2023 Most Veteran Friendly in New York for Divinity Studies for a Master’s
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Degrees Awarded
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It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for veterans. One of our goals at College Factual is to give you as much information as we can - such as our “Most Veteran Friendly in New York for Divinity Studies for a Master’s” ranking - to help you make that decision.
In 2020-2021, 7,238 people earned their degree in divinity/ministry, making the major the 113th most popular in the United States.
Across New York, there were 202 divinity/ministry graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively.
This year’s “Most Veteran Friendly in New York for Divinity Studies for a Master’s” ranking analyzed 2 colleges that offered a degree in divinity/ministry. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great divinity/ministry programs and a strong support system for 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. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.
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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 “Most Veteran Friendly in New York for Divinity Studies for a Master’s” list to help you make the college decision.
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Most Veteran Friendly in New York for Divinity Studies for a Master’s
The colleges and universities below are the best for new york master’s degree vets studying divinity studies.
Top 2 Best Divinity/Ministry Master’s Degree Colleges for Veterans in New York
Out of the 2 schools in the Most Veteran Friendly in New York for Divinity Studies for a Master’s that were part of this year’s ranking, Nyack College landed the #1 spot on the list. Nyack College is a small school located in Nyack, New York that handed out 45 masters’s divinity studies degrees in 2020-2021.
Nyack did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our “Best Divinity/Ministry Master’s Degree Schools in New York” list.Our most recent data shows that 4 of the 2,063 students enrolled at Nyack were GI Bill® students, of which 3 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average Post-9/11 GI Bill® award for tuition and fees at the school was $2,508. To help with additional expenses, 0 students received scholarships through the Yellow Ribbon Program. Nyack does offer credit for military training for eligible students.
Full Nyack Veteran Student Life Report
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Union Theological Seminary. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Most Veteran Friendly in New York for Divinity Studies for a Master’s list. Union is a small private not-for-profit school situated in New York, New York. It awarded 55 masters’s divinity studies degrees in 2020-2021.
Union also took the #1 spot in our “Best Divinity/Ministry Master’s Degree Schools in New York” ranking.Our most recent data shows that 2 of the 226 students enrolled at Union Theological Seminary were GI Bill® students, of which 1 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average Post-9/11 GI Bill® award for tuition and fees at the school was $24,477. To help with additional expenses, 1 students qualified for the Yellow Ribbon Program.
The undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of to 1 is a sign that students will have more opportunities to engage with their professors one-on-one. The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only [DEFAULT_RATE_STRING]%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
[Read full report on veteran student life at Union Theological Seminary]](/colleges/union-theological-seminary/student-life/veterans/)
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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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