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2023 Best Value Theology & Religious Vocations Schools in Massachusetts

Identifying Quality Schools at More Affordable Prices

3 Colleges
$58,647 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$36,376 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Theology & Religious Vocations School for You

With 733 degrees and certificates handed out in 2020-2021, theology and religious vocations is the #15 most popular major in Massachusetts.

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.

Along with in-depth profiles of schools and the programs they offer, Grad Degree Search has created the Best Value Theology & Religious Vocations Schools in Massachusetts to help you in your search for the best school for you. Our analysis looked at 3 schools in Massachusetts 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 Massachusetts

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

Best Massachusetts Schools for Affordable Quality in Theology & Religious Vocations

Our 2023 rankings named Gordon - Conwell Theological Seminary the best value school in Massachusetts for theology and religious vocations students. Located in the large suburb of South Hamilton, Gordon - Conwell Seminary is a private not-for-profit college with a small student population.

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#2

Boston College

Chestnut Hill, MA
$61,706 Average Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Boston College. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Best Value Theology & Religious Vocations Schools in Massachusetts list. Boston College is a fairly large private not-for-profit school located in the city of Chestnut Hill.

Boston College undergraduate students pay an average of $61,706 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

In addition to its best value ranking, and one of the reasons why the school is on the list, Boston College is ranked #5 for overall quality for theology and religious vocations in Massachusetts.

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#3

Harvard University

Cambridge, MA
$55,587 Average Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Harvard University. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Best Value Theology & Religious Vocations Schools in Massachusetts list. Located in the city of Cambridge, Harvard is a private not-for-profit school with a very large student population.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at Harvard are $55,587 a year.

In addition to its best value ranking, and one of the reasons why the school is on the list, Harvard is ranked #2 for overall quality for theology and religious vocations in Massachusetts.

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Best Value Theology & Religious Vocations Colleges in the New England Region

Explore all the Best Value Theology & Religious Vocations Colleges in the New England Area or other specific states within that region.

State Degrees Awarded
Rhode Island 6
Connecticut 230
Maine 39

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 3 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.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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