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2023 Most Popular Religious Education Master's Degree Schools in Massachusetts

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Finding the Best Religious Education Master's Degree School for You

With 17 degrees and certificates handed out in 2020-2021, religious education is the #179 most popular major in Massachusetts.

Today's students have lots of options to pick from when considering higher education opportunities. 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.

To help you arm yourself with the information you need to make your decision, Grad Degree Search has developed this Most Popular Religious Education Master's Degree Schools in Massachusetts ranking. Our analysis looked at 3 schools in Massachusetts to see which master's degree programs were the most popular for students. To create this ranking we looked at how many students graduated from the Religious Education program at each school on the list.

The following schools top our list of the Most Popular Religious Education Master's Degree Colleges.

#1

Hebrew College

Newton Centre, MA

Our 2023 rankings named Hebrew College the most popular school in Massachusetts for religious education students working on their master’s degree. Hebrew College is a fairly small private not-for-profit school located in the city of Newton Centre.

About 80% of the students majoring in religious ed at the school are women while 20% are male.

Full Religious Education at Hebrew College Report

#2

Elms College

Chicopee, MA

The in-demand master’s degree programs at Elms College helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the most popular religious education schools in Massachusetts. Located in the suburb of Chicopee, Elms College is a private not-for-profit school with a small student population.

About 50% of the students majoring in religious ed at the school are women while 50% are male.

Read full report on Religious Education at Elms College

The in-demand master’s degree programs at Gordon - Conwell Theological Seminary helped the school earn the #3 place on this year’s ranking of the most popular religious education schools in Massachusetts. Gordon - Conwell Seminary is a small private not-for-profit school located in the large suburb of South Hamilton.

Full Religious Education at Gordon - Conwell Theological Seminary Report

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State Degrees Awarded

One of 7 majors within the area of study, religious education has other similar majors worth exploring.

Related Major Annual Graduates
Theological & Ministerial Studies 12,534
Pastoral Counseling & Specialized Ministries 1,624
Biblical Studies 1,052
Theology & Religious Vocations (Other) 777
Missionary Studies 423

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 RichardF.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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