2023 Most Focused Master’s Degree Colleges for Religion/Religious Studies in Georgia

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Religion/Religious Studies is the 189th most popular major in the country with 3,329 degrees awarded in 2021-2022.

Across Georgia, there were 67 religion/religious studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 12 religion/religious studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $56,682 and $44,244 respectively.

This year’s “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Religion Major in Georgia” ranking looked at 3 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in religion/religious studies. This a ranking of the schools where the largest percentage of students has enrolled in religion/religious studies.

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Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Religion Major in Georgia

The following schools top our list of the Best “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Religion Major in Georgia”.

Top 3 Most Focused Master’s Degree Colleges for Religion/Religious Studies in Georgia

1

Georgia State University
Atlanta, Georgia

#4 overall quality in Georgia

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Georgia State University. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Religion Major in Georgia list. Atlanta, Georgia is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s religion degrees to 9 students in 2021-2022.

The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 2.3%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.

Read more about Religion/Religious Studies at Georgia State University

2

University of Georgia
Athens, Georgia

#3 overall quality in Georgia

Out of the 3 schools in the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Religion Major in Georgia that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Georgia landed the #2 spot on the list. UGA is a large school located in Athens, Georgia that handed out 2 masters’s religion degrees in 2021-2022.

The low undergrad student loan default rate of 0.8% 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%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 95%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.

Read full report on Religion/Religious Studies at UGA

3

Emory University
Atlanta, Georgia

#2 overall quality in Georgia

Out of the 3 schools in the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Religion Major in Georgia that were part of this year’s ranking, Emory University landed the #3 spot on the list. Atlanta, Georgia is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out masters’s religion degrees to 1 students in 2021-2022.

Since the school has a undergrad student-to-faculty ratio of 9 to 1, those pursuing a degree will have more opportunities to interact with their professors. The low undergrad student loan default rate of 0.4% 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%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 95%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.

Read full report on Religion/Religious Studies at Emory 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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