2023 Best Religion/Religious Studies Colleges for Veterans in the New England Region
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Ranked Colleges
201
Degrees Awarded
$41,200
Avg Cost*
When pursuing a degree in today’s world, veterans 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 Veteran Friendly in the New England Region for Religion” ranking is part of that endeavor.
In 2020-2021, 3,626 people earned their degree in religion/religious studies, making the major the 189th most popular in the United States.
Across the New England region, there were 201 religion/religious studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively.
Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent religion/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 religion/religious studies program at the school. See our ranking methodology to learn more.
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Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we’ve developed the “Most Veteran Friendly in the New England Region for Religion” ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.
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Most Veteran Friendly in the New England Region for Religion
The following schools top our list of the Best “Most Veteran Friendly in the New England Region for Religion”.
Top 1 Best Religion/Religious Studies Colleges for Veterans in the New England Region
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Boston University. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Most Veteran Friendly in the New England Region for Religion list. This large school is located in Boston, Massachusetts, and it awarded 7 ’s religion degrees in 2020-2021.
In addition to being on our new england region vets studying religion list, Boston U has also earned the #[COLLEGE_QUALITY_RANK_ALL_LEVELS] rank in our “[COLLEGE_QUALITY_NAME_ALL_LEVELS]” ranking.Among the 32,718 students enrolled at Boston U, 15 are 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 $25,162. To help with additional expenses, 0 students received funds through 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%. With a freshman retention rate of 92%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students. 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.
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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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