2023 Most Veteran Friendly in Ohio for Religious Ed for a Master’s
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Ranked Colleges
36
Degrees Awarded
$30,500
Avg Cost*
With all of the options veterans have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. Our mission at College Factual is to arm you with as much information as we can to help you make that decision. Our “Most Veteran Friendly in Ohio for Religious Ed for a Master’s” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.
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 Ohio, there were 87 religious education graduates with average earnings and debt of $21,381 and $26,104 respectively.
This ranking identifies schools with high-quality religious education programs as well as strong veteran support.
To come up with these rankings, we looked at factors such as veteran satisfaction, veteran affordability, and overall quality of the religious education program at the school. See our ranking methodology to learn more.
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Most Veteran Friendly in Ohio for Religious Ed for a Master’s
The following schools top our list of the Best “Most Veteran Friendly in Ohio for Religious Ed for a Master’s”.
Top 1 Best Religious Education Master’s Degree Colleges for Veterans in Ohio
Out of the 1 schools in the Most Veteran Friendly in Ohio for Religious Ed for a Master’s that were part of this year’s ranking, Franciscan University of Steubenville landed the #1 spot on the list. Steubenville, Ohio is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out masters’s religious ed degrees to 32 students in 2020-2021.
Franciscan U did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Religious Education Master’s Degree Schools in Ohio” list.Of the 3,304 students enrolled at Franciscan University of Steubenville, 90 were GI Bill® students, according to our most recent data. Out of that number, 56 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average Post-9/11 GI Bill® award for tuition and fees at the school was $13,993. In addition to receiving other benefits, 17 students qualified for the Yellow Ribbon Program. Eligible students may be able to receive credit for their military training.
Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 86%. The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is [DEFAULT_RATE_STRING]%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
[Read full report on veteran student life at Franciscan U]](/colleges/franciscan-university-of-steubenville/student-life/veterans/)
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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).
- Veteran-specific data can be found at the U.S. Department of Veteran Affairs.
- 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
- *Avg Salary and Avg 4-Year Grad Rate are for the top schools only.
- **GI Bill® student total includes all chapters of the GI Bill® program (e.g., Post-9/11, Montgomery GI Bill, Reserve Education Assistance Program, and Veteran Readiness and Employment)
- 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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