2023 Most Well Attended Christian Studies Major in the New England Region
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When pursuing a degree in today’s world, students have many different options to choose from. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Most Well Attended Christian Studies Major in the New England Region” ranking is part of that endeavor.
Christian Studies is the 495th most popular major in the country with 723 degrees awarded in 2020-2021.
Across the New England region, there were 22 Christian studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively.
This year’s “Most Well Attended Christian Studies Major in the New England Region” ranking looked at 3 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in Christian studies. To top this list, a school must have a successful Christian studies program that graduates more students in the field than other colleges that offer the same major.
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Most Well Attended Christian Studies Major in the New England Region
The colleges and universities below are the best for new england region christian studies students.
Top 3 Most Popular Colleges for Christian Studies in the New England Region
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Gordon College. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Most Well Attended Christian Studies Major in the New England Region list. Gordon College is a small private not-for-profit school situated in Wenham, Massachusetts. It awarded 11 ’s Christian studies degrees in 2020-2021.
Since the school has a undergrad student-to-faculty ratio of 10 to 1, those pursuing a degree will have more opportunities to interact with their professors. The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 3.4%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Read full report on Christian Studies at Gordon College
Out of the 3 schools in the Most Well Attended Christian Studies Major in the New England Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Yale University landed the #1 spot on the list. New Haven, Connecticut is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out ’s Christian studies degrees to 11 students in 2020-2021.
Since the school has a undergrad student-to-faculty ratio of 4 to 1, those pursuing a degree will have more opportunities to interact with their professors. The low undergrad student loan default rate of 0.7% 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%.
Read full report on Christian Studies at Yale University
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Stonehill College. The school came in at #3 for the Most Well Attended Christian Studies Major in the New England Region. Stonehill College is located in Easton, Massachusetts and, has a small student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 0 ’s Christian studies degrees to qualified students.
Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 86%. The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 1.4%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Full Stonehill Christian Studies Report
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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
- *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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