2024 Best Religious Studies Schools in the Plains States Region
2Colleges in the Plains States Region
379Religion Degrees Awarded
$30,550Avg Early-Career Salary
Religious Studies is above average in terms of popularity with it being the #90 most popular degree program in the country. This means you won't have too much trouble finding schools that offer the degree.
College Factual reviewed 2 schools in the Plains States Region to determine which ones were the best for degree seekers in the field of religious studies. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 379 degrees in religious studies during the 2021-2022 academic year.
Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we've developed the Best Religious Studies Schools in the Plains States Region ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.
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Best Schools for Religious Studies in the Plains States Region
If you aren't interested in a particular degree level and want to know which schools are the overall best at delivering an education for the religion degrees they offer, see the list below.
University of St Thomas Minnesota is a good choice for students pursuing a degree in religious studies. UST MN is a moderately-sized private not-for-profit university located in the city of Saint Paul. This university ranks 3rd out of 52 colleges for overall quality in the state of Minnesota.
There were roughly 57 religious studies students who graduated with this degree at UST MN in the most recent data year. Students who graduate with their degree from the religion program report average early career income of $27,975.
Every student pursuing a degree in religious studies needs to take a look at Evangel University. Located in the medium-sized city of Springfield, Evangel is a private not-for-profit university with a small student population. This university ranks 37th out of 48 schools for overall quality in the state of Missouri.
There were roughly 9 religious studies students who graduated with this degree at Evangel in the most recent year we have data available. After graduation, religion degree recipients usually earn about $26,443 in the first five years of their career.
University of Minnesota - Twin Cities is a great choice for students pursuing a degree in religious studies. UMN Twin Cities is a very large public university located in the large city of Minneapolis. A Best Colleges rank of #51 out of 2,217 schools nationwide means UMN Twin Cities is a great university overall.
There were roughly 5 religious studies students who graduated with this degree at UMN Twin Cities in the most recent year we have data available.
The bars on the spread charts above show the distribution of the schools on this list +/- one standard deviation from the mean.
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).
