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2022 Best Value Bible Schools for a Bachelor’s in Illinois

4 Ranked Colleges
118 Degrees Awarded
$20,900 Avg Net Price*
Best Value Bible Schools for a Bachelor's in Illinois

When pursuing a degree in today’s world, students have many different options to choose from. At College Factual, we’re committed to helping you make that decision by providing information such as that found in our “Best Value Bible Schools for a Bachelor’s in Illinois” ranking.

Biblical Studies is the 141st most popular major in the country with 4,250 degrees awarded in 2019-2020. In 2017-2018, Biblical studies graduates who were awarded their degree in 2015-2017, earned an average of $27,768 and had an average of $24,104 in loans still to pay off.

Across Illinois, there were 215 Biblical studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $26,100 and $21,500 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 118 Biblical studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $38,319 and $24,183 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Bible Schools for a Bachelor’s in Illinois” ranking analyzed 4 colleges that offered a degree in Biblical studies. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality Biblical 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 Biblical 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 Bible Schools for a Bachelor’s in Illinois

The colleges and universities below are the best for illinois bachelor’s degree bible students.

Top 4 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Biblical Studies in Illinois

#1

Moody Bible Institute

Chicago, Illinois

Out of the 4 schools in the Best Value Bible Schools for a Bachelor’s in Illinois that were part of this year’s ranking, Moody Bible Institute landed the #1 spot on the list. Moody Bible Institute is located in Chicago, Illinois and, has a small student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 80 bachelors’s Bible degrees to qualified students.

In addition to being on our illinois bachelor’s degree bible students list, Moody Theological Seminary and Graduate School has also earned the #1 rank in our “Best Biblical Studies Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Illinois” ranking. The yearly cost to attend Moody Theological Seminary and Graduate School is $16,646 for Illinois Bachelor’s Degree Bible students.

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#2

Olivet Nazarene University

Bourbonnais, Illinois
#3 in overall quality

Out of the 4 schools in the Best Value Bible Schools for a Bachelor’s in Illinois that were part of this year’s ranking, Olivet Nazarene University landed the #2 spot on the list. Olivet Nazarene is a small private not-for-profit school situated in Bourbonnais, Illinois. It awarded 1 bachelors’s Bible degrees in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our illinois bachelor’s degree bible students list, Olivet Nazarene has also earned the #3 rank in our “Best Biblical Studies Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Illinois” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for Olivet Nazarene is $20,195 for illinois bachelor’s degree bible students.

The school has an impressive student loan default rate. It’s only 3.4%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

Read more about Biblical Studies at Olivet Nazarene University

#3

Wheaton College Illinois

Wheaton, Illinois

Out of the 4 schools in the Best Value Bible Schools for a Bachelor’s in Illinois that were part of this year’s ranking, Wheaton College Illinois landed the #3 spot on the list. Wheaton, Illinois is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out bachelors’s Bible degrees to 23 students in 2019-2020.

Wheaton College Illinois also took the #2 spot in our “Best Biblical Studies Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Illinois” ranking. It costs about $25,358 for Illinois Bachelor’s Degree Bible students per year to attend Wheaton College Illinois.

The low student loan default rate of 0.7% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 90%. The student-to-faculty ratio of 10 to 1 is a sign that students will have more opportunities to engage with their professors one-on-one.

Read more about Biblical Studies at Wheaton College Illinois

#4 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Trinity International University - Illinois. It ranked #4 on our 2022 Best Value Bible Schools for a Bachelor’s in Illinois list. Located in Deerfield, Illinois, this small private not-for-profit school awarded 3 degrees to qualified bachelors’s Bible students in 2019-2020.

TIU Illinois also made our “Best Biblical Studies Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Illinois” list, coming in at #4. It costs about $21,204 for Illinois Bachelor’s Degree Bible students per year to attend TIU Illinois.

The impressive student-to-faculty ratio of 8 to 1 means that students may have more opportunities to work more closely with their professors than they would at other schools.

Read more about Biblical Studies at TIU Illinois

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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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