by our College Data Analytics Team
When pursuing a degree in today’s world, students have many different options to choose from. At College Factual, we’re committed to helping you make that decision by providing information such as that found in our “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Religious Ed Major in Minnesota” ranking.
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 Minnesota, there were 69 religious education graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $30,125 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 30 religious education graduates with average earnings and debt of $57,734 and $0 respectively.
For this year’s “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Religious Ed Major in Minnesota” ranking, we looked at 3 colleges that offer a degree in religious education. That schools that top this list have a program in religious education in which the largest percentage of students at the school are enrolled.
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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 Minnesota” list, to help you choose the best school for you.
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The colleges and universities below are the best for minnesota master’s degree religious ed students.
Out of the 3 schools in the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Religious Ed Major in Minnesota that were part of this year’s ranking, Crown College landed the #1 spot on the list. This small school is located in Saint Bonifacius, Minnesota, and it awarded 21 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%.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Bethel University Minnesota. The school came in at #2 for the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Religious Ed Major in Minnesota. Bethel University Minnesota is a small private not-for-profit school situated in Saint Paul, Minnesota. It awarded 7 masters’s religious ed degrees in 2020-2021.
The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 85%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 1.9%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of St Thomas Minnesota. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Religious Ed Major in Minnesota list. Located in Saint Paul, Minnesota, this medium-sized private not-for-profit school awarded 2 diplomas to qualified masters’s religious ed students in 2020-2021.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 1.4% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 87%.
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