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Most Popular Online Religious Studies Graduate Certificate Schools in the New England Region

2023 Most Popular Online Religious Studies Graduate Certificate Schools in the New England Region

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Religious Studies is the #86 most popular major in the country with 9,470 degrees and certificates awarded in 2020-2021.

There are lots of options to pick from today when trying to decide which program is right for you. As online education oppotunities continue to grow, you're not restricted to just schools in your local area anymore. Even some of the 'big name' schools are offering online courses. Also, there are a number of trade schools with offerings that you might find attractive.

Along with in-depth profiles of schools and the programs they offer, Course Advisor has created the Most Popular Online Religious Studies Graduate Certificate Schools in the New England Region to help you in your search for the best school for you. Our analysis looked at 2 schools in the New England Region to see which online graduate certificate programs were the most popular for students. To create this ranking we looked at how many students graduated from schools with online programs.

Check out the online religion graduate certificate programs at these schools if you want to attend one of the most popular in the New England Region .

#1

Harvard University

Cambridge, MA

Our 2023 rankings named Harvard University the most popular online school in the New England Region for religious studies students working on their graduate certificate. Located in the midsize city of Cambridge, Harvard is a private not-for-profit college with a fairly large student population.

About 57% of the students majoring in religion at the school are women while 43% are male.

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#2

Hartford Seminary

Hartford, CT

A rank of #2 on this year’s list means Hartford Seminary is a great place for religious studies students working on their online graduate certificate. Located in the medium-sized city of Hartford, Hartford Seminary is a private not-for-profit school with a small student population.

Women make up 50% of the religion majors at the school.

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Explore the most popular online religious studies colleges for a specific state in the New England region.

State Degrees Awarded
Massachusetts 118
Connecticut 84
New Hampshire 1
Maine 10
Rhode Island 18
Vermont 17

One of 3 majors within the area of study, religious studies has other similar majors worth exploring.

Related Major Annual Graduates
Philosophy 10,054
Other Philosophy & Religious Studies 285
General Philosophy & Religious Studies 184

Notes and References

*These averages are for the top 2 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 Sowlos.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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