2024 Best Religious Education Master's Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region

a master's degree in religious education is more popular than many other degrees. In fact, it ranks #219 out of 1172 on popularity of all such degrees in the nation. This means you won't have too much trouble finding schools that offer the degree.

For its 2024 ranking, College Factual looked at 2 schools in the Middle Atlantic Region to determine which ones were the best for religious education students pursuing a master's degree. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 87 master's degrees in religious education during the 2020-2021 academic year.

What's on this page: * Our Methodology

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Other Factors We Consider

The metrics below are just some of the other metrics that we use to determine our rankings.

• Major Focus - How much a school focuses on religious education students vs. other majors.
• Major Demand - The number of religious education students who choose to seek a master's degree at the school.
• Educational Resources - How many resources are allocated to students. These resources may include educational expenditures per student, number of students per instructor, and graduation rate among other things.
• Accreditation - Whether a school is regionally accredited and/or accredited by a recognized religious education related body.

Our complete ranking methodology documents in more detail how we consider these factors to identify the best colleges for religious education students working on their master's degree.

More Ways to Rank Religious Education Schools

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 Best Religious Education Master's Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region list to help you make the college decision.

Best Schools for Master’s Students to Study Religious Education in the Middle Atlantic Region

Explore the top ranked colleges and universities for religious education students seeking a a master's degree.

Top Middle Atlantic Region Schools for a Master's in Relgious Ed

1

Hebrew Union College - Jewish Institute of Religion
New York, NY

Master's Degree Highest Degree Type

24 Annual Graduates

Any student pursuing a degree in a master's degree in religious education has to take a look at Hebrew Union College - Jewish Institute of Religion. Located in the large city of New York, HUC - JIR is a private not-for-profit college with a fairly small student population.More information about a master’s in religious education from Hebrew Union College - Jewish Institute of Religion

2

Princeton Theological Seminary
Princeton, NJ

Master's Degree Highest Degree Type

9 Annual Graduates

Princeton Theological Seminary is a wonderful choice for individuals pursuing a master's degree in religious education. Princeton Seminary is a fairly small private not-for-profit school located in the city of Princeton.More information about a master’s in religious education from Princeton Theological Seminary

Best Religious Education Colleges by State

Explore the best religious education schools for a specific state in the Middle Atlantic Region .

State	Colleges	Degrees Awarded
New York	695	52
Pennsylvania	607	1
New Jersey	346	11
District of Columbia	334	23

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Rankings in Majors Related to Relgious Ed

Religious Education is one of 0 different types of Religious Education programs to choose from.

Notes and References

• The bars on the spread charts above show the distribution of the schools on this list +/- one standard deviation from the mean.
• 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 the rest 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).
• Credit for the banner image above goes to RichardF. More about our data sources and methodologies.