by our College Data Analytics Team
With all of the options students have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. College Factual has developed its “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Theology Major in New York” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.
Theology is the 127th most popular major in the country with 6,253 degrees awarded in 2020-2021.
Across New York, there were 541 theology graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 372 theology graduates with average earnings and debt of $39,555 and $23,635 respectively.
This year’s “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Theology Major in New York” ranking looked at 10 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in theology. That schools that top this list have a program in theology in which the largest percentage of students at the school are enrolled.
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The following schools top our list of the Best “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Theology Major in New York”.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Ohr Hameir Theological Seminary. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Theology Major in New York list. Located in Peekskill, New York, this small private not-for-profit school handed out 11 degrees to qualified bachelors’s theology students in 2020-2021.
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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Yeshivath Viznitz. The school came in at #1 for the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Theology Major in New York. Yeshivath Viznitz is a small school located in Monsey, New York that handed out 196 bachelors’s theology degrees in 2020-2021.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Sh’or Yoshuv Rabbinical College. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Theology Major in New York list. Lawrence, New York is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out bachelors’s theology degrees to 26 students in 2020-2021.
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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Rabbinical College of Ohr Shimon Yisroel. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Theology Major in New York list. Rabbinical College of Ohr Shimon Yisroel is located in Brooklyn, New York and, has a small student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 68 bachelors’s theology degrees to qualified students.
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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Mechon L’hoyroa. The school came in at #1 for the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Theology Major in New York. Monsey, New York is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out bachelors’s theology degrees to 7 students in 2020-2021.
With a ranking of #6, Yeshiva of Nitra Rabbinical College did quite well on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Theology Major in New York list. Yeshiva of Nitra Rabbinical College is a small school located in Mount Kisco, New York that handed out 20 bachelors’s theology degrees in 2020-2021.
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Rabbinical Seminary of America came in at #7 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Theology Major in New York ranking. Rabbinical Seminary of America is a private not-for-profit institution located in Flushing, New York. The school has a small population, and it awarded 34 bachelors’s degrees in 2020-2021.
Houghton College did quite well in the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Theology Major in New York ranking, coming in at #8. Houghton College is a private not-for-profit institution located in Houghton, New York. The school has a small population, and it awarded 8 bachelors’s degrees in 2020-2021.
With a freshman retention rate of 88%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students. The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 1.9%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
With a ranking of #9, St John’s University - New York did quite well on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Theology Major in New York list. Queens, New York is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out bachelors’s theology degrees to 2 students in 2020-2021.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 4.3% 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%.
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St. Bonaventure University ranked #10 on this year’s Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Theology Major in New York list. St. Bonaventure is a private not-for-profit institution located in Saint Bonaventure, New York. The school has a small population, and it awarded 0 bachelors’s degrees in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 3.5%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 86%.
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