2023 Best Lay Ministry Master’s Degree Colleges for Veterans in the Great Lakes Region
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Ranked Colleges
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Degrees Awarded
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When it comes to choosing a college, veterans have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Most Veteran Friendly in the Great Lakes Region for Lay Ministry for a Master’s” ranking is part of that endeavor.
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.
Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent lay ministry programs, but they also offer a lot of support to veterans and active service members.
To come up with these rankings, we looked at factors such as veteran satisfaction, veteran affordability, and overall quality of the lay ministry program at the school. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.
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Most Veteran Friendly in the Great Lakes Region for Lay Ministry for a Master’s
The following schools top our list of the Best “Most Veteran Friendly in the Great Lakes Region for Lay Ministry for a Master’s”.
Top 1 Best Lay Ministry Master’s Degree Colleges for Veterans in the Great Lakes Region
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Grace College and Theological Seminary. The school came in at #1 for the Most Veteran Friendly in the Great Lakes Region for Lay Ministry for a Master’s. 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.
Grace College not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #1 on our “Best Lay Ministry Master’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” list.Our most recent data shows that 27 of the 1,901 students enrolled at Grace College were GI Bill® students, of which 20 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average tuition and fees award for the Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients was $8,455. To help with additional expenses, 0 students received funds through the Yellow Ribbon Program. Eligible students may be able to receive credit for their military training.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only [DEFAULT_RATE_STRING]%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
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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).
- Veteran-specific data can be found at the U.S. Department of Veteran Affairs.
- 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
- *Avg Salary and Avg 4-Year Grad Rate are for the top schools only.
- **GI Bill® student total includes all chapters of the GI Bill® program (e.g., Post-9/11, Montgomery GI Bill, Reserve Education Assistance Program, and Veteran Readiness and Employment)
- 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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