2022 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Divinity/Ministry in Maryland (With Aid)

Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. At College Factual, we’re committed to helping you make that decision by providing information such as that found in our “Best Value Divinity Studies Schools for a Master’s in Maryland For Those Getting Aid” ranking.

Divinity/Ministry is the 115th most popular major in the country with 6,905 degrees awarded in 2019-2020.

Across Maryland, there were 18 divinity/ministry graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 18 divinity/ministry graduates with average earnings and debt of $60,477 and $45,000 respectively.

Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent divinity/ministry programs, but they also cost less that schools of similar quality.

Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the divinity/ministry 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.

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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 Divinity Studies Schools for a Master’s in Maryland For Those Getting Aid” list to help you make the college decision.

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Best Value Divinity Studies Schools for a Master’s in Maryland For Those Getting Aid

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Divinity Studies Schools for a Master’s in Maryland For Those Getting Aid.

Top 1 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Divinity/Ministry in Maryland (With Aid)

#1

Mount St Mary's University

Emmitsburg, Maryland

#1 in overall quality

$13,673 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Mount St Mary’s University. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Divinity Studies Schools for a Master’s in Maryland For Those Getting Aid list. Mount St Mary’s University is a private not-for-profit institution located in Emmitsburg, Maryland. The school has a small population, and it awarded 18 masters’s degrees in 2019-2020.

The Mount also made our “Best Divinity/Ministry Master’s Degree Schools in Maryland” list, coming in at #1. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at The Mount are $13,673.

Read full report on Divinity/Ministry at The Mount

• Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Divinity/Ministry in the Middle Atlantic Region (With Aid)
• Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Divinity/Ministry (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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