2023 Best Lay Ministry Master’s Degree Colleges for Veterans in the Plains States Region
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With all of the options veterans have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. At College Factual, we’re committed to helping you make that decision by providing information such as that found in our “Most Veteran Friendly in the Plains States Region for Lay Ministry for a Master’s” 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 Plains States region, there were 56 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.
Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the lay ministry program at the school, veteran affordability, and veteran population. See our ranking methodology to learn more.
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Since the program you select can have a significant impact on your future, we’ve developed a number of rankings, including this “Most Veteran Friendly in the Plains States Region for Lay Ministry for a Master’s” list, to help you choose the best school for you.
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Most Veteran Friendly in the Plains States Region for Lay Ministry for a Master’s
The following schools top our list of the Best “Most Veteran Friendly in the Plains States Region for Lay Ministry for a Master’s”.
Top 1 Best Lay Ministry Master’s Degree Colleges for Veterans in the Plains States Region
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Covenant Theological Seminary. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Most Veteran Friendly in the Plains States Region for Lay Ministry for a Master’s list. Covenant Theological Seminary is a private not-for-profit institution located in Saint Louis, Missouri. The school has a small population, and it awarded 9 masters’s degrees in 2020-2021.
Covenant Seminary also made our “Best Lay Ministry Master’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” list, coming in at #1.Our most recent data shows that 15 of the 593 students enrolled at Covenant Theological Seminary were GI Bill® students, of which 13 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average tuition and fees award for the Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients was $8,350. On top of their other funding sources, 0 students qualified for the Yellow Ribbon Program.
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%. The impressive undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of to 1 means that students may have more opportunities to work more closely with their professors than they would at other schools.
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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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