2022 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Bible/Biblical Studies in Illinois

Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Best Value Bible Studies Schools for a Master’s in Illinois” ranking is part of that endeavor.

Bible/Biblical Studies is the 169th most popular major in the country with 4,250 degrees awarded in 2019-2020.

Across Illinois, there were 215 Bible/Biblical studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 76 Bible/Biblical studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $57,267 and $46,814 respectively.

Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent Bible/Biblical studies programs, but they also cost less that schools of similar quality.

To come up with these rankings, we looked at factors such as the cost to attend the school after aid is awarded and overall quality of the Bible/Biblical studies program at the school. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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Best Value Bible Studies Schools for a Master’s in Illinois

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Bible Studies Schools for a Master’s in Illinois.

Top 1 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Bible/Biblical Studies in Illinois

#1

Moody Bible Institute

Chicago, Illinois

#1 in overall quality

$8,930 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Moody Bible Institute. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Bible Studies Schools for a Master’s in Illinois list. Moody Bible Institute is a private not-for-profit institution located in Chicago, Illinois. The school has a small population, and it awarded 54 masters’s degrees in 2019-2020.

Moody Theological Seminary and Graduate School did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Bible/Biblical Studies Master’s Degree Schools in Illinois” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at Moody Theological Seminary and Graduate School are $8,930, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Full Moody Theological Seminary and Graduate School Bible/Biblical Studies Report

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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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