’s religion students in 2020-2021.

The low undergrad student loan default rate of 2.6% 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%. With a freshman retention rate of 86%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students.

Read full report on Religious Studies at Saint Michael’s

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Bennington College
Bennington, Vermont

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Bennington College. The school came in at #4 for the Most Well Attended Religion Major in Vermont. Bennington College is a small school located in Bennington, Vermont that handed out 0 ’s religion degrees in 2020-2021.

The undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 8 to 1 is a sign that students will have more opportunities to engage with their professors one-on-one. The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 2.0%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.

Full Bennington Religious Studies Report

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