2023 Best Religion/Religious Studies Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Veterans in the New England Region
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Ranked Colleges
116
Degrees Awarded
$34,800
Avg Cost*
When pursuing a degree in today’s world, veterans have many different options to choose from. College Factual has developed its “Most Veteran Friendly in the New England Region for Religion for a Bachelor’s” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.
In 2020-2021, 3,626 people earned their degree in religion/religious studies, making the major the 189th most popular in the United States.
Across the New England region, there were 201 religion/religious studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 116 religion/religious studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $42,403 and $25,944 respectively.
The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great religion/religious studies programs and a strong support system for veterans and active service members.
When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the religion/religious studies program at the school, veteran affordability, and veteran satisfaction. See our ranking methodology to learn more.
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Most Veteran Friendly in the New England Region for Religion for a Bachelor’s
The following schools top our list of the Best “Most Veteran Friendly in the New England Region for Religion for a Bachelor’s”.
Top 1 Best Religion/Religious Studies Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Veterans in the New England Region
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 Most Veteran Friendly in the New England Region for Religion for a Bachelor’s. Holy Cross is a small private not-for-profit school situated in Worcester, Massachusetts. It awarded 4 bachelors’s religion degrees in 2020-2021.
Holy Cross 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.Our most recent data shows that 25 of the 2,970 students enrolled at Holy Cross were GI Bill® students, of which 15 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average Post-9/11 GI Bill® award for tuition and fees at the school was $22,544. On top of their other funding sources, 12 students qualified for the Yellow Ribbon Program.
The undergraduate 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. The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only [DEFAULT_RATE_STRING]%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. With a freshman retention rate of 89%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students.
[Read full report on veteran student life at Holy Cross]](/colleges/college-of-the-holy-cross/student-life/veterans/)
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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).
- Veteran-specific data can be found at the U.S. Department of Veteran Affairs.
- 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
- *Avg Salary and Avg 4-Year Grad Rate are for the top schools only.
- **GI Bill® student total includes all chapters of the GI Bill® program (e.g., Post-9/11, Montgomery GI Bill, Reserve Education Assistance Program, and Veteran Readiness and Employment)
- 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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