2023 Most Focused Master’s Degree Colleges for Biblical Studies in New York

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In 2020-2021, 4,119 people earned their degree in Biblical studies, making the major the 146th most popular in the United States. In 2019-2020, Biblical studies graduates who were awarded their degree in 2017-2019, earned an average of $28,790 and had an average of $26,342 in loans still to pay off.

Across New York, there were 80 Biblical studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $19,261 and $18,884 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 34 Biblical studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $61,893 and $0 respectively.

This year’s “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Bible Major in New York” ranking analyzed 2 colleges that offered a degree in Biblical studies. The colleges and universities that top this list are recognized because their Biblical studies program is one of the largest majors offered at the school.

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Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Bible Major in New York

The colleges and universities below are the best for new york master’s degree bible students.

Top 2 Most Focused Master’s Degree Colleges for Biblical Studies in New York

1

Nyack College
Nyack, New York

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Nyack College. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Bible Major in New York list. Located in Nyack, New York, this small private not-for-profit school handed out 33 degrees to qualified masters’s Bible students in 2020-2021.

Read more about Biblical Studies at Nyack

2

Yeshiva University
New York, New York

#25 overall quality in New York

Out of the 2 schools in the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Bible Major in New York that were part of this year’s ranking, Yeshiva University landed the #2 spot on the list. Yeshiva University is located in New York, New York and, has a medium-sized student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 1 masters’s Bible degrees to qualified students.

Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 90%. The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 2.2%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. Since the school has a undergrad student-to-faculty ratio of 7 to 1, those pursuing a degree will have more opportunities to interact with their professors.

Full Yeshiva University Biblical Studies Report

• Most Focused Master’s Degree Colleges for Biblical Studies in the Middle Atlantic Region
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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

• *Avg Salary and Avg 4-Year Grad Rate 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.