2023 Most Popular Master’s Degree Colleges for Youth Ministry in the Great Lakes Region

When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. College Factual has developed its “Most Well Attended Youth Ministry Major in the Great Lakes Region for a Master’s” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.

In 2020-2021, 434 people earned their degree in youth ministry, making the major the 616th most popular in the United States.

Across the Great Lakes region, there were 98 youth ministry graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 10 youth ministry graduates with average earnings and debt of $58,892 and $0 respectively.

For this year’s “Most Well Attended Youth Ministry Major in the Great Lakes Region for a Master’s” ranking, we looked at 5 colleges that offer a degree in youth ministry. This ranking identifies schools that graduate the most students in youth ministry.

See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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Most Well Attended Youth Ministry Major in the Great Lakes Region for a Master’s

The colleges and universities below are the best for great lakes region master’s degree youth ministry students.

Top 5 Most Popular Master’s Degree Colleges for Youth Ministry in the Great Lakes Region

1

Andrews University
Berrien Springs, Michigan

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Andrews University. The school came in at #1 for the Most Well Attended Youth Ministry Major in the Great Lakes Region for a Master’s. Andrews is located in Berrien Springs, Michigan and, has a small student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 7 masters’s youth ministry degrees to qualified students.

Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 85%. The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 3.5%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. The undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 10 to 1 is a sign that students will have more opportunities to engage with their professors one-on-one.

Read more about Youth Ministry at Andrews University

2

Indiana Wesleyan University - National & Global
Marion, Indiana

Out of the 5 schools in the Most Well Attended Youth Ministry Major in the Great Lakes Region for a Master’s that were part of this year’s ranking, Indiana Wesleyan University - National & Global landed the #2 spot on the list. Located in Marion, Indiana, this fairly large private not-for-profit school handed out 2 diplomas to qualified masters’s youth ministry students in 2020-2021.

The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 5.0%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.

Read more about Youth Ministry at Indiana Wesleyan University - National & Global

3

Huntington University
Huntington, Indiana

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Huntington University. The school came in at #3 for the Most Well Attended Youth Ministry Major in the Great Lakes Region for a Master’s. Huntington is a small private not-for-profit school situated in Huntington, Indiana. It awarded 1 masters’s youth ministry degrees in 2020-2021.

The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 2.4%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

Read full report on Youth Ministry at Huntington University

4

Olivet Nazarene University
Bourbonnais, Illinois

Out of the 5 schools in the Most Well Attended Youth Ministry Major in the Great Lakes Region for a Master’s that were part of this year’s ranking, Olivet Nazarene University landed the #4 spot on the list. Olivet Nazarene University is a private not-for-profit institution located in Bourbonnais, Illinois. The school has a small population, and it awarded 9 masters’s degrees in 2020-2021.

The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 2.7%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.

Full Olivet Nazarene University Youth Ministry Report

4

Capital University
Columbus, Ohio

Out of the 5 schools in the Most Well Attended Youth Ministry Major in the Great Lakes Region for a Master’s that were part of this year’s ranking, Capital University landed the #4 spot on the list. This small school is located in Columbus, Ohio, and it awarded 0 masters’s youth ministry degrees in 2020-2021.

The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 4.1%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

Read full report on Youth Ministry at Capital University

• Most Popular Master’s Degree Colleges for Youth 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

• *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.