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

When pursuing a degree in today’s world, students have many different options to choose from. One of our goals at College Factual is to give you as much information as we can - such as our “Best Value Divinity Studies Schools for a Master’s in Massachusetts For Those Getting Aid” ranking - to help you make that decision.

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

Across Massachusetts, there were 202 divinity/ministry graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 190 divinity/ministry graduates with average earnings and debt of $60,240 and $41,137 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Divinity Studies Schools for a Master’s in Massachusetts For Those Getting Aid” ranking looked at 2 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in divinity/ministry. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great divinity/ministry programs and 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. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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

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

Top 2 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Divinity/Ministry in Massachusetts (With Aid)

#1

Harvard University

Cambridge, Massachusetts

#1 in overall quality

$50,654 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 2 schools in the Best Value Divinity Studies Schools for a Master’s in Massachusetts For Those Getting Aid that were part of this year’s ranking, Harvard University landed the #1 spot on the list. Harvard University is a large school located in Cambridge, Massachusetts that handed out 47 masters’s divinity studies degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Harvard, the school also landed the #1 spot in our “Best Divinity/Ministry Master’s Degree Schools in Massachusetts” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Harvard University are $50,654, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Full Harvard University Divinity/Ministry Report

#2

Hellenic College - Holy Cross Greek Orthodox School of Theology

Brookline, Massachusetts

#3 in overall quality

$22,490 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

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 #2 for the Best Value Divinity Studies Schools for a Master’s in Massachusetts For Those Getting Aid. Brookline, Massachusetts is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out masters’s divinity studies degrees to 17 students in 2019-2020.

Hellenic College - Holy Cross Greek Orthodox School of Theology did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #3 on our “Best Divinity/Ministry Master’s Degree Schools in Massachusetts” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at Hellenic College - Holy Cross Greek Orthodox School of Theology are $22,490, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Full Hellenic College - Holy Cross Greek Orthodox School of Theology Divinity/Ministry Report

• Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Divinity/Ministry in the New England 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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