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2022 Best Value Theology & Religious Vocations Schools for a Master’s in Massachusetts

5 Ranked Colleges
628 Degrees Awarded
$37,000 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees*
Best Value Theology & Religious Vocations Schools for a Master's in Massachusetts

It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Best Value Theology & Religious Vocations Schools for a Master’s in Massachusetts” ranking is part of that endeavor.

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 Massachusetts, there were 808 theology and religious vocations graduates with average earnings and debt of $34,767 and $28,396 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 628 theology and religious vocations graduates with average earnings and debt of $60,240 and $41,137 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value Theology & Religious Vocations Schools for a Master’s in Massachusetts” ranking, we looked at 5 colleges that offer a degree in theology and religious vocations. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent theology and religious vocations programs, but they also cost less that schools of similar quality.

To come up with these rankings, we looked at factors such as the cost to attend the school after aid is awarded and overall quality of the theology and religious vocations program at the school. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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Best Value Theology & Religious Vocations Schools for a Master’s in Massachusetts

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Theology & Religious Vocations Schools for a Master’s in Massachusetts.

Top 5 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Theology & Religious Vocations in Massachusetts

#1

Gordon - Conwell Theological Seminary

South Hamilton, Massachusetts
#4 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Gordon - Conwell Theological Seminary. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Theology & Religious Vocations Schools for a Master’s in Massachusetts list. Gordon - Conwell Theological Seminary is a private not-for-profit institution located in South Hamilton, Massachusetts. The school has a small population, and it awarded 272 masters’s degrees in 2019-2020.

Gordon - Conwell Seminary did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #4 on our “Best Theology & Religious Vocations Master’s Degree Schools in Massachusetts” list. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at Gordon - Conwell Seminary are $22,100.

Read more about Theology & Religious Vocations at Gordon - Conwell Seminary

#2

Boston College

Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts
#2 in overall quality

Out of the 5 schools in the Best Value Theology & Religious Vocations Schools for a Master’s in Massachusetts that were part of this year’s ranking, Boston College landed the #2 spot on the list. This fairly large school is located in Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts, and it awarded 77 masters’s theology and religious vocations degrees in 2019-2020.

Boston College also took the #2 spot in our “Best Theology & Religious Vocations Master’s Degree Schools in Massachusetts” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Boston College are $31,930, but some majors have different tuition rates.

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#5 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Hellenic College - Holy Cross Greek Orthodox School of Theology. The school came in at #3 for the Best Value Theology & Religious Vocations Schools for a Master’s in Massachusetts. Hellenic College - Holy Cross Greek Orthodox School of Theology is a small school located in Brookline, Massachusetts that handed out 25 masters’s theology and religious vocations degrees in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our massachusetts master’s degree theology & religious vocations students list, Hellenic College - Holy Cross Greek Orthodox School of Theology has also earned the #5 rank in our “Best Theology & Religious Vocations Master’s Degree Schools in Massachusetts” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Hellenic College - Holy Cross Greek Orthodox School of Theology are $22,490, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Read more about Theology & Religious Vocations at Hellenic College - Holy Cross Greek Orthodox School of Theology

#4

Harvard University

Cambridge, Massachusetts
#1 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Harvard University. The school came in at #4 for the Best Value Theology & Religious Vocations Schools for a Master’s in Massachusetts. Harvard University is a private not-for-profit institution located in Cambridge, Massachusetts. The school has a large population, and it awarded 115 masters’s degrees in 2019-2020.

Harvard also made our “Best Theology & Religious Vocations Master’s Degree Schools in Massachusetts” list, coming in at #1. Average graduate tuition and fees at Harvard are $50,654, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Full Harvard Theology & Religious Vocations Report

#5

Boston University

Boston, Massachusetts
#3 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Boston University. It ranked #5 on our 2022 Best Value Theology & Religious Vocations Schools for a Master’s in Massachusetts list. This large school is located in Boston, Massachusetts, and it awarded 59 masters’s theology and religious vocations degrees in 2019-2020.

Boston U did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #3 on our “Best Theology & Religious Vocations Master’s Degree Schools in Massachusetts” list. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at Boston University are $57,666.

Full Boston U Theology & Religious Vocations Report

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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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