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2022 Best Value Religion Schools for a Master’s in Minnesota For Those Making $0-$30k

2 Ranked Colleges
31 Degrees Awarded
$17,600 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees*
Best Value Religion Schools for a Master's in Minnesota For Those Making $0-$30k

When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. Our mission at College Factual is to arm you with as much information as we can to help you make that decision. Our “Best Value Religion Schools for a Master’s in Minnesota For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.

Religious Studies is the 115th most popular major in the country with 9,704 degrees awarded in 2019-2020. 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 Minnesota, there were 135 religious studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $25,200 and $21,050 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 31 religious studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $55,396 and $40,953 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value Religion Schools for a Master’s in Minnesota For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking, we looked at 2 colleges that offer 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.

Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the religious studies program at the school and the cost of the school after aid is awarded among other things. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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When choosing the right school for you, it’s important to arm yourself with all the facts you can. To that end, we’ve created a number of major-specific rankings, including this “Best Value Religion Schools for a Master’s in Minnesota For Those Making $0-$30k” list to help you make the college decision.

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Best Value Religion Schools for a Master’s in Minnesota For Those Making $0-$30k

The colleges and universities below are the best for minnesota master’s degree religion students whose families make $0-$30k.

Top 2 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Religious Studies (Income $0-$30k) in Minnesota

#1

Crown College

Saint Bonifacius, Minnesota

Out of the 2 schools in the Best Value Religion Schools for a Master’s in Minnesota For Those Making $0-$30k that were part of this year’s ranking, Crown College landed the #1 spot on the list. Crown College is a private not-for-profit institution located in Saint Bonifacius, Minnesota. The school has a small population, and it awarded 13 masters’s degrees in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our minnesota master’s degree religion students whose families make $0-$30k list, Crown has also earned the #2 rank in our “Best Religious Studies Master’s Degree Schools in Minnesota” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Crown are $10,270, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read full report on Religious Studies at Crown

#2

University of St Thomas Minnesota

Saint Paul, Minnesota
#1 in overall quality

Out of the 2 schools in the Best Value Religion Schools for a Master’s in Minnesota For Those Making $0-$30k that were part of this year’s ranking, University of St Thomas Minnesota landed the #2 spot on the list. UST MN is a medium-sized school located in Saint Paul, Minnesota that handed out 11 masters’s religion degrees in 2019-2020.

UST MN also took the #1 spot in our “Best Religious Studies Master’s Degree Schools in Minnesota” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at UST MN are $24,814, 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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