2023 Best Religious Studies Master’s Degree Colleges for Veterans in New York
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Ranked Colleges
107
Degrees Awarded
$40,900
Avg Cost*
With all of the options veterans have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Most Veteran Friendly in New York for Religion for a Master’s” ranking is part of that endeavor.
Religious Studies is the 90th most popular major in the country with 9,470 degrees awarded in 2020-2021. In 2019-2020, religious studies graduates who were awarded their degree in 2017-2019, earned an average of $34,289 and had an average of $24,431 in loans still to pay off.
Across New York, there were 3,181 religious studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $49,041 and $22,813 respectively.
This year’s “Most Veteran Friendly in New York for Religion for a Master’s” ranking looked at 2 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in religious studies. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent religious studies programs, but they also offer a lot of support to veterans and active service members.
To come up with these rankings, we looked at factors such as veteran satisfaction, veteran affordability, and overall quality of the religious studies program at the school. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.
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Most Veteran Friendly in New York for Religion for a Master’s
The colleges and universities below are the best for new york master’s degree vets studying religion.
Top 2 Best Religious Studies Master’s Degree Colleges for Veterans in New York
Out of the 2 schools in the Most Veteran Friendly in New York for Religion for a Master’s that were part of this year’s ranking, New York University landed the #1 spot on the list. New York University is a large school located in New York, New York that handed out 2 masters’s religion degrees in 2020-2021.
NYU did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #3 on our “Best Religious Studies Master’s Degree Schools in New York” list.Of the 52,775 students enrolled at NYU, 1 were GI Bill® students, according to our most recent data. Out of that number, 1 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average Post-9/11 GI Bill® award for tuition and fees at the school was $6,388. To help with additional expenses, 1 students qualified for the Yellow Ribbon Program.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is [DEFAULT_RATE_STRING]%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 90%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. The undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 8 to 1 is a sign that students will have more opportunities to engage with their professors one-on-one.
[Read full report on veteran student life at NYU]](/colleges/new-york-university/student-life/veterans/)
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Columbia University in the City of New York. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Most Veteran Friendly in New York for Religion for a Master’s list. New York, New York is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out masters’s religion degrees to 15 students in 2020-2021.
Columbia did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our “Best Religious Studies Master’s Degree Schools in New York” list.Of the 30,135 students enrolled at Columbia, 739 were GI Bill® students, according to our most recent data. Out of that number, 467 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average tuition and fees award for the Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients was $22,069. On top of their other funding sources, 328 students received funds through the Yellow Ribbon Program.
The undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 6 to 1 is a sign that students will have more opportunities to engage with their professors one-on-one. The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is [DEFAULT_RATE_STRING]%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. With a freshman retention rate of 95%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students.
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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).
- Veteran-specific data can be found at the U.S. Department of Veteran Affairs.
- 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.
- **GI Bill® student total includes all chapters of the GI Bill® program (e.g., Post-9/11, Montgomery GI Bill, Reserve Education Assistance Program, and Veteran Readiness and Employment)
- 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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