2023 Most Focused Master’s Degree Colleges for Christian Studies in New York

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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 New York, there were 7 christian studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 1 christian studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $61,893 and $48,678 respectively.

This year’s “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Christian Studies Major in New York” ranking looked at 2 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in christian studies. That schools that top this list have a program in christian studies in which the largest percentage of students at the school are enrolled.

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Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Christian Studies Major in New York

The colleges and universities below are the best for new york master’s degree christian studies students.

Top 2 Most Focused Master’s Degree Colleges for Christian Studies in New York

1

The General Theological Seminary
New York, New York

Out of the 2 schools in the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Christian Studies Major in New York that were part of this year’s ranking, The General Theological Seminary landed the #1 spot on the list. GTS is a small school located in New York, New York that handed out 1 masters’s christian studies degrees in 2021-2022.

The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 3.7%, which is much lower than the national 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.

Read full report on Christian Studies at The General Theological Seminary

2

Fordham University
Bronx, New York

#14 overall quality in New York

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Fordham University. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Christian Studies Major in New York list. Fordham University is a private not-for-profit institution located in Bronx, New York. The school has a fairly large population, and it awarded 0 masters’s degrees in 2021-2022.

The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 1.1%, 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 88%.

Read full report on Christian Studies at Fordham University

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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