2023 Best Theology Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Veterans in the New England Region
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Ranked Colleges
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Degrees Awarded
$37,900
Avg Cost*
Veterans have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. One of our goals at College Factual is to give you as much information as we can - such as our “Most Veteran Friendly in the New England Region for Theology for a Doctorate” ranking - to help you make that decision.
In 2020-2021, 6,253 people earned their degree in theology, making the major the 127th most popular in the United States.
Across the New England region, there were 475 theology graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively.
This ranking identifies schools with high-quality theology programs as well as strong veteran support.
To come up with these rankings, we looked at factors such as veteran satisfaction, veteran affordability, and overall quality of the theology program at the school. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.
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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 the New England Region for Theology for a Doctorate” list to help you make the college decision.
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Most Veteran Friendly in the New England Region for Theology for a Doctorate
The following schools top our list of the Best “Most Veteran Friendly in the New England Region for Theology for a Doctorate”.
Top 1 Best Theology Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Veterans in the New England Region
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Boston College. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Most Veteran Friendly in the New England Region for Theology for a Doctorate list. Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out doctorate’s theology degrees to 6 students in 2020-2021.
As a testament to the quality of education offered at Boston College, the school also landed the #1 spot in our “Best Theology Doctor’s Degree Schools in the New England Region” ranking.According to our most recent data, Boston College supports 14,934 students, and 170 of those are GI Bill® students, of which 100 are Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average Post-9/11 GI Bill® award for tuition and fees at the school was $17,142. On top of their other funding sources, 64 students received funds through the Yellow Ribbon Program. Boston College does offer credit for military training for eligible students.
With a freshman retention rate of 93%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students. 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%.
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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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