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2022 Best Value Religion Schools for a Bachelor’s in the New England Region For Those Getting Aid

5 Ranked Colleges
182 Degrees Awarded
$33,300 Avg Net Price*
Best Value Religion Schools for a Bachelor's in the New England Region For Those Getting Aid

Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. College Factual has developed its “Best Value Religion Schools for a Bachelor’s in the New England Region For Those Getting Aid” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.

In 2019-2020, 3,832 people earned their degree in religion/religious studies, making the major the 173rd most popular in the United States.

Across the New England region, there were 266 religion/religious studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 182 religion/religious studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $41,041 and $24,492 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Religion Schools for a Bachelor’s in the New England Region For Those Getting Aid” ranking analyzed 5 colleges that offered a degree in religion/religious studies. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great religion/religious studies programs and cost less that schools of similar quality.

Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the religion/religious studies program at the school and the cost of the school after aid is awarded among other things. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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Best Value Religion Schools for a Bachelor’s in the New England Region For Those Getting Aid

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Religion Schools for a Bachelor’s in the New England Region For Those Getting Aid.

Top 5 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Religion/Religious Studies in the New England Region (With Aid)

#1

Dartmouth College

Hanover, New Hampshire
#1 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Dartmouth College. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Religion Schools for a Bachelor’s in the New England Region For Those Getting Aid list. Hanover, New Hampshire is the setting for this medium-sized institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out bachelors’s religion degrees to 8 students in 2019-2020.

Dartmouth also made our “Best Religion/Religious Studies Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the New England Region” list, coming in at #1. The estimated yearly cost for Dartmouth is $33,574 for new england region bachelor’s degree religion students with aid.

The low student loan default rate of 1.0% 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%. The impressive student-to-faculty ratio of 7 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 excellent freshman retention rate of 96%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.

Read more about Religion/Religious Studies at Dartmouth College

#2

Trinity College

Hartford, Connecticut
#3 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Trinity College. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Religion Schools for a Bachelor’s in the New England Region For Those Getting Aid list. Trinity Bantams is a small school located in Hartford, Connecticut that handed out 6 bachelors’s religion degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Trinity Bantams, the school also landed the #3 spot in our “Best Religion/Religious Studies Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the New England Region” ranking. It costs about $34,460 for New England Region Bachelor’s Degree Religion students with aid per year to attend Trinity Bantams.

Since the school has a student-to-faculty ratio of 9 to 1, those pursuing a degree will have more opportunities to interact with their professors. The low 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%. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 90%.

Read more about Religion/Religious Studies at Trinity College

#3

Boston University

Boston, Massachusetts
#5 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Boston University. It ranked #3 on our 2022 Best Value Religion Schools for a Bachelor’s in the New England Region For Those Getting Aid list. Boston U is a large private not-for-profit school situated in Boston, Massachusetts. It awarded 5 bachelors’s religion degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Boston U, the school also landed the #5 spot in our “Best Religion/Religious Studies Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the New England Region” ranking. The yearly cost to attend Boston University is $30,259 for new england region bachelor’s degree religion students with aid.

The student loan default rate at the school is 1.4%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 92%. With a student-to-faculty ratio of 10 to 1, it’s easy to see that the school is committed to helping their undergraduates succeed.

Read full report on Religion/Religious Studies at Boston U

#4

College of the Holy Cross

Worcester, Massachusetts
#2 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend College of the Holy Cross. The school came in at #4 for the Best Value Religion Schools for a Bachelor’s in the New England Region For Those Getting Aid. Holy Cross is a private not-for-profit institution located in Worcester, Massachusetts. The school has a small population, and it awarded 9 bachelors’s degrees in 2019-2020.

Holy Cross also made our “Best Religion/Religious Studies Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the New England Region” list, coming in at #2. The estimated yearly cost for Holy Cross is $37,292 for New England Region Bachelor’s Degree Religion students with aid.

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 low student loan default rate of 0.5% 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 student-to-faculty ratio of 10 to 1, it’s easy to see that the school is committed to helping their undergraduates succeed.

Full College of the Holy Cross Religion/Religious Studies Report

#5

Tufts University

Medford, Massachusetts
#4 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Tufts University. It ranked #5 on our 2022 Best Value Religion Schools for a Bachelor’s in the New England Region For Those Getting Aid list. Medford, Massachusetts is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out bachelors’s religion degrees to 8 students in 2019-2020.

Tufts not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #4 on our “Best Religion/Religious Studies Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the New England Region” list. It costs about $30,744 for New England Region Bachelor’s Degree Religion students with aid per year to attend Tufts.

The low student loan default rate of 1.2% 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%. The student-to-faculty ratio of 10 to 1 is a sign that students will have more opportunities to engage with their professors one-on-one. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 92%.

Read more about Religion/Religious Studies at Tufts University

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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

  • *Average salary, average net price, and average tuition and fees 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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