2022 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Theological & Ministerial Studies in Maine (With Aid)

Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Best Value Theology Schools for a Master’s in Maine For Those Getting Aid” ranking is part of that endeavor.

In 2019-2020, 15,051 people earned their degree in theological and ministerial studies, making the major the 55th most popular in the United States. In 2017-2018, theological and ministerial studies graduates who were awarded their degree in 2015-2017, earned an average of $36,911 and had an average of $41,597 in loans still to pay off.

Across Maine, there were 59 theological and ministerial studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 42 theological and ministerial studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $54,633 and $49,829 respectively.

Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent theological and ministerial studies programs, but they also cost less that schools of similar quality.

Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the theological and ministerial studies program at the school and the cost of the school after aid is awarded among other things. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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Best Value Theology Schools for a Master’s in Maine For Those Getting Aid

The colleges and universities below are the best for maine master’s degree theology students with aid.

Top 1 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Theological & Ministerial Studies in Maine (With Aid)

#1

Saint Joseph's College of Maine

Standish, Maine

#1 in overall quality

$9,482 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

$55,338 Average Early-Career Earnings

Out of the 1 schools in the Best Value Theology Schools for a Master’s in Maine For Those Getting Aid that were part of this year’s ranking, Saint Joseph’s College of Maine landed the #1 spot on the list. Saint Joseph’s College of Maine is a private not-for-profit institution located in Standish, Maine. The school has a small population, and it awarded 42 masters’s degrees in 2019-2020.

Saint Joseph’s Maine did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Theological & Ministerial Studies Master’s Degree Schools in Maine” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at Saint Joseph’s College of Maine are $9,482, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

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• Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Theological & Ministerial Studies in the New England Region (With Aid)
• Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Theological & Ministerial Studies (With Aid)

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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