2022 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Religious Education in the Great Lakes Region (With Aid)
When pursuing a degree in today’s world, students have many different options to choose from. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Best Value Religious Ed Schools for a Master’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Getting Aid” ranking is part of that endeavor.
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 Great Lakes region, there were 246 religious education graduates with average earnings and debt of $27,340 and $28,362 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 86 religious education graduates with average earnings and debt of $57,039 and $42,488 respectively.
This year’s “Best Value Religious Ed Schools for a Master’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Getting Aid” ranking looked at 6 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in religious education. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great religious education programs and cost less that schools of similar quality.
To come up with these rankings, we looked at factors such as the cost to attend the school after aid is awarded and overall quality of the religious education program at the school. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.
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Best Value Religious Ed Schools for a Master’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Getting Aid
The colleges and universities below are the best for great lakes region master’s degree religious ed students with aid.
Top 6 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Religious Education in the Great Lakes Region (With Aid)
Out of the 6 schools in the Best Value Religious Ed Schools for a Master’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Getting Aid that were part of this year’s ranking, Andrews University landed the #1 spot on the list. Andrews is a small school located in Berrien Springs, Michigan that handed out 2 masters’s religious ed degrees in 2019-2020.
As a testament to the quality of education offered at Andrews, the school also landed the #0 spot in our “Best Religious Education Master’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Andrews are $28,910, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.
Out of the 6 schools in the Best Value Religious Ed Schools for a Master’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Getting Aid that were part of this year’s ranking, Franciscan University of Steubenville landed the #2 spot on the list. Franciscan U is a small school located in Steubenville, Ohio that handed out 26 masters’s religious ed degrees in 2019-2020.
Franciscan U not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #2 on our “Best Religious Education Master’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at Franciscan U are $12,888, but some majors have different tuition rates.
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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Indiana Wesleyan University - National & Global. It ranked #3 on our 2022 Best Value Religious Ed Schools for a Master’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Getting Aid list. Indiana Wesleyan University - National & Global is a fairly large school located in Marion, Indiana that handed out 8 masters’s religious ed degrees in 2019-2020.
As a testament to the quality of education offered at IWU, the school also landed the #4 spot in our “Best Religious Education Master’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at IWU are $11,977, but some majors have different tuition rates.
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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Trinity International University - Illinois. The school came in at #4 for the Best Value Religious Ed Schools for a Master’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Getting Aid. Trinity International University - Illinois is a small private not-for-profit school situated in Deerfield, Illinois. It awarded 6 masters’s religious ed degrees in 2019-2020.
TIU Illinois also made our “Best Religious Education Master’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” list, coming in at #3. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at TIU Illinois are $17,780.
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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Cornerstone University. The school came in at #5 for the Best Value Religious Ed Schools for a Master’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Getting Aid. Located in Grand Rapids, Michigan, this small private not-for-profit school handed out 11 degrees to qualified masters’s religious ed students in 2019-2020.
Cornerstone not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #5 on our “Best Religious Education Master’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at Cornerstone University are $14,710, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.
Wheaton College Illinois came in at #6 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Religious Ed Schools for a Master’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Getting Aid ranking. Wheaton College Illinois is a small private not-for-profit school situated in Wheaton, Illinois. It awarded 16 masters’s religious ed degrees in 2019-2020.
Wheaton College Illinois also took the #1 spot in our “Best Religious Education Master’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Wheaton College Illinois are $17,424, but some majors have different tuition rates.
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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%.
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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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