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2022 Best Value Religion Schools for a Bachelor’s in the New England Region

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

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 “Best Value Religion Schools for a Bachelor’s in the New England Region” ranking - to help you make that decision.

Religion/Religious Studies is the 173rd most popular major in the country with 3,832 degrees awarded in 2019-2020.

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” ranking analyzed 5 colleges that offered a degree in religion/religious studies. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent religion/religious studies programs, but they also cost less that schools of similar quality.

When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the religion/religious studies program at the school and the cost to attend the school once aid has been awarded. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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Best Value Religion Schools for a Bachelor’s in the New England Region

The colleges and universities below are the best for new england region bachelor’s degree religion students.

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

#1

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 #1 for the Best Value Religion Schools for a Bachelor’s in the New England Region. This small school is located in Worcester, Massachusetts, and it awarded 9 bachelors’s religion degrees in 2019-2020.

Holy Cross did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our “Best Religion/Religious Studies Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the New England Region” list. The estimated yearly cost for Holy Cross is $37,292 for New England Region Bachelor’s Degree Religion students.

Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 89%. The student loan default rate at the school is 0.5%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. The impressive student-to-faculty ratio of 10 to 1 means that students may have more opportunities to work more closely with their professors than they would at other schools.

Full College of the Holy Cross Religion/Religious Studies Report

#2

Trinity College

Hartford, Connecticut
#3 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Trinity College. The school came in at #2 for the Best Value Religion Schools for a Bachelor’s in the New England Region. This small school is located in Hartford, Connecticut, and it awarded 6 bachelors’s religion degrees in 2019-2020.

Trinity Bantams not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #3 on our “Best Religion/Religious Studies Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the New England Region” list. It costs about $34,460 for New England Region Bachelor’s Degree Religion students per year to attend Trinity Bantams.

The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 90%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. 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 school has an impressive student loan default rate. It’s only 2.6%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

Read full report on Religion/Religious Studies at Trinity Bantams

#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 list. Boston, Massachusetts is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out bachelors’s religion degrees to 5 students in 2019-2020.

Boston U not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #5 on our “Best Religion/Religious Studies Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the New England Region” list. The yearly cost to attend Boston U is $30,259 for New England Region Bachelor’s Degree Religion students.

The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 92%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. The impressive student-to-faculty ratio of 10 to 1 means that students may have more opportunities to work more closely with their professors than they would at other schools. 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%.

Read full report on Religion/Religious Studies at Boston U

#4

Dartmouth College

Hanover, New Hampshire
#1 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Dartmouth College. It ranked #4 on our 2022 Best Value Religion Schools for a Bachelor’s in the New England Region list. Dartmouth College is a medium-sized school located in Hanover, New Hampshire that handed out 8 bachelors’s religion degrees in 2019-2020.

Dartmouth not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #1 on our “Best Religion/Religious Studies Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the New England Region” list. The estimated yearly cost for Dartmouth is $33,574 for New England Region Bachelor’s Degree Religion students.

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 student-to-faculty ratio of 7 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 96%.

Read full report on Religion/Religious Studies at Dartmouth

#5

Tufts University

Medford, Massachusetts
#4 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Tufts University. The school came in at #5 for the Best Value Religion Schools for a Bachelor’s in the New England Region. This fairly large school is located in Medford, Massachusetts, and it awarded 8 bachelors’s religion degrees in 2019-2020.

Tufts also took the #4 spot in our “Best Religion/Religious Studies Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the New England Region” ranking. The yearly cost to attend Tufts University is $30,744 for New England Region Bachelor’s Degree Religion students.

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. The school has an impressive student loan default rate. It’s only 1.2%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. With a freshman retention rate of 92%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its students.

Full Tufts Religion/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

  • *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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