2023 Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Relgious Ed Major in the Middle Atlantic Region

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Religious Education is the 358th most popular major in the country with 1,417 degrees awarded in 2020-2021.

Across the Middle Atlantic region, there were 139 religious education graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 4 religious education graduates with average earnings and debt of $77,076 and $0 respectively.

For this year’s “Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Relgious Ed Major in the Middle Atlantic Region” ranking, we looked at 3 colleges that offer a degree in religious education. The colleges and universities that top this list are recognized because their religious education program is one of the largest majors offered at the school.

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Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Relgious Ed Major in the Middle Atlantic Region

The colleges and universities below are the best for middle atlantic region doctor’s degree relgious ed students.

Top 3 Most Focused Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Religious Education in the Middle Atlantic Region

1

Jewish Theological Seminary of America
New York, New York

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Jewish Theological Seminary of America. The school came in at #1 for the Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Relgious Ed Major in the Middle Atlantic Region. Jewish Theological Seminary of America is a small private not-for-profit school situated in New York, New York. It awarded 1 doctorate’s relgious ed 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

2

Catholic University of America
Washington, District of Columbia

Out of the 3 schools in the Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Relgious Ed Major in the Middle Atlantic Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Catholic University of America landed the #2 spot on the list. Washington, District of Columbia is the setting for this medium-sized institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out doctorate’s relgious ed degrees to 1 students in 2020-2021.

The low undergrad student loan default rate of 2.4% 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 86%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.

Read more about Religious Education at CUA

3

Fordham University
Bronx, New York

Top 20% overall quality in Middle Atlantic

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Fordham University. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Relgious Ed Major in the Middle Atlantic Region list. Fordham U is a fairly large school located in Bronx, New York that handed out 2 doctorate’s relgious ed degrees in 2020-2021.

The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 89%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 2.3%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

Full Fordham University Religious Education Report

• Most Focused Doctor’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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