by our College Data Analytics Team
When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. At College Factual, we’re committed to helping you make that decision by providing information such as that found in our “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Lay Ministry Major in the Great Lakes Region” ranking.
In 2020-2021, 504 people earned their degree in lay ministry, making the major the 630th most popular in the United States.
Across the Great Lakes region, there were 147 lay ministry graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 24 lay ministry graduates with average earnings and debt of $58,892 and $0 respectively.
This year’s “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Lay Ministry Major in the Great Lakes Region” ranking analyzed 8 colleges that offered a degree in lay ministry. That schools that top this list have a program in lay ministry in which the largest percentage of students at the school are enrolled.
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The colleges and universities below are the best for great lakes region master’s degree lay ministry students.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Athenaeum of Ohio. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Lay Ministry Major in the Great Lakes Region list. Athenaeum of Ohio is a small school located in Cincinnati, Ohio that handed out 3 masters’s lay ministry degrees in 2020-2021.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend United Theological Seminary. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Lay Ministry Major in the Great Lakes Region list. United Theological Seminary is a private not-for-profit institution located in Dayton, Ohio. The school has a small population, and it awarded 9 masters’s degrees in 2020-2021.
With a undergrad student-to-faculty ratio of to 1, it’s easy to see that the school is committed to helping their undergraduates succeed.
Read full report on Lay Ministry at United Theological Seminary
Out of the 8 schools in the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Lay Ministry Major in the Great Lakes Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Meadville Lombard Theological School landed the #3 spot on the list. This small school is located in Chicago, Illinois, and it awarded 1 masters’s lay ministry degrees in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 3.9%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. Since the school has a undergrad student-to-faculty ratio of to 1, those pursuing a degree will have more opportunities to interact with their professors.
Read full report on Lay Ministry at Meadville Lombard Theological School
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Kuyper College. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Lay Ministry Major in the Great Lakes Region list. Located in Grand Rapids, Michigan, this small private not-for-profit school handed out 2 diplomas to qualified masters’s lay ministry students in 2020-2021.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 3.3%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. The undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 9 to 1 is a sign that students will have more opportunities to engage with their professors one-on-one.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Judson University. The school came in at #5 for the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Lay Ministry Major in the Great Lakes Region. Located in Elgin, Illinois, this small private not-for-profit school handed out 5 diplomas to qualified masters’s lay ministry students in 2020-2021.
Since the school has a undergrad student-to-faculty ratio of 10 to 1, those pursuing a degree will have more opportunities to interact with their professors. The low undergrad student loan default rate of 4.3% 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%.
With a ranking of #6, Grace College and Theological Seminary did quite well on the 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Lay Ministry Major in the Great Lakes Region list. Grace College and Theological Seminary is a small school located in Winona Lake, Indiana that handed out 3 masters’s lay ministry degrees in 2020-2021.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 3.1% 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%.
With a ranking of #7, Ursuline College did quite well on the 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Lay Ministry Major in the Great Lakes Region list. Pepper Pike, Ohio is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out masters’s lay ministry degrees to 1 students in 2020-2021.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 2.9%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. Since the school has a undergrad student-to-faculty ratio of 8 to 1, those pursuing a degree will have more opportunities to interact with their professors.
Marian University ranked #8 on this year’s Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Lay Ministry Major in the Great Lakes Region list. Located in Indianapolis, Indiana, this small private not-for-profit school handed out 0 diplomas to qualified masters’s lay ministry students in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 3.3%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
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