2023 Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Missions/Missionary Studies and Missiology Major in the Plains States Region

It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. College Factual has developed its “Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Missions/Missionary Studies and Missiology Major in the Plains States Region” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.

Missions/Missionary Studies & Missiology is the 448th most popular major in the country with 1,220 degrees awarded in 2020-2021.

Across the Plains States region, there were 263 missions/missionary studies and missiology graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 10 missions/missionary studies and missiology graduates with average earnings and debt of $75,829 and $0 respectively.

This year’s “Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Missions/Missionary Studies and Missiology Major in the Plains States Region” ranking looked at 2 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in missions/missionary studies and missiology. The colleges and universities that top this list are recognized because their missions/missionary studies and missiology program is one of the largest majors offered at the school.

For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we’ve developed the “Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Missions/Missionary Studies and Missiology Major in the Plains States Region” ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.

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Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Missions/Missionary Studies and Missiology Major in the Plains States Region

The colleges and universities below are the best for plains states region doctor’s degree missions/missionary studies and missiology students.

Top 2 Most Focused Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Missions/Missionary Studies & Missiology in the Plains States Region

1

Evangel University
Springfield, Missouri

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Evangel University. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Missions/Missionary Studies and Missiology Major in the Plains States Region list. Evangel is a private not-for-profit institution located in Springfield, Missouri. The school has a small population, and it awarded 10 doctorate’s degrees in 2020-2021.

The low undergrad student loan default rate of 4.7% 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%.

Full Evangel Missions/Missionary Studies & Missiology Report

2

Bethel University Minnesota
Saint Paul, Minnesota

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Bethel University Minnesota. The school came in at #2 for the Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Missions/Missionary Studies and Missiology Major in the Plains States Region. Located in Saint Paul, Minnesota, this small private not-for-profit school awarded 0 diplomas to qualified doctorate’s missions/missionary studies and missiology students in 2020-2021.

The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 1.9%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 85%.

Read full report on Missions/Missionary Studies & Missiology at Bethel University Minnesota

• Most Focused Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Missions/Missionary Studies & Missiology

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

• *Avg Salary and Avg 4-Year Grad Rate 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.