2022 Best Value Religion Schools for a Master’s in Pennsylvania

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Religion/Religious Studies is the 173rd most popular major in the country with 3,832 degrees awarded in 2019-2020.

Across Pennsylvania, there were 137 religion/religious studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 25 religion/religious studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value Religion Schools for a Master’s in Pennsylvania” ranking, we looked at 2 colleges that offer a degree in religion/religious studies. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent religion/religious studies programs, but they also cost less that schools of similar quality.

When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the religion/religious studies program at the school and the cost to attend the school once aid has been awarded. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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Best Value Religion Schools for a Master’s in Pennsylvania

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Religion Schools for a Master’s in Pennsylvania.

Top 2 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Religion/Religious Studies in Pennsylvania

#1

University of Scranton

Scranton, Pennsylvania

#2 in overall quality

$11,630 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Scranton. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value Religion Schools for a Master’s in Pennsylvania. This small school is located in Scranton, Pennsylvania, and it awarded 3 masters’s religion degrees in 2019-2020.

University of Scranton also took the #2 spot in our “Best Religion/Religious Studies Master’s Degree Schools in Pennsylvania” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at University of Scranton are $11,630, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Full University of Scranton Religion/Religious Studies Report

#2

Temple University

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

#1 in overall quality

$24,236 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 2 schools in the Best Value Religion Schools for a Master’s in Pennsylvania that were part of this year’s ranking, Temple University landed the #2 spot on the list. Located in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, this large public school awarded 3 degrees to qualified masters’s religion students in 2019-2020.

Temple not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #1 on our “Best Religion/Religious Studies Master’s Degree Schools in Pennsylvania” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at Temple University are $24,236, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read more about Religion/Religious Studies at Temple

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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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