2023 Best Divinity/Ministry Master’s Degree Colleges for Veterans in New Jersey
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Ranked Colleges
145
Degrees Awarded
$31,100
Avg Cost*
It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for veterans. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Most Veteran Friendly in New Jersey for Divinity Studies for a Master’s” ranking is part of that endeavor.
Divinity/Ministry is the 113th most popular major in the country with 7,238 degrees awarded in 2020-2021.
Across New Jersey, there were 145 divinity/ministry graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively.
This year’s “Most Veteran Friendly in New Jersey for Divinity Studies for a Master’s” ranking analyzed 2 colleges that offered a degree in divinity/ministry. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent divinity/ministry programs, but they also offer a lot of support to veterans and active service members.
To come up with these rankings, we looked at factors such as veteran satisfaction, veteran affordability, and overall quality of the divinity/ministry program at the school. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.
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Most Veteran Friendly in New Jersey for Divinity Studies for a Master’s
The colleges and universities below are the best for new jersey master’s degree vets studying divinity studies.
Top 2 Best Divinity/Ministry Master’s Degree Colleges for Veterans in New Jersey
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Princeton Theological Seminary. The school came in at #1 for the Most Veteran Friendly in New Jersey for Divinity Studies for a Master’s. Princeton, New Jersey is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out masters’s divinity studies degrees to 80 students in 2020-2021.
Princeton Seminary did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our “Best Divinity/Ministry Master’s Degree Schools in New Jersey” list.Our most recent data shows that 5 of the 350 students enrolled at Princeton Seminary were GI Bill® students, of which 4 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average tuition and fees award for the Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients was $7,919. During this same period, 0 students qualified for the Yellow Ribbon Program.
With a undergrad student-to-faculty ratio of to 1, it’s easy to see that the school is committed to helping their undergraduates succeed.
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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Drew University. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Most Veteran Friendly in New Jersey for Divinity Studies for a Master’s list. Madison, New Jersey is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out masters’s divinity studies degrees to 45 students in 2020-2021.
Drew also took the #1 spot in our “Best Divinity/Ministry Master’s Degree Schools in New Jersey” ranking.Our most recent data shows that 8 of the 2,229 students enrolled at Drew were GI Bill® students, of which 4 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average tuition and fees award for the Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients was $10,728. In addition to receiving other benefits, 0 students received funds through the Yellow Ribbon Program.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is [DEFAULT_RATE_STRING]%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 88%.
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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).
- Veteran-specific data can be found at the U.S. Department of Veteran Affairs.
- 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.
- **GI Bill® student total includes all chapters of the GI Bill® program (e.g., Post-9/11, Montgomery GI Bill, Reserve Education Assistance Program, and Veteran Readiness and Employment)
- 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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