by our College Data Analytics Team
When pursuing a degree in today’s world, students have many different options to choose from. One of our goals at College Factual is to give you as much information as we can - such as our “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Religious Ed Major in the Middle Atlantic Region” ranking - to help you make that decision.
In 2020-2021, 1,417 people earned their degree in religious education, making the major the 216th most popular in the United States. In 2019-2020, religious education graduates who were awarded their degree in 2017-2019, earned an average of $30,694 and had an average of $27,203 in loans still to pay off.
Across the Middle Atlantic region, there were 139 religious education graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 48 religious education graduates with average earnings and debt of $40,457 and $25,851 respectively.
This year’s “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Religious Ed Major in the Middle Atlantic Region” ranking looked at 5 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in religious education. This a ranking of the schools where the largest percentage of students has enrolled in religious education.
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The colleges and universities below are the best for middle atlantic region bachelor’s degree religious ed students.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Yeshiva Gedolah Imrei Yosef D’spinka. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Religious Ed Major in the Middle Atlantic Region list. Yeshiva Gedolah Imrei Yosef D’spinka is a small private not-for-profit school situated in Brooklyn, New York. It awarded 32 bachelors’s religious ed degrees in 2020-2021.
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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Messiah University. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Religious Ed Major in the Middle Atlantic Region list. Messiah is a private not-for-profit institution located in Mechanicsburg, Pennsylvania. The school has a small population, and it awarded 16 bachelors’s degrees in 2020-2021.
Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 86%. The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 2.3%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Out of the 5 schools in the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Religious Ed Major in the Middle Atlantic Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Rabbinical College Bobover Yeshiva Bnei Zion landed the #3 spot on the list. Brooklyn, New York is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out bachelors’s religious ed degrees to 0 students in 2020-2021.
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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Washington Adventist University. The school came in at #3 for the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Religious Ed Major in the Middle Atlantic Region. Takoma Park, Maryland is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out bachelors’s religious ed degrees to 0 students in 2020-2021.
Read more about Religious Education at Washington Adventist University
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend La Roche University. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Religious Ed Major in the Middle Atlantic Region list. La Roche is a small private not-for-profit school situated in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. It awarded 0 bachelors’s religious ed degrees in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 4.2%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
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