2022 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Biblical Studies in the Plains States Region

When pursuing a degree in today’s world, students have many different options to choose from. 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 Schools for a Master’s in the Plains States Region” ranking is part of that endeavor.

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 the Plains States region, there were 729 Biblical studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $29,900 and $21,311 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 17 Biblical studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $53,438 and $39,783 respectively.

The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great Biblical studies programs and cost less that schools of similar quality.

Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the Biblical studies program at the school and the cost of the school after aid is awarded among other things. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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

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Best Value Bible Schools for a Master’s in the Plains States Region

The colleges and universities below are the best for plains states region master’s degree bible students.

Top 1 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Biblical Studies in the Plains States Region

#1

Sioux Falls Seminary

Sioux Falls, South Dakota

#1 in overall quality

$3,600 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 1 schools in the Best Value Bible Schools for a Master’s in the Plains States Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Sioux Falls Seminary landed the #1 spot on the list. Sioux Falls Seminary is a small school located in Sioux Falls, South Dakota that handed out 6 masters’s Bible degrees in 2019-2020.

North American Baptist Seminary did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Biblical Studies Master’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at Sioux Falls Seminary are $3,600, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read full report on Biblical Studies at Sioux Falls Seminary

• Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Biblical Studies

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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