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 “Most Well Attended Religious Ed Major in New York” 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 New York, there were 87 religious education graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively.
This year’s “Most Well Attended Religious Ed Major in New York” ranking looked at 6 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s 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.
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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 New York” list, to help you choose the best school for you.
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The colleges and universities below are the best for new york religious ed students.
Out of the 6 schools in the Most Well Attended Religious Ed Major in New York that were part of this year’s ranking, Yeshiva Gedolah Imrei Yosef D’spinka landed the #1 spot on the list. Yeshiva Gedolah Imrei Yosef D’spinka is a small school located in Brooklyn, New York that handed out 32 ’s religious ed degrees in 2020-2021.
Read more about Religious Education at Yeshiva Gedolah Imrei Yosef D’spinka
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Hebrew Union College - Jewish Institute of Religion. The school came in at #2 for the Most Well Attended Religious Ed Major in New York. Hebrew Union College - Jewish Institute of Religion is a small private not-for-profit school situated in New York, New York. It awarded 24 ’s religious ed degrees in 2020-2021.
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. The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 1.0%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Fordham University. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Most Well Attended Religious Ed Major in New York list. Fordham U is a fairly large school located in Bronx, New York that handed out 12 ’s religious ed degrees in 2020-2021.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 2.3% 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 school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 89%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.
Out of the 6 schools in the Most Well Attended Religious Ed Major in New York that were part of this year’s ranking, Jewish Theological Seminary of America landed the #3 spot on the list. Jewish Theological Seminary of America is a private not-for-profit institution located in New York, New York. The school has a small population, and it awarded 12 ’s degrees in 2020-2021.
Since the school has a undergrad student-to-faculty ratio of 7 to 1, those pursuing a degree will have more opportunities to interact with their professors.
Read full report on Religious Education at Jewish Theological Seminary of America
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Unification Theological Seminary. It ranked #5 on our 2023 Most Well Attended Religious Ed Major in New York list. This small school is located in Barrytown, New York, and it awarded 7 ’s religious ed degrees in 2020-2021.
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.
Read more about Religious Education at Unification Theological Seminary
Rabbinical College Bobover Yeshiva Bnei Zion ranked #6 on this year’s Most Well Attended Religious Ed Major in New York list. Brooklyn, New York 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.
Full Rabbinical College Bobover Yeshiva Bnei Zion Religious Education Report
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