2023 Most Popular Master’s Degree Colleges for Religious Education in the New England Region

It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. 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 Relgious Ed Major in the New England Region for a Master’s” 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 358th most popular in the United States.

Across the New England region, there were 18 religious education graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 12 religious education graduates with average earnings and debt of $61,899 and $0 respectively.

This year’s “Most Well Attended Relgious Ed Major in the New England Region for a Master’s” ranking looked at 3 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in religious education. This ranking identifies schools that graduate the most students in religious education.

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Most Well Attended Relgious Ed Major in the New England Region for a Master’s

The colleges and universities below are the best for new england region master’s degree relgious ed students.

Top 3 Most Popular Master’s Degree Colleges for Religious Education in the New England Region

1

Hebrew College
Newton Centre, Massachusetts

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Hebrew College. The school came in at #1 for the Most Well Attended Relgious Ed Major in the New England Region for a Master’s. Located in Newton Centre, Massachusetts, this small private not-for-profit school handed out 10 degrees to qualified masters’s relgious ed students in 2020-2021.

Since the school has a undergrad student-to-faculty ratio of 1 to 1, those pursuing a degree will have more opportunities to interact with their professors.

Full Hebrew College Religious Education Report

2

Elms College
Chicopee, Massachusetts

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Elms College. The school came in at #2 for the Most Well Attended Relgious Ed Major in the New England Region for a Master’s. Located in Chicopee, Massachusetts, this small private not-for-profit school awarded 2 degrees to qualified masters’s relgious ed 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%.

Full Elms College Religious Education Report

3

Gordon - Conwell Theological Seminary
South Hamilton, Massachusetts

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Gordon - Conwell Theological Seminary. The school came in at #3 for the Most Well Attended Relgious Ed Major in the New England Region for a Master’s. Gordon - Conwell Seminary is a private not-for-profit institution located in South Hamilton, Massachusetts. The school has a small population, and it awarded 0 masters’s degrees in 2020-2021.

The low undergrad student loan default rate of 3.7% 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 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.

Read more about Religious Education at Gordon - Conwell Seminary

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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).
• 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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