2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Religious Vocations Major in District of Columbia

When pursuing a degree in today’s world, students have many different options to choose from. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Religious Vocations Major in District of Columbia” ranking is part of that endeavor.

In 2020-2021, 1,166 people earned their degree in theology and religious vocations (other), making the major the 228th most popular in the United States. In 2019-2020, theology and religious vocations (other) graduates who were awarded their degree in 2017-2019, earned an average of $39,580 and had an average of $31,756 in loans still to pay off.

Across District of Columbia, there were 131 theology and religious vocations (other) graduates with average earnings and debt of $68,035 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 54 theology and religious vocations (other) graduates with average earnings and debt of $64,645 and $0 respectively.

This year’s “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Religious Vocations Major in District of Columbia” ranking analyzed 2 colleges that offered a degree in theology and religious vocations (other). That schools that top this list have a program in theology and religious vocations (other) in which the largest percentage of students at the school are enrolled.

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Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Religious Vocations Major in District of Columbia

The following schools top our list of the Best “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Religious Vocations Major in District of Columbia”.

Top 2 Most Focused Master’s Degree Colleges for Theology & Religious Vocations (Other) in District of Columbia

1

Catholic University of America
Washington, District of Columbia

#4 overall quality in District of Columbia

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Catholic University of America. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Religious Vocations Major in District of Columbia list. Located in Washington, District of Columbia, this medium-sized private not-for-profit school handed out 54 diplomas to qualified masters’s religious vocations students in 2020-2021.

The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 86%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 2.4%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.

Read full report on Theology & Religious Vocations (Other) at CUA

2

Pontifical John Paul II Institute for Studies on Marriage and Family
Washington, District of Columbia

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Pontifical John Paul II Institute for Studies on Marriage and Family. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Religious Vocations Major in District of Columbia list. Pontifical John Paul II Institute is a private not-for-profit institution located in Washington, District of Columbia. The school has a small population, and it awarded 6 masters’s degrees in 2020-2021.

With a undergrad student-to-faculty ratio of to 1, it’s easy to see that the school is committed to helping their undergraduates succeed.

Read more about Theology & Religious Vocations (Other) at Pontifical John Paul II Institute

• Most Focused Master’s Degree Colleges for Theology & Religious Vocations (Other) in the Middle Atlantic Region
• Most Focused Master’s Degree Colleges for Theology & Religious Vocations (Other)

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.