2022 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Lay Ministry 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 was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Best Value Lay Ministry Schools for a Master’s in the Plains States Region” ranking is part of that endeavor.

Lay Ministry is the 672nd most popular major in the country with 481 degrees awarded in 2019-2020.

Across the Plains States region, there were 82 lay ministry graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 22 lay ministry graduates with average earnings and debt of $53,438 and $39,783 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Lay Ministry Schools for a Master’s in the Plains States Region” ranking analyzed 2 colleges that offered a degree in lay ministry. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great lay ministry programs and cost less that schools of similar quality.

To come up with these rankings, we looked at factors such as the cost to attend the school after aid is awarded and overall quality of the lay ministry program at the school. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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When choosing the right school for you, it’s important to arm yourself with all the facts you can. To that end, we’ve created a number of major-specific rankings, including this “Best Value Lay Ministry Schools for a Master’s in the Plains States Region” list to help you make the college decision.

We’ve created a tool called College Combat that lets you create your own customized comparisons based on the factors that matter the most to you. When you have some time, check it out - you may want to bookmark the link so you don’t forget it.

Best Value Lay Ministry 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 lay ministry students.

Top 2 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Lay Ministry in the Plains States Region

#1

Sioux Falls Seminary

Sioux Falls, South Dakota

#1 in overall quality

$3,600 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Sioux Falls Seminary. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value Lay Ministry Schools for a Master’s in the Plains States Region. Sioux Falls Seminary is a private not-for-profit institution located in Sioux Falls, South Dakota. The school has a small population, and it awarded 8 masters’s degrees in 2019-2020.

North American Baptist Seminary also took the #1 spot in our “Best Lay Ministry Master’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Sioux Falls Seminary are $3,600, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read more about Lay Ministry at Sioux Falls Seminary

#2

Covenant Theological Seminary

Saint Louis, Missouri

#2 in overall quality

$13,950 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Covenant Theological Seminary. The school came in at #2 for the Best Value Lay Ministry Schools for a Master’s in the Plains States Region. Saint Louis, Missouri is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out masters’s lay ministry degrees to 2 students in 2019-2020.

Covenant Seminary also made our “Best Lay Ministry Master’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” list, coming in at #2. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at Covenant Theological Seminary are $13,950.

Read full report on Lay Ministry at Covenant Seminary

• Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Lay Ministry

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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