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2022 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Theology & Religious Vocations (Income $48-$75k) in the New England Region

4 Ranked Colleges
93 Degrees Awarded
$26,500 Avg Salary
Best Value Theology & Religious Vocations Schools for a Bachelor's in the New England Region For Those Making $48-$75k

It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. Our mission at College Factual is to arm you with as much information as we can to help you make that decision. Our “Best Value Theology & Religious Vocations Schools for a Bachelor’s in the New England Region For Those Making $48-$75k” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.

Theology & Religious Vocations is the 25th most popular major in the country with 26,872 degrees awarded in 2019-2020. In 2017-2018, theology and religious vocations graduates who were awarded their degree in 2015-2017, earned an average of $34,203 and had an average of $35,660 in loans still to pay off.

Across the New England region, there were 1,110 theology and religious vocations graduates with average earnings and debt of $35,764 and $28,745 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 93 theology and religious vocations graduates with average earnings and debt of $41,041 and $24,492 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Theology & Religious Vocations Schools for a Bachelor’s in the New England Region For Those Making $48-$75k” ranking analyzed 4 colleges that offered a degree in theology and religious vocations. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great theology and religious vocations programs and cost less that schools of similar quality.

When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the theology and religious vocations program at the school and the cost to attend the school once aid has been awarded. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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Best Value Theology & Religious Vocations Schools for a Bachelor’s in the New England Region For Those Making $48-$75k

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Theology & Religious Vocations Schools for a Bachelor’s in the New England Region For Those Making $48-$75k.

Top 4 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Theology & Religious Vocations (Income $48-$75k) in the New England Region

#1

Boston College

Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts
#1 in overall quality

Out of the 4 schools in the Best Value Theology & Religious Vocations Schools for a Bachelor’s in the New England Region For Those Making $48-$75k that were part of this year’s ranking, Boston College landed the #1 spot on the list. Boston College is a private not-for-profit institution located in Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts. The school has a fairly large population, and it awarded 15 bachelors’s degrees in 2019-2020.

Boston College also took the #1 spot in our “Best Theology & Religious Vocations Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the New England Region” ranking. The yearly cost to attend Boston College is $17,113 for New England Region Bachelor’s Degree Theology & Religious Vocations students whose families make $48-$75k.

Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 93%. The school has an impressive student loan default rate. It’s only 1.2%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

Read more about Theology & Religious Vocations at Boston College

#2

Gordon College

Wenham, Massachusetts
#2 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Gordon College. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Theology & Religious Vocations Schools for a Bachelor’s in the New England Region For Those Making $48-$75k list. Gordon College is a small school located in Wenham, Massachusetts that handed out 10 bachelors’s theology and religious vocations degrees in 2019-2020.

Gordon College did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our “Best Theology & Religious Vocations Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the New England Region” list. It costs about $22,933 for New England Region Bachelor’s Degree Theology & Religious Vocations students whose families make $48-$75k per year to attend Gordon College.

The impressive student-to-faculty ratio of 10 to 1 means that students may have more opportunities to work more closely with their professors than they would at other schools. The low student loan default rate of 2.4% 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%.

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#3 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Saint Joseph’s College of Maine. It ranked #3 on our 2022 Best Value Theology & Religious Vocations Schools for a Bachelor’s in the New England Region For Those Making $48-$75k list. Located in Standish, Maine, this small private not-for-profit school awarded 7 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s theology and religious vocations students in 2019-2020.

Saint Joseph’s Maine did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #3 on our “Best Theology & Religious Vocations Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the New England Region” list. The yearly cost to attend Saint Joseph’s Maine is $23,263 for new england region bachelor’s degree theology & religious vocations students whose families make $48-$75k.

The low student loan default rate of 4.8% 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%.

Read full report on Theology & Religious Vocations at Saint Joseph’s Maine

#4

Northpoint Bible College

Haverhill, Massachusetts
#4 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Northpoint Bible College. It ranked #4 on our 2022 Best Value Theology & Religious Vocations Schools for a Bachelor’s in the New England Region For Those Making $48-$75k list. Northpoint Bible College is a small school located in Haverhill, Massachusetts that handed out 32 bachelors’s theology and religious vocations degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Northpoint Bible College, the school also landed the #4 spot in our “Best Theology & Religious Vocations Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the New England Region” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for Northpoint Bible College is $25,249 for New England Region Bachelor’s Degree Theology & Religious Vocations students whose families make $48-$75k.

With a student-to-faculty ratio of 9 to 1, it’s easy to see that the school is committed to helping their undergraduates succeed.

Read full report on Theology & Religious Vocations at Northpoint Bible College

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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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