2023 Most Focused Master’s Degree Colleges for Theology & Religious Vocations in Connecticut

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Theology & Religious Vocations is the 26th most popular major in the country with 27,459 degrees awarded in 2020-2021. In 2019-2020, theology and religious vocations graduates who were awarded their degree in 2017-2019, earned an average of $36,020 and had an average of $26,322 in loans still to pay off.

Across Connecticut, there were 254 theology and religious vocations graduates with average earnings and debt of $35,088 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 221 theology and religious vocations graduates with average earnings and debt of $65,328 and $0 respectively.

For this year’s “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Theology & Religious Vocations Major in Connecticut” ranking, we looked at 2 colleges that offer a degree in theology and religious vocations. That schools that top this list have a program in theology and religious vocations in which the largest percentage of students at the school are enrolled.

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Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Theology & Religious Vocations Major in Connecticut

The colleges and universities below are the best for connecticut master’s degree theology & religious vocations students.

Top 2 Most Focused Master’s Degree Colleges for Theology & Religious Vocations in Connecticut

1

Holy Apostles College and Seminary
Cromwell, Connecticut

Out of the 2 schools in the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Theology & Religious Vocations Major in Connecticut that were part of this year’s ranking, Holy Apostles College and Seminary landed the #1 spot on the list. Located in Cromwell, Connecticut, this small private not-for-profit school awarded 88 degrees to qualified masters’s theology and religious vocations students in 2020-2021.

The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 2.4%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. Since the school has a undergrad student-to-faculty ratio of 8 to 1, those pursuing a degree will have more opportunities to interact with their professors.

Read more about Theology & Religious Vocations at Holy Apostles College and Seminary

2

Yale University
New Haven, Connecticut

#1 overall quality in Connecticut

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Yale University. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Theology & Religious Vocations Major in Connecticut list. Located in New Haven, Connecticut, this fairly large private not-for-profit school handed out 133 diplomas to qualified masters’s theology and religious vocations students in 2020-2021.

With a undergrad student-to-faculty ratio of 4 to 1, it’s easy to see that the school is committed to helping their undergraduates succeed. The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 0.7%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

Read full report on Theology & Religious Vocations at Yale

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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.

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