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2022 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Religious Studies in the New England Region (With Aid)

1 Ranked Colleges
25 Degrees Awarded
$57,700 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees*
Best Value Religion Schools for a Doctorate in the New England Region For Those Getting Aid

Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. College Factual has developed its “Best Value Religion Schools for a Doctorate in the New England Region For Those Getting Aid” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.

Religious Studies is the 115th most popular major in the country with 9,704 degrees awarded in 2019-2020. In 2017-2018, religious studies graduates who were awarded their degree in 2015-2017, earned an average of $32,163 and had an average of $28,712 in loans still to pay off.

Across the New England region, there were 305 religious studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $19,687 respectively. At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 25 religious studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $73,889 and $109,372 respectively.

Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent religious studies programs, but they also cost less that schools of similar quality.

Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the religious studies program at the school and the cost of the school after aid is awarded among other things. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

More Ways to Rank Religious Studies Schools

The religion school you choose to invest your time and money in matters. To help you make the decision that is right for you, we’ve developed a number of major-specific rankings, including this list of “Best Value Religion Schools for a Doctorate in the New England Region For Those Getting Aid”.

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Best Value Religion Schools for a Doctorate in the New England Region For Those Getting Aid

The colleges and universities below are the best for new england region doctor’s degree religion students with aid.

Top 1 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Religious Studies in the New England Region (With Aid)

#1

Boston University

Boston, Massachusetts
#1 in overall quality

Out of the 1 schools in the Best Value Religion Schools for a Doctorate in the New England Region For Those Getting Aid that were part of this year’s ranking, Boston University landed the #1 spot on the list. Boston University is a private not-for-profit institution located in Boston, Massachusetts. The school has a large population, and it awarded 6 doctorate’s degrees in 2019-2020.

Boston U not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #1 on our “Best Religious Studies Doctor’s Degree Schools in the New England Region” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at Boston University are $57,666, but some majors have different tuition rates.

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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

  • *Average salary, average net price, and average tuition and fees 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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