2023 Most Focused Master’s Degree Colleges for Religious Education in Louisiana

When pursuing a degree in today’s world, students have many different options to choose from. College Factual has developed its “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Religious Ed Major in Louisiana” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.

Religious Education is the 216th most popular major in the country with 1,417 degrees awarded in 2020-2021. 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 Louisiana, there were 55 religious education graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 44 religious education graduates with average earnings and debt of $52,232 and $0 respectively.

This year’s “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Religious Ed Major in Louisiana” ranking analyzed 2 colleges that offered a degree in religious education. The colleges and universities that top this list are recognized because their religious education program is one of the largest majors offered at the school.

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Since the program you select can have a significant impact on your future, we’ve developed a number of rankings, including this “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Religious Ed Major in Louisiana” list, to help you choose the best school for you.

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Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Religious Ed Major in Louisiana

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

Top 2 Most Focused Master’s Degree Colleges for Religious Education in Louisiana

1

New Orleans Baptist Theological Seminary
New Orleans, Louisiana

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend New Orleans Baptist Theological Seminary. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Religious Ed Major in Louisiana list. NOBTS is a private not-for-profit institution located in New Orleans, Louisiana. The school has a small population, and it awarded 44 masters’s degrees in 2020-2021.

Read full report on Religious Education at New Orleans Baptist Theological Seminary

2

Loyola University New Orleans
New Orleans, Louisiana

#3 overall quality in Louisiana

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Loyola University New Orleans. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Religious Ed Major in Louisiana list. Loyola University New Orleans is a small school located in New Orleans, Louisiana that handed out 0 masters’s religious ed degrees in 2020-2021.

The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 4.7%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.

Full Loyola University New Orleans Religious Education Report

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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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