2022 Best Value Church Planting Schools for a Bachelor’s For Those Making $0-$30k

With all of the options students have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. One of our goals at College Factual is to give you as much information as we can - such as our “Best Value Church Planting Schools for a Bachelor’s For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking - to help you make that decision.

With 7 degrees handed out in 2019-2020, church planting is the most popular major in the United States.

At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 6 church planting graduates with average earnings and debt of $38,303 and $24,501 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value Church Planting Schools for a Bachelor’s For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking, we looked at 2 colleges that offer a degree in church planting. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality church planting programs that also have a lower cost than schools of similar quality.

Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the church planting program at the school and the cost of the school after aid is awarded among other things. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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Best Value Church Planting Schools for a Bachelor’s For Those Making $0-$30k

The colleges and universities below are the best for bachelor’s degree church planting students whose families make $0-$30k.

Top 2 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Church Planting (Income $0-$30k)

#1

Ozark Christian College

Joplin, Missouri

#2 in overall quality

$13,905 Average Net Price

Out of the 2 schools in the Best Value Church Planting Schools for a Bachelor’s For Those Making $0-$30k that were part of this year’s ranking, Ozark Christian College landed the #1 spot on the list. This small school is located in Joplin, Missouri, and it awarded 3 bachelors’s church planting degrees in 2019-2020.

Ozark Christian College also made our “Best Church Planting Bachelor’s Degree Schools” list, coming in at #2. The yearly cost to attend Ozark Christian College is $13,905 for Bachelor’s Degree Church Planting students whose families make $0-$30k.

The low student loan default rate of 5.0% 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%.

Read full report on Church Planting at Ozark Christian College

#2

Criswell College

Dallas, Texas

#1 in overall quality

$14,056 Average Net Price

Out of the 2 schools in the Best Value Church Planting Schools for a Bachelor’s For Those Making $0-$30k that were part of this year’s ranking, Criswell College landed the #2 spot on the list. Located in Dallas, Texas, this small private not-for-profit school awarded 3 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s church planting students in 2019-2020.

Criswell College not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #1 on our “Best Church Planting Bachelor’s Degree Schools” list. It costs about $14,056 for Bachelor’s Degree Church Planting students whose families make $0-$30k per year to attend Criswell College.

The student-to-faculty ratio of 7 to 1 is a sign that students will have more opportunities to engage with their professors one-on-one.

Read full report on Church Planting at Criswell College

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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