by our College Data Analytics Team
Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Most Well Attended Religious Ed Major in the New England Region” ranking is part of that endeavor.
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.
This year’s “Most Well Attended Religious Ed Major in the New England Region” ranking looked at 5 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in religious education. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have one of the most popular religious education programs in the United States.
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When choosing the right school for you, it’s important to arm yourself with all the facts you can. To that end, we’ve created a number of major-specific rankings, including this “Most Well Attended Religious Ed Major in the New England Region” list to help you make the college decision.
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The colleges and universities below are the best for new england region religious ed students.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Hebrew College. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Most Well Attended Religious Ed Major in the New England Region list. Hebrew College is a private not-for-profit institution located in Newton Centre, Massachusetts. The school has a small population, and it awarded 10 ’s degrees 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 Boston College. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Most Well Attended Religious Ed Major in the New England Region list. Located in Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts, this fairly large private not-for-profit school handed out 5 degrees to qualified ’s religious ed students 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%. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 93%.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Elms College. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Most Well Attended Religious Ed Major in the New England Region list. Chicopee, Massachusetts is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out ’s religious ed degrees to 2 students in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 4.6%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Eastern Nazarene College. The school came in at #4 for the Most Well Attended Religious Ed Major in the New England Region. ENC is a small school located in Quincy, Massachusetts that handed out 1 ’s religious ed degrees in 2020-2021.
The impressive undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 10 to 1 means that students may have more opportunities to work more closely with their professors than they would at other schools.
Out of the 5 schools in the Most Well Attended Religious Ed Major in the New England Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Gordon - Conwell Theological Seminary landed the #5 spot on the list. Gordon - Conwell Theological Seminary is a small school located in South Hamilton, Massachusetts that handed out 0 ’s religious ed degrees in 2020-2021.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 3.7%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. The undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of to 1 is a sign that students will have more opportunities to engage with their professors one-on-one.
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