2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Christian Studies Major in the Middle Atlantic Region

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In 2021-2022, 829 people earned their degree in christian studies, making the major the 495th most popular in the United States.

Across the Middle Atlantic region, there were 17 christian studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 9 christian studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $63,038 and $47,245 respectively.

This year’s “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Christian Studies Major in the Middle Atlantic Region” ranking analyzed 3 colleges that offered a degree in christian studies. The colleges and universities that top this list are recognized because their christian studies program is one of the largest majors offered at the school.

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Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Christian Studies Major in the Middle Atlantic Region

The colleges and universities below are the best for middle atlantic region master’s degree christian studies students.

Top 3 Most Focused Master’s Degree Colleges for Christian Studies in the Middle Atlantic Region

1

The General Theological Seminary
New York, New York

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend The General Theological Seminary. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Christian Studies Major in the Middle Atlantic Region list. GTS is located in New York, New York and, has a small student population. In 2021-2022, this school awarded 1 masters’s christian studies degrees to qualified students.

The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 3.7%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. Since the school has a undergrad student-to-faculty ratio of to 1, those pursuing a degree will have more opportunities to interact with their professors.

Full The General Theological Seminary Christian Studies Report

2

Cairn University
Langhorne, Pennsylvania

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Cairn University. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Christian Studies Major in the Middle Atlantic Region list. Cairn is located in Langhorne, Pennsylvania and, has a small student population. In 2021-2022, this school awarded 7 masters’s christian studies degrees to qualified students.

The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 2.1%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.

Read more about Christian Studies at Cairn University

3

Fordham University
Bronx, New York

Top 15% overall quality in Middle Atlantic

Out of the 3 schools in the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Christian Studies Major in the Middle Atlantic Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Fordham University landed the #3 spot on the list. Fordham University is located in Bronx, New York and, has a fairly large student population. In 2021-2022, this school awarded 0 masters’s christian studies degrees to qualified students.

The low undergrad student loan default rate of 1.1% 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%. With a freshman retention rate of 88%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students.

Read full report on Christian Studies at Fordham U

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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