by our College Data Analytics Team
Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. Our mission at College Factual is to arm you with as much information as we can to help you make that decision. Our “Schools Highly Focused on Religious Ed Major in the New England Region” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.
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 New England region, there were 18 religious education graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively.
This year’s “Schools Highly Focused on Religious Ed Major in the New England Region” ranking looked at 5 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s 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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The following schools top our list of the Best “Schools Highly Focused on Religious Ed Major in the New England Region”.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Hebrew College. The school came in at #1 for the Schools Highly Focused on Religious Ed Major in the New England Region. Located in Newton Centre, Massachusetts, this small private not-for-profit school handed out 10 diplomas to qualified ’s religious ed students in 2020-2021.
With a undergrad student-to-faculty ratio of 1 to 1, it’s easy to see that the school is committed to helping their undergraduates succeed.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Eastern Nazarene College. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Schools Highly Focused on Religious Ed Major in the New England Region list. ENC is a small school located in Quincy, Massachusetts that handed out 1 ’s religious ed degrees in 2020-2021.
The undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 10 to 1 is a sign that students will have more opportunities to engage with their professors one-on-one.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Elms College. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Schools Highly Focused on Religious Ed Major in the New England Region list. Located in Chicopee, Massachusetts, this small private not-for-profit school handed out 2 diplomas to qualified ’s religious ed students in 2020-2021.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 4.6%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Boston College. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Schools Highly Focused on Religious Ed Major in the New England Region list. Boston College is a private not-for-profit institution located in Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts. The school has a fairly large population, and it awarded 5 ’s degrees in 2020-2021.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 0.9% 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%. With a freshman retention rate of 93%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Gordon - Conwell Theological Seminary. It ranked #5 on our 2023 Schools Highly Focused on Religious Ed Major in the New England Region list. South Hamilton, Massachusetts is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out ’s religious ed degrees to 0 students in 2020-2021.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 3.7% 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%. The impressive undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of to 1 means that students may have more opportunities to work more closely with their professors than they would at other schools.
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