2024 Best Value Bachelor's Degree Colleges for Religious Education
19
Colleges
5,415,716
Bachelor's Degrees
$27,239
Avg Cost*
Finding the Best Value Religious Education School for You
In 2021-2022, N/A people earned their bachelor's in religious education, making the major the #183 most popular in the United States.
This year's Best Value Bachelor's Degree Colleges for Religious Education ranking looked at 19 colleges that offer a bachelor's in religious ed. Note that the phrase 'best value' does not mean the absolute lowest-priced. For this ranking, we are identifying those religious ed schools that provide their students with a hiqh quality education at a price that is lower than other colleges and universities of the same caliber.
Average cost figures start with estimating tuition, fees, room and board, books, and other related expenses. We then subtract the average amount of financial aid that a student receives. You can use this as a gauge to estimate how much you may need to pay out of pocket to cover costs when financial aid isn't enough. Keep in mind that the net cost for you may be higher or lower, depending on your income and other factors.
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2024 Best Value Religious Education Schools in the United States
The following schools top our list of the Best Religious Education Colleges for the Money.
Top 10 Best Value Religious Education Schools
Grand Canyon University comes in at #1 in this year's ranking. Located in the city of Phoenix, Grand Canyon University is a private for-profit school with a fairly large student population. Grand Canyon University did well in our quality rankings, too. It placed #3 on our Best Religious Education Schools list.
The average amount of time it takes for a student to receive their degree at Grand Canyon University is 4.2 years, and the average full-time cost to attend the school is around $24,159. Thus, the average cost to get a bachelor’s degree from the Grand Canyon University is $100,985. When you graduate sooner, you can save a lot of money.
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The #2 spot in this year's ranking belongs to Midwestern Baptist Theological Seminary. MBTS is a small private not-for-profit school located in the city of Kansas City. MBTS also took the #1 spot in our Best Religious Education Schools rankings.
It takes about 5.0 years for the average student at MBTS to complete their degree, and the yearly average cost to attend the school is $17,514. When we combine these numbers, we estimate that the cost to get a bachelor’s degree from MBTS is $87,570. The sooner a student graduates, the more money they can save.
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Moody Bible Institute earned the #3 spot in our 2024 rankings. Located in the large city of Chicago, Moody Theological Seminary and Graduate School is a private not-for-profit school with a small student population. As a testament to the quality of education offered at Moody Theological Seminary and Graduate School, the school also landed the #9 rank in our Best Religious Education Schools ranking.
It takes about 4.2 years for the average student at Moody Theological Seminary and Graduate School to complete their degree, and the estimated yearly cost for the school is $21,672. This means that the average student pays around $91,889 to get a bachelor’s degree from Moody Theological Seminary and Graduate School. Graduating sooner can prevent you from having to pay more money out of pocket.
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Franciscan University of Steubenville comes in at #4 in this year's ranking. Located in the small city of Steubenville, Franciscan U is a private not-for-profit college with a small student population. Franciscan U also made our Best Religious Education Schools list, coming in at #5.
It takes the average student at Franciscan U about 4.2 years to graduate, and the yearly average cost to attend the school is $30,491. This means that the average student pays around $126,538 to get a bachelor’s degree from Franciscan U. When you graduate sooner, you can save a lot of money.
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Our rankings recognize The Baptist College of Florida as the #5 school in this year's rankings. Located in the distant town of Graceville, BCF is a private not-for-profit college with a fairly small student population.
The average student at BCF graduates in less than 4.7 years, and it costs about $14,083 per year to attend the school. Looking at these numbers together, we estimate that the average cost of a bachelor’s degree from BCF is about $66,190. When you graduate sooner, you can save a lot of money.
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Crown College comes in at #6 in this year's ranking. Crown is a small private not-for-profit school located in the rural area of Saint Bonifacius.
At Crown, the average time it takes a student to graduate is 4.2 years, and the estimated yearly cost for the school is $30,890. Looking at these numbers together, we estimate that the average cost of a bachelor’s degree from Crown is about $129,120. When students graduate in a lesser amount of time, they can save thousands of dollars.
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Trinity International University - Florida earned the #7 spot in our 2024 rankings. Trinity International University - Florida is a small private not-for-profit school located in the suburb of Miami.
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Columbia International University landed the #8 spot in our 2024 rankings for best value religious education schools. Located in the city of Columbia, CIU is a private not-for-profit college with a small student population.
The average student at CIU graduates in less than 4.1 years, and on average, the annual cost to attend the school is $21,775. Putting this cost and the average time to graduate together, we find that the average amount you’ll pay to get a bachelor’s degree from CIU is $88,842. If you can shave even one term off your degree, you can save a substantial amount of money.
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Lee University landed the #9 spot in our 2024 rankings for best value religious education schools. Located in the small city of Cleveland, Lee University is a private not-for-profit college with a small student population.
The average amount of time it takes for a student to receive their degree at Lee University is 4.3 years, and the average full-time cost to attend the school is around $21,787. Thus, the average cost to get a bachelor’s degree from the Lee University is $94,556. When students graduate in a lesser amount of time, they can save thousands of dollars.
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Trinity International University - Illinois earned the #10 spot in our 2024 rankings. TIU Illinois is a small private not-for-profit school located in the suburb of Deerfield. In addition to being on our best value list, TIU Illinois has also earned the #8 rank in our Best Religious Education Schools ranking.
The average amount of time it takes for a student to receive their degree at TIU Illinois is 4.2 years, and on average, the annual cost to attend the school is $28,121. Thus, the average cost to get a bachelor’s degree from the TIU Illinois is $118,952. The sooner a student graduates, the more money they can save.
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Notes and References
*These averages are for the top 19 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).
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