2023 Most Veteran Friendly in Massachusetts for Divinity Studies for a Master’s

With all of the options veterans have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Most Veteran Friendly in Massachusetts for Divinity Studies for a Master’s” ranking is part of that endeavor.

In 2020-2021, 7,238 people earned their degree in divinity/ministry, making the major the 113th most popular in the United States.

Across Massachusetts, there were 161 divinity/ministry graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively.

This year’s “Most Veteran Friendly in Massachusetts for Divinity Studies for a Master’s” ranking looked at 2 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in divinity/ministry. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great divinity/ministry programs and a strong support system for veterans and active service members.

When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the divinity/ministry program at the school, veteran affordability, and veteran satisfaction. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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Most Veteran Friendly in Massachusetts for Divinity Studies for a Master’s

The following schools top our list of the Best “Most Veteran Friendly in Massachusetts for Divinity Studies for a Master’s”.

Top 2 Best Divinity/Ministry Master’s Degree Colleges for Veterans in Massachusetts

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Gordon - Conwell Theological Seminary
South Hamilton, Massachusetts

6 GI Bill® Students**

#2 in overall quality

$6,506 Average GI Bill® Award

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Gordon - Conwell Theological Seminary. The school came in at #1 for the Most Veteran Friendly in Massachusetts for Divinity Studies for a Master’s. Located in South Hamilton, Massachusetts, this small private not-for-profit school handed out 68 degrees to qualified masters’s divinity studies students in 2020-2021.

Gordon - Conwell Seminary did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our “Best Divinity/Ministry Master’s Degree Schools in Massachusetts” list.Our most recent data shows that 6 of the 1,489 students enrolled at Gordon - Conwell Seminary were GI Bill® students, of which 4 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average Post-9/11 GI Bill® award for tuition and fees at the school was $6,506. On top of their other funding sources, 0 students received scholarships through the Yellow Ribbon Program.

The low undergrad student loan default rate of [DEFAULT_RATE_STRING]% 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 impressive undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of to 1 means that students may have more opportunities to work more closely with their professors than they would at other schools.

Full Gordon - Conwell Theological Seminary Veteran Student Life Report

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Harvard University
Cambridge, Massachusetts

304 GI Bill® Students**

#1 in overall quality

$8,012 Average GI Bill® Award

Out of the 2 schools in the Most Veteran Friendly in Massachusetts for Divinity Studies for a Master’s that were part of this year’s ranking, Harvard University landed the #2 spot on the list. Harvard is located in Cambridge, Massachusetts and, has a large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 30 masters’s divinity studies degrees to qualified students.

Harvard not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #1 on our “Best Divinity/Ministry Master’s Degree Schools in Massachusetts” list.Our most recent data shows that 304 of the 30,391 students enrolled at Harvard University were GI Bill® students, of which 254 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average tuition and fees award for the Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients was $8,012. During this same period, 1 students received funds through the Yellow Ribbon Program.

The undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 5 to 1 is a sign that students will have more opportunities to engage with their professors one-on-one. The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only [DEFAULT_RATE_STRING]%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

[Read full report on veteran student life at Harvard]](/colleges/harvard-university/student-life/veterans/)

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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).
• Veteran-specific data can be found at the U.S. Department of Veteran Affairs.
• 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.
• **GI Bill® student total includes all chapters of the GI Bill® program (e.g., Post-9/11, Montgomery GI Bill, Reserve Education Assistance Program, and Veteran Readiness and Employment)
• 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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