2023 Most Well Attended Theology & Religious Vocations Major in South Dakota for a Master’s

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Theology & Religious Vocations is the 26th most popular major in the country with 27,459 degrees awarded in 2020-2021. In 2019-2020, theology and religious vocations graduates who were awarded their degree in 2017-2019, earned an average of $36,020 and had an average of $26,322 in loans still to pay off.

Across South Dakota, there were 70 theology and religious vocations graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 51 theology and religious vocations graduates with average earnings and debt of $60,795 and $0 respectively.

This year’s “Most Well Attended Theology & Religious Vocations Major in South Dakota for a Master’s” ranking looked at 2 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in theology and religious vocations. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have one of the most popular theology and religious vocations programs in the United States.

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Most Well Attended Theology & Religious Vocations Major in South Dakota for a Master’s

The colleges and universities below are the best for south dakota master’s degree theology & religious vocations students.

Top 2 Most Popular Master’s Degree Colleges for Theology & Religious Vocations in South Dakota

1

Sioux Falls Seminary
Sioux Falls, South Dakota

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Sioux Falls Seminary. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Most Well Attended Theology & Religious Vocations Major in South Dakota for a Master’s list. 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 46 masters’s degrees in 2020-2021.

The undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 1 to 1 is a sign that students will have more opportunities to engage with their professors one-on-one. The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 1.4%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.

Read full report on Theology & Religious Vocations at Sioux Falls Seminary

2

Institute of Lutheran Theology
Brookings, South Dakota

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Institute of Lutheran Theology. The school came in at #2 for the Most Well Attended Theology & Religious Vocations Major in South Dakota for a Master’s. ILT is a private not-for-profit institution located in Brookings, South Dakota. The school has a popular population, and it awarded 5 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 Theology & Religious Vocations at ILT

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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).
• 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.

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