2027 Best Value Missions/Missionary Studies & Missiology Schools in Illinois
[Missions/Missionary Studies & Missiology](/majors/theology-and-religious-vocations/missionary-studies/missions-missionary-studies-and-missiology/) programs reward a close look at where your money goes furthest. A high-value program keeps cost low while graduates go on to earn well.
For its 2027 best-value ranking, College Factual looked at 2 schools to find the best return on investment for missions/missionary studies & missiology students.
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2027 Best Value Missions/Missionary Studies & Missiology Schools in Illinois
If you want to know which schools deliver the best value for the missions/missionary studies & missiology degrees they offer, see the list below.
Best Value Missions/Missionary Studies & Missiology Schools
For return on investment in missions/missionary studies & missiology, no school beat Moody Bible Institute this year. Moody Bible Institute is a mid-sized private not-for-profit school located in the city of Chicago. The average in-state cost of tuition and fees is $15,786. Students borrow a median of $15,000 to complete the missions/missionary studies & missiology program here. Soon after graduation, missions/missionary studies & missiology degree recipients from Moody Bible Institute generally make around $26,236. Weighed against typical debt, the earnings make a compelling case for value. Moody Bible Institute admits about 83% of applicants.
The strong cost-to-outcome balance at Wheaton College Illinois earned it the #2 place for missions/missionary studies & missiology. Located in the suburb of Wheaton, Wheaton College Illinois is a mid-sized private not-for-profit university. Expect in-state tuition and fees of around $45,546. Missions/missionary Studies & Missiology graduates carry a median of $23,292 in student loans. Early-career missions/missionary studies & missiology graduates make about $43,654. That is a strong return on a $23,292 median debt. Roughly 87% of applicants are accepted.
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Notes and References
The ranking above is published by College Factual (MF_RANKING_2025), 2027 edition. The methodology weighs the cost of a degree against the earnings graduates go on to achieve, drawn primarily from the U.S. Department of Education (IPEDS and College Scorecard).
Ranking method: College Major Best Value · 2 schools evaluated.
*Averages shown above reflect the top 2 ranked schools only.
- 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).
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