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2023 Best Value Theology & Religious Vocations Schools in New York

Identifying Quality Schools at More Affordable Prices

4 Colleges
$26,500 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$25,226 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Theology & Religious Vocations School for You

With 672 degrees and certificates handed out in 2020-2021, theology and religious vocations is the #19 most popular major in New York.

There are lots of options to pick from today when trying to decide which program is right for you. You can choose a traditional brick and mortar school, or with the growth of online education, you can attend a school half-way across the country without even leaving your house. Also there are many trade schools that offer short-term programs that open up more career options.

The Best Value Theology & Religious Vocations Schools in New York ranking is one of many tools that Grad Degree Search has developed to help you make your educational decision. Our analysis looked at 4 schools in New York to see which programs offered the best value experiences for theology and religious vocations students with the aim of identifying those quality schools that are more affordable than some of their counterparts.

When determining this ranking, we place a high emphasis on the school's quality as well as its sticker price. Even though a college may be affordable, it may not offer value. More specifically, we discount our quality score by the published tuition and fees charged by a school. This gives the cost per unit of quality for each college. The value is determined by how much quality your dollar buys.

Our calculations use out-of-state tuition and fees in our nationwide and regional rankings. Average in-state tuition and fees are used for our statewide rankings.

2023 Best Value Theology & Religious Vocations Schools in New York

The following schools top our list of the Best Value Theology & Religious Vocations Colleges.

Best New York Schools for Affordable Quality in Theology & Religious Vocations

Our 2023 rankings named Hebrew Union College - Jewish Institute of Religion the best value school in New York for theology and religious vocations students. HUC - JIR is a fairly small private not-for-profit school located in the city of New York.

Read full report on Theology & Religious Vocations at Hebrew Union College - Jewish Institute of Religion

#2

Northeastern Seminary

Rochester, NY

A rank of #2 on this year’s list means Northeastern Seminary is a great value for theology and religious vocations students. Northeastern Seminary is a small private not-for-profit school located in the suburb of Rochester.

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A rank of #3 on this year’s list means Union Theological Seminary is a great value for theology and religious vocations students. Union is a fairly small private not-for-profit school located in the large city of New York.

Full Theology & Religious Vocations at Union Theological Seminary Report

#4

Nyack College

Nyack, NY
$26,500 Average Tuition & Fees

Out of the 4 schools in New York that were part of this year’s ranking, Nyack College landed the # 4 spot on the list. Nyack is a small private not-for-profit school located in the city of Nyack.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at Nyack are $26,500 a year.

Full Theology & Religious Vocations at Nyack College Report

Best Value Theology & Religious Vocations Colleges in the Middle Atlantic Region

Explore all the Best Value Theology & Religious Vocations Schools in the Middle Atlantic Area or other specific states within that region.

State Degrees Awarded
Pennsylvania 752
Maryland 49
New Jersey 268
District of Columbia 340

Theology & Religious Vocations Majors to Study

Major Annual Graduates
Theological & Ministerial Studies 12,534
Pastoral Counseling & Specialized Ministries 1,624
Biblical Studies 1,052
Theology & Religious Vocations (Other) 777
Religious Education 687
Missionary Studies 423
Sacred Music 167
Religious Institution Administration and Law 23

Related Major Annual Graduates
Visual & Performing Arts 18,379
English Language & Literature 9,566
Foreign Languages & Linguistics 4,163
Philosophy & Religious Studies 3,136
Liberal Arts / Sciences & Humanities 2,680

Notes and References

*These averages are for the top 4 schools only.

  • 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 Daderot.

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