2022 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Religious Studies in Michigan

With all of the options students have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. College Factual has developed its “Best Value Religion Schools for a Master’s in Michigan” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.

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 Michigan, there were 120 religious studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 20 religious studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $58,608 and $41,198 respectively.

Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent religious studies programs, but they also cost less that 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. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

More Ways to Rank Religious Studies Schools

Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we’ve developed the “Best Value Religion Schools for a Master’s in Michigan” ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.

You can create your own custom comparison that focuses on the factors most important to you using our tool, College Combat. If you’re torn between two schools, you can use it to help you see how they stack up against one another. Bookmark it so you can compare any new schools that might interest you.

Best Value Religion Schools for a Master’s in Michigan

The colleges and universities below are the best for michigan master’s degree religion students.

Top 1 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Religious Studies in Michigan

#1

Western Michigan University

Kalamazoo, Michigan

#1 in overall quality

$31,355 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 1 schools in the Best Value Religion Schools for a Master’s in Michigan that were part of this year’s ranking, Western Michigan University landed the #1 spot on the list. This fairly large school is located in Kalamazoo, Michigan, and it awarded 5 masters’s religion degrees in 2019-2020.

WMU also took the #1 spot in our “Best Religious Studies Master’s Degree Schools in Michigan” ranking. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at WMU are $31,355.

Read more about Religious Studies at WMU

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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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