2024 Best Theological & Ministerial Studies Schools in Massachusetts
3Colleges in Massachusetts
599Theology Degrees Awarded
$39,184Avg Early-Career Salary
A degree in theological & ministerial studies is more popular than many other degrees. In fact, it ranks #63 out of 395 on popularity of all such degrees in the nation. So, you have a fair amount of options to choose from when looking for a school.
For its 2024 ranking, College Factual looked at 3 schools in Massachusetts to determine which ones were the best for theological & ministerial studies students pursuing a degree. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 599 degrees in theological & ministerial studies during the 2020-2021 academic year.
Choosing a Great Theological & Ministerial Studies School
Your choice of theological & ministerial studies school matters, so we have put together these rankings to help you make your decision. In order to come up with a best overall ranking for theological & ministerial studies schools, we combine our degree-level rankings, weighting them by the number of degrees awarded at each level.
You may want to choose one of the degree levels below to find the schools of most interest to you.
Pick Your Theological & Ministerial Studies Degree Level
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 Theological & Ministerial Studies Schools in Massachusetts list to help you make the college decision.
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Best Schools for Theological & Ministerial Studies in Massachusetts
Although we recommend filtering by degree level first, you can view the list below to see which schools give the educational experience for the theology degree levels they offer.
Every student pursuing a degree in theological & ministerial studies has to look into Harvard University. Harvard is a fairly large private not-for-profit university located in the midsize city of Cambridge.
There were about 94 theological & ministerial studies students who graduated with this degree at Harvard in the most recent year we have data available. Students who receive their degree from the theology program earn around $33,266 in their early career salary.
Boston College is one of the best schools in the country for getting a degree in theological & ministerial studies. Boston College is a large private not-for-profit college located in the city of Chestnut Hill.
There were approximately 110 theological & ministerial studies students who graduated with this degree at Boston College in the most recent year we have data available. Theological & Ministerial Studies degree recipients from Boston College get an earnings boost of about $3,605 over the average income of theological & ministerial studies graduates.
It is difficult to beat Gordon - Conwell Theological Seminary if you want to pursue a degree in theological & ministerial studies. Located in the suburb of South Hamilton, Gordon - Conwell Seminary is a private not-for-profit school with a small student population.
There were roughly 214 theological & ministerial studies students who graduated with this degree at Gordon - Conwell Seminary in the most recent data year. Those theological & ministerial studies students who get their degree from Gordon - Conwell Theological Seminary make $5,793 more than the average theology grad.
The bars on the spread charts above show the distribution of the schools on this list +/- one standard deviation from the mean.
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 the rest 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).
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Your choice of theological & ministerial studies school matters, so we have put together these rankings to help you make your decision. In order to come up with a best overall ranking for theological & ministerial studies schools, we combine our degree-level rankings, weighting them by the number of degrees awarded at each level.
