Best Theological & Ministerial Studies Master’s Degree Colleges in Massachusetts

Unfortunately, there were no schools in Massachusetts that made our Best Theological & Ministerial Studies Master's Degree Schools in Massachusetts list. You may want to check out our national ranking in the field instead.

Choosing a Great Theological & Ministerial Studies School for Your Master's Degree

The theology master's degree program you select can have a big impact on your future. This section explores some of the factors we include in our ranking and how much they vary depending on the school you select. Below we explain some of the most important factors to consider before making your choice:

Overall Quality Is a Must

The overall quality of a master's degree school is important to ensure a quality education, not just how well they do in a particular major. To take this into account we consider a school's overall Best Colleges for a Master's Degree ranking which itself looks at a combination of different factors like degree completion, educational resources, student body caliber and post-graduation earnings for the school as a whole.

Average Early-Career Salaries

Average early-career salary of those graduating with their master's degree is one indicator we use in our analysis to find the schools that offer the highest-quality education. After all, your master's degree won't mean much if it doesn't help you find a job that will help you earn a living.

Other Factors We Consider

The metrics below are just some of the other metrics that we use to determine our rankings.

• Major Focus - How many resources a school devotes to theological & ministerial studies students as compared to other majors.
• Major Demand - How many other theological & ministerial studies students want to attend this school to pursue a master's degree.
• Educational Resources - How many resources are allocated to students. These resources may include educational expenditures per student, number of students per instructor, and graduation rate among other things.
• Student Debt - How much debt theological & ministerial studies students go into to obtain their master's degree and how well they are able to pay back that debt.
• Accreditation - Whether a school is regionally accredited and/or accredited by a recognized theological & ministerial studies related body.

Our full ranking methodology documents in more detail how we consider these factors to identify the best schools for theological & ministerial studies students working on their master's degree.

Insufficient Data for Massachusetts

Unfortunately , we did not have enough facts to make a ranking of the quality colleges for theological & ministerial studies in Massachusetts. This is usually due to there not being enough schools in Massachusetts that both offer theological & ministerial studies and provided enough information for us to do a detailed analysis.

Instead, take a look at at some of our other Theological & Ministerial Studies rankings below or check out our overall Best Colleges for Theological & Ministerial Studies ranking.

Best Theological & Ministerial Studies Colleges in the New England Region

Explore all the Best Theological & Ministerial Studies Colleges in the New England Area or other specific states within that region.

State	Colleges	Degrees Awarded
Connecticut	153	201
Rhode Island	127	6
Maine	90	36

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Rankings in Majors Related to Theology

One of 7 majors within the Theology & Religious Vocations area of study, Theological & Ministerial Studies has other similar majors worth exploring.

Theology Concentrations

Major	Annual Graduates
Theology	270
Divinity/Ministry	140
Other Theological & Ministerial Studies	50
Rabbinical Studies	14

Majors Similar to Theology

Related Major	Annual Graduates
Pastoral Counseling & Specialized Ministries	56
Biblical Studies	14
Religious Education	7
Theology & Religious Vocations (Other)	5
Sacred Music	4

Notes and References

• The bars on the spread charts above show the distribution of the schools on this list +/- one standard deviation from the mean.
• 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 the rest 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).
• Credit for the banner image above goes to Jonund. More about our data sources and methodologies.