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2022 Best Value Religion Schools for a Master’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making $0-$30k

6 Ranked Colleges
116 Degrees Awarded
$30,900 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees*
Best Value Religion Schools for a Master's in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making $0-$30k

With all of the options students have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. At College Factual, we’re committed to helping you make that decision by providing information such as that found in our “Best Value Religion Schools for a Master’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking.

In 2019-2020, 9,704 people earned their degree in religious studies, making the major the 115th most popular in the United States. In 2017-2018, religious studies graduates who were awarded their degree in 2015-2017, earned an average of $32,163 and had an average of $28,712 in loans still to pay off.

Across the Great Lakes region, there were 545 religious studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $32,033 and $27,538 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 116 religious studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $57,039 and $42,488 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Religion Schools for a Master’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking analyzed 6 colleges that offered a degree in religious studies. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality religious studies programs that also have a lower cost than schools of similar quality.

When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the religious studies program at the school and the cost to attend the school once aid has been awarded. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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Best Value Religion Schools for a Master’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making $0-$30k

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Religion Schools for a Master’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making $0-$30k.

Top 6 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Religious Studies (Income $0-$30k) in the Great Lakes Region

#1

University of Notre Dame

Notre Dame, Indiana
#1 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Notre Dame. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Religion Schools for a Master’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making $0-$30k list. Notre Dame, Indiana is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out masters’s religion degrees to 5 students in 2019-2020.

Notre Dame also took the #1 spot in our “Best Religious Studies Master’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Notre Dame are $57,522, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

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#4 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Religion Schools for a Master’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making $0-$30k list. Champaign, Illinois is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s religion degrees to 2 students in 2019-2020.

UIUC also took the #4 spot in our “Best Religious Studies Master’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at UIUC are $30,083, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Read more about Religious Studies at UIUC

#3

Indiana University - Bloomington

Bloomington, Indiana
#2 in overall quality

Out of the 6 schools in the Best Value Religion Schools for a Master’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making $0-$30k that were part of this year’s ranking, Indiana University - Bloomington landed the #3 spot on the list. Indiana University - Bloomington is a public institution located in Bloomington, Indiana. The school has a large population, and it awarded 7 masters’s degrees in 2019-2020.

IU Bloomington also took the #2 spot in our “Best Religious Studies Master’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at IU Bloomington are $33,338, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read full report on Religious Studies at Indiana University - Bloomington

#4

Western Michigan University

Kalamazoo, Michigan
#5 in overall quality

Out of the 6 schools in the Best Value Religion Schools for a Master’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making $0-$30k that were part of this year’s ranking, Western Michigan University landed the #4 spot on the list. Western Michigan University is located in Kalamazoo, Michigan and, has a fairly large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 5 masters’s religion degrees to qualified students.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at WMU, the school also landed the #5 spot in our “Best Religious Studies Master’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at WMU are $31,355, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Read more about Religious Studies at WMU

#5

Marquette University

Milwaukee, Wisconsin

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Marquette University. The school came in at #5 for the Best Value Religion Schools for a Master’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making $0-$30k. Milwaukee, Wisconsin is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out masters’s religion degrees to 1 students in 2019-2020.

Marquette also took the #0 spot in our “Best Religious Studies Master’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Marquette are $21,690, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

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#3 in overall quality

With a ranking of #6, Mount Vernon Nazarene University did quite well on the 2022 Best Value Religion Schools for a Master’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making $0-$30k list. Mount Vernon Nazarene University is a small school located in Mount Vernon, Ohio that handed out 17 masters’s religion degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at MVNU, the school also landed the #3 spot in our “Best Religious Studies Master’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Mount Vernon Nazarene University are $8,964, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

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Notes and References

References

  • 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 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).
  • Information about the national average student loan default rate is from the U.S. Department of Education and refers to data about the 2016 borrower cohort tracking period for which the cohort default rate (CDR) was 10.1%.

Read more about our data sources and methodologies

Footnotes

  • *Average salary, average net price, and average tuition and fees are for the top schools only.
  • Some schools otherwise deserving of recognition may have been removed from this ranking in the event that new data identified post-publication warranted it, or at the request of the school.

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