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2022 Best Religion/Religious Studies Doctor's Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region

3 Colleges in the Great Lakes Region
21 Doctor's Degrees
a doctor's degree in religion/religious studies is more popular than many other degrees. In fact, it ranks #92 out of 815 on popularity of all such degrees in the nation. As a result, there are many college that offer the degree, making your choice of school a hard one.

In 2022, College Factual analyzed 3 schools in order to identify the top ones for its Best Religion/Religious Studies Doctor's Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region ranking. Combined, these schools handed out 21 doctor's degrees in religion/religious studies to qualified students.

What's on this page: * Our Methodology

Choosing a Great Religion/Religious Studies School for Your Doctor's Degree

Best Religion/Religious Studies Doctor's Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region The religion doctor's degree program you select can have a big impact on your future. Important measures of a quality religion program can vary widely even among the top schools. To make it into this list, a school must excel in the following areas.

A Great Overall School

A school that excels in educating for a particular major and degree level must be a great school overall as well. To account for this we consider a college's overall Best Colleges for a Doctor's Degree ranking which itself looks at a host of different factors like degree completion, educational resources, student body caliber and post-graduation earnings for the school as a whole.

Other Factors We Consider

The metrics below are just some of the other metrics that we use to determine our rankings.

  • Major Focus - How much a school focuses on religion/religious studies students vs. other majors.
  • Major Demand - The number of religion/religious studies students who choose to seek a doctor's degree at the school.
  • Educational Resources - How many resources are allocated to students. These resources may include educational expenditures per student, number of students per instructor, and graduation rate among other things.
  • Accreditation - Whether a school is regionally accredited and/or accredited by a recognized religion/religious studies related body.

Our full ranking methodology documents in more detail how we consider these factors to identify the best colleges for religion/religious studies students working on their doctor's degree.

More Ways to Rank Religion/Religious Studies Schools

Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we've developed the Best Religion/Religious Studies Doctor's Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.

Best Schools for Doctorate Students to Study Religion/Religious Studies in the Great Lakes Region

Below you'll see a list of the best colleges and universities for pursuing a doctor's degree in religion/religious studies.

Top Great Lakes Region Schools for a Doctorate in Religion

Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type
2 Annual Graduates

Any student pursuing a degree in a doctor's degree in religion/religious studies needs to take a look at Northwestern University. Located in the small city of Evanston, Northwestern is a private not-for-profit university with a fairly large student population.More information about a doctorate in religion/religious studies from Northwestern University

#2

Marquette University

Milwaukee, WI
Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type
8 Annual Graduates

It is hard to beat Marquette University if you want to pursue a doctor's degree in religion/religious studies. Marquette is a large private not-for-profit university located in the large city of Milwaukee.More information about a doctorate in religion/religious studies from Marquette University

Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type
3 Annual Graduates

Every student who is interested in a doctor's degree in religion/religious studies has to look into Indiana University - Bloomington. Located in the city of Bloomington, IU Bloomington is a public university with a very large student population.More information about a doctorate in religion/religious studies from Indiana University - Bloomington

Best Religion/Religious Studies Colleges by State

Explore the best religion/religious studies schools for a specific state in the Great Lakes Region .

State Colleges Degrees Awarded
Illinois 270 7
Michigan 251 4
Indiana 199 3
Wisconsin 156 6

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Religion/Religious Studies is one of 7 different types of Religious Studies programs to choose from.

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Notes and References

  • 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).
  • Credit for the banner image above goes to Sowlos. More about our data sources and methodologies.

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