2023 Most Well Attended Religious Ed Major in the New England Region for a Master’s

Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. College Factual has developed its “Most Well Attended Religious Ed Major in the New England Region for a Master’s” 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 the New England region, there were 18 religious education graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 12 religious education graduates with average earnings and debt of $61,899 and $0 respectively.

This year’s “Most Well Attended Religious Ed Major in the New England Region for a Master’s” ranking analyzed 3 colleges that offered a degree in religious education. To top this list, a school must have a successful religious education program that graduates more students in the field than other colleges that offer the same major.

See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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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 “Most Well Attended Religious Ed Major in the New England Region for a Master’s” list, to help you choose the best school for you.

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Most Well Attended Religious Ed Major in the New England Region for a Master’s

The colleges and universities below are the best for new england region master’s degree religious ed students.

Top 3 Most Popular Master’s Degree Colleges for Religious Education in the New England Region

1

Hebrew College
Newton Centre, Massachusetts

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Hebrew College. The school came in at #1 for the Most Well Attended Religious Ed Major in the New England Region for a Master’s. This small school is located in Newton Centre, Massachusetts, and it awarded 10 masters’s religious ed degrees in 2020-2021.

The impressive undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 1 to 1 means that students may have more opportunities to work more closely with their professors than they would at other schools.

Read more about Religious Education at Hebrew College

2

Elms College
Chicopee, Massachusetts

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Elms College. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Most Well Attended Religious Ed Major in the New England Region for a Master’s list. Elms College is a small private not-for-profit school situated in Chicopee, Massachusetts. It awarded 2 masters’s religious ed degrees 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%.

Read more about Religious Education at Elms College

3

Gordon - Conwell Theological Seminary
South Hamilton, Massachusetts

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Gordon - Conwell Theological Seminary. The school came in at #3 for the Most Well Attended Religious Ed Major in the New England Region for a Master’s. Gordon - Conwell Theological Seminary is a private not-for-profit institution located in South Hamilton, Massachusetts. The school has a small population, and it awarded 0 masters’s degrees in 2020-2021.

Since the school has a undergrad student-to-faculty ratio of to 1, those pursuing a degree will have more opportunities to interact with their professors. The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 3.7%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

Full Gordon - Conwell Seminary Religious Education Report

• Most Popular Master’s Degree Colleges for Religious Education

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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