2023 Most Focused Master’s Degree Colleges for Theology in Louisiana

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In 2020-2021, 6,253 people earned their degree in theology, making the major the 127th most popular in the United States.

Across Louisiana, there were 62 theology graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 30 theology graduates with average earnings and debt of $52,232 and $0 respectively.

This year’s “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Theology Major in Louisiana” ranking looked at 3 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in theology. The colleges and universities that top this list are recognized because their theology program is one of the largest majors offered at the school.

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Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Theology Major in Louisiana

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

Top 3 Most Focused Master’s Degree Colleges for Theology in Louisiana

1

New Orleans Baptist Theological Seminary
New Orleans, Louisiana

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend New Orleans Baptist Theological Seminary. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Theology Major in Louisiana list. New Orleans, Louisiana is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out masters’s theology degrees to 28 students in 2020-2021.

Full NOBTS Theology Report

2

University of Holy Cross
New Orleans, Louisiana

#13 overall quality in Louisiana

Out of the 3 schools in the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Theology Major in Louisiana that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Holy Cross landed the #2 spot on the list. University of Holy Cross is a small private not-for-profit school situated in New Orleans, Louisiana. It awarded 2 masters’s theology degrees in 2020-2021.

The undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 10 to 1 is a sign that students will have more opportunities to engage with their professors one-on-one.

Full UHC Theology Report

3

Xavier University of Louisiana
New Orleans, Louisiana

#11 overall quality in Louisiana

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Xavier University of Louisiana. The school came in at #3 for the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Theology Major in Louisiana. XULA is a small school located in New Orleans, Louisiana that handed out 0 masters’s theology degrees in 2020-2021.

Read full report on Theology at XULA

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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

• *Avg Salary and Avg 4-Year Grad Rate 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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