2022 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Divinity/Ministry in New York

When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. College Factual has developed its “Best Value Divinity Studies Schools for a Doctorate in New York” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.

Divinity/Ministry is the 115th most popular major in the country with 6,905 degrees awarded in 2019-2020.

Across New York, there were 245 divinity/ministry graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 47 divinity/ministry graduates with average earnings and debt of $76,095 and $123,917 respectively.

The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great divinity/ministry programs and cost less that schools of similar quality.

To come up with these rankings, we looked at factors such as the cost to attend the school after aid is awarded and overall quality of the divinity/ministry program at the school. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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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 “Best Value Divinity Studies Schools for a Doctorate in New York” list to help you make the college decision.

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Best Value Divinity Studies Schools for a Doctorate in New York

The colleges and universities below are the best for new york doctor’s degree divinity studies students.

Top 2 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Divinity/Ministry in New York

#1

New York Theological Seminary

New York, New York

#1 in overall quality

$17,480 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend New York Theological Seminary. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value Divinity Studies Schools for a Doctorate in New York. New York Theological Seminary is located in New York, New York and, has a small student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 36 doctorate’s divinity studies degrees to qualified students.

NYTS did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Divinity/Ministry Doctor’s Degree Schools in New York” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at New York Theological Seminary are $17,480, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read more about Divinity/Ministry at NYTS

#1

Northeastern Seminary

Rochester, New York

#1 in overall quality

$10,112 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 1 schools in the Best Value Divinity Studies Schools for a Doctorate in New York that were part of this year’s ranking, Northeastern Seminary landed the #1 spot on the list. Northeastern Seminary is a small private not-for-profit school situated in Rochester, New York. It awarded 5 doctorate’s divinity studies degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Northeastern Seminary, the school also landed the #1 spot in our “Best Divinity/Ministry Doctor’s Degree Schools in New York” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Northeastern Seminary are $10,112, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Read full report on Divinity/Ministry at Northeastern 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

• *Average salary, average net price, and average tuition and fees 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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