2022 Best Value Religious Ed Schools for a Master’s in the Plains States Region For Those Making $30-$48k

When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. One of our goals at College Factual is to give you as much information as we can - such as our “Best Value Religious Ed Schools for a Master’s in the Plains States Region For Those Making $30-$48k” ranking - to help you make that decision.

Religious Education is the 215th most popular major in the country with 1,336 degrees awarded in 2019-2020. In 2017-2018, religious education graduates who were awarded their degree in 2015-2017, earned an average of $28,663 and had an average of $31,603 in loans still to pay off.

Across the Plains States region, there were 108 religious education graduates with average earnings and debt of $31,100 and $30,000 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 32 religious education graduates with average earnings and debt of $53,438 and $39,783 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value Religious Ed Schools for a Master’s in the Plains States Region For Those Making $30-$48k” ranking, we looked at 3 colleges that offer a degree in religious education. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality religious education programs that also have a lower cost than schools of similar quality.

Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the religious education program at the school and the cost of the school after aid is awarded among other things. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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When choosing the right school for you, it’s important to arm yourself with all the facts you can. To that end, we’ve created a number of major-specific rankings, including this “Best Value Religious Ed Schools for a Master’s in the Plains States Region For Those Making $30-$48k” list to help you make the college decision.

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Best Value Religious Ed Schools for a Master’s in the Plains States Region For Those Making $30-$48k

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Religious Ed Schools for a Master’s in the Plains States Region For Those Making $30-$48k.

Top 3 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Religious Education (Income $30-$48k) in the Plains States Region

#1

Midwestern Baptist Theological Seminary

Kansas City, Missouri

#3 in overall quality

$6,950 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Midwestern Baptist Theological Seminary. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Religious Ed Schools for a Master’s in the Plains States Region For Those Making $30-$48k list. MBTS is a small private not-for-profit school situated in Kansas City, Missouri. It awarded 3 masters’s religious ed degrees in 2019-2020.

MBTS also made our “Best Religious Education Master’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” list, coming in at #3. Average graduate tuition and fees at MBTS are $6,950, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Full MBTS Religious Education Report

#2

Bethel University Minnesota

Saint Paul, Minnesota

#1 in overall quality

$11,700 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Bethel University Minnesota. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Religious Ed Schools for a Master’s in the Plains States Region For Those Making $30-$48k list. This small school is located in Saint Paul, Minnesota, and it awarded 6 masters’s religious ed degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Bethel University Minnesota, the school also landed the #1 spot in our “Best Religious Education Master’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Bethel University Minnesota are $11,700, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Full Bethel University Minnesota Religious Education Report

#3

Crown College

Saint Bonifacius, Minnesota

#2 in overall quality

$10,270 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Crown College. It ranked #3 on our 2022 Best Value Religious Ed Schools for a Master’s in the Plains States Region For Those Making $30-$48k list. This small school is located in Saint Bonifacius, Minnesota, and it awarded 19 masters’s religious ed degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Crown, the school also landed the #2 spot in our “Best Religious Education Master’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Crown College are $10,270, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Read full report on Religious Education at Crown College

• Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Religious Education (Income $30-$48k)

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

• *Average salary, average net price, and average tuition and fees 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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