2023 Most Focused Master’s Degree Colleges for Divinity/Ministry in the New England Region
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With all of the options students have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. College Factual has developed its “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Divinity Studies Major in the New England Region” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.
In 2021-2022, 6,777 people earned their degree in divinity/ministry, making the major the 113th most popular in the United States.
Across the New England region, there were 235 divinity/ministry graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 222 divinity/ministry graduates with average earnings and debt of $62,593 and $42,781 respectively.
This year’s “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Divinity Studies Major in the New England Region” ranking looked at 8 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in divinity/ministry. The colleges and universities that top this list are recognized because their divinity/ministry program is one of the largest majors offered at the school.
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Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Divinity Studies Major in the New England Region
The colleges and universities below are the best for new england region master’s degree divinity studies students.
Top 8 Most Focused Master’s Degree Colleges for Divinity/Ministry in the New England Region
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Pope St John XXIII National Seminary. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Divinity Studies Major in the New England Region list. Located in Weston, Massachusetts, this small private not-for-profit school awarded 14 diplomas to qualified masters’s divinity studies students in 2021-2022.
Since the school has a undergrad student-to-faculty ratio of to 1, those pursuing a degree will have more opportunities to interact with their professors.
Full Pope St John XXIII National Seminary Divinity/Ministry Report
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 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Divinity Studies Major in the New England Region. Located in Brookline, Massachusetts, this small private not-for-profit school handed out 12 degrees to qualified masters’s divinity studies students in 2021-2022.
The impressive undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 7 to 1 means that students may have more opportunities to work more closely with their professors than they would at other schools.
Read full report on Divinity/Ministry at Hellenic College - Holy Cross Greek Orthodox School of Theology
Out of the 8 schools in the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Divinity Studies Major in the New England Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Saint John’s Seminary landed the #3 spot on the list. Located in Brighton, Massachusetts, this small private not-for-profit school awarded 12 degrees to qualified masters’s divinity studies students in 2021-2022.
With a undergrad student-to-faculty ratio of 4 to 1, it’s easy to see that the school is committed to helping their undergraduates succeed.
Read more about Divinity/Ministry at Saint John’s Seminary
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Gordon - Conwell Theological Seminary. The school came in at #4 for the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Divinity Studies Major in the New England Region. Gordon - Conwell Seminary is located in South Hamilton, Massachusetts and, has a small student population. In 2021-2022, this school awarded 63 masters’s divinity studies degrees to qualified students.
The impressive undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of to 1 means that students may have more opportunities to work more closely with their professors than they would at other schools. The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 0.7%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Read more about Divinity/Ministry at Gordon - Conwell Seminary
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Holy Apostles College and Seminary. The school came in at #5 for the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Divinity Studies Major in the New England Region. Located in Cromwell, Connecticut, this small private not-for-profit school handed out 2 degrees to qualified masters’s divinity studies students in 2021-2022.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 2.6% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%. The undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 8 to 1 is a sign that students will have more opportunities to engage with their professors one-on-one.
Read more about Divinity/Ministry at Holy Apostles College and Seminary
Yale University came in at #6 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Divinity Studies Major in the New England Region ranking. This fairly large school is located in New Haven, Connecticut, and it awarded 59 masters’s divinity studies degrees in 2021-2022.
With a undergrad student-to-faculty ratio of 6 to 1, it’s easy to see that the school is committed to helping their undergraduates succeed. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 98%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 0.2%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Read more about Divinity/Ministry at Yale University
Harvard University did quite well in the 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Divinity Studies Major in the New England Region ranking, coming in at #7. Harvard University is located in Cambridge, Massachusetts and, has a large student population. In 2021-2022, this school awarded 39 masters’s divinity studies degrees to qualified students.
The undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 7 to 1 is a sign that students will have more opportunities to engage with their professors one-on-one. The low undergrad student loan default rate of 0.3% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%. With a freshman retention rate of 96%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students.
Read more about Divinity/Ministry at Harvard
Boston University ranked #8 on this year’s Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Divinity Studies Major in the New England Region list. Boston, Massachusetts is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out masters’s divinity studies degrees to 2 students in 2021-2022.
With a freshman retention rate of 94%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students. The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 0.5%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
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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
- *Avg Salary and Avg 4-Year Grad Rate 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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