2022 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Divinity/Ministry in Maryland

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 “Best Value Divinity Studies Schools for a Master’s in Maryland” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.

In 2019-2020, 6,905 people earned their degree in divinity/ministry, making the major the 115th most popular in the United States.

Across Maryland, there were 18 divinity/ministry graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 18 divinity/ministry graduates with average earnings and debt of $60,477 and $45,000 respectively.

Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent divinity/ministry programs, but they also 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. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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Since the program you select can have a significant impact on your future, we’ve developed a number of rankings, including this “Best Value Divinity Studies Schools for a Master’s in Maryland” list, to help you choose the best school for you.

In addition to our rankings, you can take two colleges and compare them based on the criteria that matters most to you in our unique tool, College Combat. Test it out when you get a chance! You may also want to bookmark the link and share it with others who are trying to make the college decision.

Best Value Divinity Studies Schools for a Master’s in Maryland

The colleges and universities below are the best for maryland master’s degree divinity studies students.

Top 1 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Divinity/Ministry in Maryland

#1

Mount St Mary's University

Emmitsburg, Maryland

#1 in overall quality

$13,673 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Mount St Mary’s University. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value Divinity Studies Schools for a Master’s in Maryland. Located in Emmitsburg, Maryland, this small private not-for-profit school awarded 18 degrees to qualified masters’s divinity studies students in 2019-2020.

The Mount also took the #1 spot in our “Best Divinity/Ministry Master’s Degree Schools in Maryland” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Mount St Mary’s University are $13,673, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read full report on Divinity/Ministry at Mount St Mary’s University

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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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