2022 Best Value Religious Ed Schools for a Master’s in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Getting Aid

When pursuing a degree in today’s world, students have many different options to choose from. 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 Religious Ed Schools for a Master’s in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Getting Aid” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.

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. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

One Size Does Not Fit All

The religious ed school you choose to invest your time and money in matters. To help you make the decision that is right for you, we’ve developed a number of major-specific rankings, including this list of “Best Value Religious Ed Schools for a Master’s in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Getting Aid”.

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Best Value Religious Ed Schools for a Master’s in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Getting Aid

The colleges and universities below are the best for middle atlantic region master’s degree religious ed students with aid.

Top 1 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Religious Education in the Middle Atlantic Region (With Aid)

#1

Catholic University of America

Washington, District of Columbia

$50,340 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 1 schools in the Best Value Religious Ed Schools for a Master’s in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Getting Aid that were part of this year’s ranking, Catholic University of America landed the #1 spot on the list. Washington, District of Columbia is the setting for this medium-sized institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out masters’s religious ed degrees to 6 students in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our middle atlantic region master’s degree religious ed students with aid list, CUA has also earned the #0 rank in our “Best Religious Education Master’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Catholic University of America are $50,340, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

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• Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Religious Education (With Aid)

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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