2022 Best Value Religious Ed Schools for a Master’s in the Middle Atlantic Region

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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.

This year’s “Best Value Religious Ed Schools for a Master’s in the Middle Atlantic Region” ranking analyzed 2 colleges that offered a degree in religious education. 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. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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Best Value Religious Ed Schools for a Master’s in the Middle Atlantic Region

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Religious Ed Schools for a Master’s in the Middle Atlantic Region.

Top 2 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Religious Education in the Middle Atlantic Region

#1

Hebrew Union College - Jewish Institute of Religion

New York, New York

#1 in overall quality

$26,535 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 2 schools in the Best Value Religious Ed Schools for a Master’s in the Middle Atlantic Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Hebrew Union College - Jewish Institute of Religion landed the #1 spot on the list. HUC - JIR is located in New York, New York and, has a small student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 23 masters’s religious ed degrees to qualified students.

HUC - JIR also took the #1 spot in our “Best Religious Education Master’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region” ranking. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at Hebrew Union College - Jewish Institute of Religion are $26,535.

Read full report on Religious Education at HUC - JIR

#2

Princeton Theological Seminary

Princeton, New Jersey

#2 in overall quality

$22,730 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Princeton Theological Seminary. The school came in at #2 for the Best Value Religious Ed Schools for a Master’s in the Middle Atlantic Region. Princeton Theological Seminary is a small school located in Princeton, New Jersey that handed out 16 masters’s religious ed degrees in 2019-2020.

Princeton Seminary not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #2 on our “Best Religious Education Master’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at Princeton Theological Seminary are $22,730, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Read more about Religious Education at Princeton Seminary

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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

• *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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