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2022 Best Value Religion Schools for a Master’s in the Middle Atlantic Region

7 Ranked Colleges
66 Degrees Awarded
$30,500 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees*
Best Value Religion Schools for a Master's in the Middle Atlantic Region

Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. At College Factual, we’re committed to helping you make that decision by providing information such as that found in our “Best Value Religion Schools for a Master’s in the Middle Atlantic Region” ranking.

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

Across the Middle Atlantic region, there were 430 religion/religious studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 66 religion/religious studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $60,887 and $46,998 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value Religion Schools for a Master’s in the Middle Atlantic Region” ranking, we looked at 7 colleges that offer 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.

To come up with these rankings, we looked at factors such as the cost to attend the school after aid is awarded and overall quality of the religion/religious studies program at the school. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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Best Value Religion Schools for a Master’s in the Middle Atlantic Region

The colleges and universities below are the best for middle atlantic region master’s degree religion students.

Top 7 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Religion/Religious Studies in the Middle Atlantic Region

#1

University of Scranton

Scranton, Pennsylvania
#6 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Scranton. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value Religion Schools for a Master’s in the Middle Atlantic Region. University of Scranton is located in Scranton, Pennsylvania and, has a small student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 3 masters’s religion degrees to qualified students.

University of Scranton also took the #6 spot in our “Best Religion/Religious Studies Master’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region” ranking. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at University of Scranton are $11,630.

Read full report on Religion/Religious Studies at University of Scranton

#2

Temple University

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
#4 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Temple University. The school came in at #2 for the Best Value Religion Schools for a Master’s in the Middle Atlantic Region. This large school is located in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and it awarded 3 masters’s religion degrees in 2019-2020.

Temple also made our “Best Religion/Religious Studies Master’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region” list, coming in at #4. Average graduate tuition and fees at Temple are $24,236, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Full Temple Religion/Religious Studies Report

#3

Rutgers University - New Brunswick

New Brunswick, New Jersey
#5 in overall quality

Out of the 7 schools in the Best Value Religion Schools for a Master’s in the Middle Atlantic Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Rutgers University - New Brunswick landed the #3 spot on the list. New Brunswick, New Jersey is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s religion degrees to 3 students in 2019-2020.

Rutgers New Brunswick also took the #5 spot in our “Best Religion/Religious Studies Master’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Rutgers University - New Brunswick are $32,132, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Full Rutgers New Brunswick Religion/Religious Studies Report

#7 in overall quality

Out of the 7 schools in the Best Value Religion Schools for a Master’s in the Middle Atlantic Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Colgate Rochester Crozer Divinity School landed the #4 spot on the list. This small school is located in Rochester, New York, and it awarded 15 masters’s religion degrees in 2019-2020.

Colgate Rochester Crozer Divinity School also made our “Best Religion/Religious Studies Master’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region” list, coming in at #7. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at Colgate Rochester Crozer Divinity School are $10,974.

Read more about Religion/Religious Studies at Colgate Rochester Crozer Divinity School

#5

University of Pennsylvania

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
#1 in overall quality

Out of the 7 schools in the Best Value Religion Schools for a Master’s in the Middle Atlantic Region that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Pennsylvania landed the #5 spot on the list. University of Pennsylvania is located in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania and, has a large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 1 masters’s religion degrees to qualified students.

In addition to being on our middle atlantic region master’s degree religion students list, UPenn has also earned the #1 rank in our “Best Religion/Religious Studies Master’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at UPenn are $41,760, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read full report on Religion/Religious Studies at UPenn

#6

Syracuse University

Syracuse, New York
#3 in overall quality

Syracuse University ranked #6 on this year’s Best Value Religion Schools for a Master’s in the Middle Atlantic Region list. Located in Syracuse, New York, this large private not-for-profit school handed out 1 diplomas to qualified masters’s religion students in 2019-2020.

Syracuse also took the #3 spot in our “Best Religion/Religious Studies Master’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Syracuse are $41,714, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Full Syracuse Religion/Religious Studies Report

#2 in overall quality

Columbia University in the City of New York did quite well in the 2022 Best Value Religion Schools for a Master’s in the Middle Atlantic Region ranking, coming in at #7. Columbia University in the City of New York is a large private not-for-profit school situated in New York, New York. It awarded 8 masters’s religion degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Columbia, the school also landed the #2 spot in our “Best Religion/Religious Studies Master’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Columbia University in the City of New York are $51,194, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Full Columbia 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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