2022 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Religious Education (Income $48-$75k) in the Middle Atlantic Region

It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. At College Factual, we’re committed to helping you make that decision by providing information such as that found in our “Best Value Religious Ed Schools for a Master’s in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Making $48-$75k” ranking.

In 2019-2020, 1,336 people earned their degree in religious education, making the major the 215th most popular in the United States. In 2017-2018, religious education graduates who were awarded their degree in 2015-2017, earned an average of $28,663 and had an average of $31,603 in loans still to pay off.

Across the Middle Atlantic region, there were 145 religious education graduates with average earnings and debt of $20,100 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 95 religious education graduates with average earnings and debt of $60,887 and $46,998 respectively.

Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent religious education programs, but they also cost less that schools of similar quality.

When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the religious education program at the school and the cost to attend the school once aid has been awarded. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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Best Value Religious Ed Schools for a Master’s in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Making $48-$75k

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Religious Ed Schools for a Master’s in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Making $48-$75k.

Top 1 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Religious Education (Income $48-$75k) in the Middle Atlantic Region

#1

Catholic University of America

Washington, District of Columbia

$50,340 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Catholic University of America. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Religious Ed Schools for a Master’s in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Making $48-$75k list. CUA is a medium-sized private not-for-profit school situated in Washington, District of Columbia. It awarded 6 masters’s religious ed degrees in 2019-2020.

CUA also made our “Best Religious Education Master’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region” list, coming in at #0. Average graduate tuition and fees at Catholic University of America are $50,340, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Read full report on Religious Education at Catholic University of America

• Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Religious Education (Income $48-$75k)

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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