2022 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Religious Education (Income $0-$30k) in the Middle Atlantic Region

When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. 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 Religious Ed Schools for a Master’s in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking is part of that endeavor.

Religious Education is the 215th most popular major in the country with 1,336 degrees awarded in 2019-2020. In 2017-2018, religious education graduates who were awarded their degree in 2015-2017, earned an average of $28,663 and had an average of $31,603 in loans still to pay off.

Across the Middle Atlantic region, there were 145 religious education graduates with average earnings and debt of $20,100 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 95 religious education graduates with average earnings and debt of $60,887 and $46,998 respectively.

This ranking identifies schools with high-quality religious education programs that also have a lower cost than schools of similar quality.

Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the religious education program at the school and the cost of the school after aid is awarded among other things. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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When choosing the right school for you, it’s important to arm yourself with all the facts you can. To that end, we’ve created a number of major-specific rankings, including this “Best Value Religious Ed Schools for a Master’s in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Making $0-$30k” list to help you make the college decision.

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Best Value Religious Ed Schools for a Master’s in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Making $0-$30k

The colleges and universities below are the best for middle atlantic region master’s degree religious ed students whose families make $0-$30k.

Top 1 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Religious Education (Income $0-$30k) in the Middle Atlantic Region

#1

Catholic University of America

Washington, District of Columbia

$50,340 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Catholic University of America. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Religious Ed Schools for a Master’s in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Making $0-$30k list. This medium-sized school is located in Washington, District of Columbia, and it awarded 6 masters’s religious ed degrees in 2019-2020.

CUA did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #0 on our “Best Religious Education Master’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at CUA are $50,340, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Full Catholic University of America Religious Education Report

• Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Religious Education (Income $0-$30k)

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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