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2022 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Religious Education in the Great Lakes Region

1 Ranked Colleges
5 Degrees Awarded
$17,800 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees*
Best Value Religious Ed Schools for a Doctorate in the Great Lakes Region

Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. Our mission at College Factual is to arm you with as much information as we can to help you make that decision. Our “Best Value Religious Ed Schools for a Doctorate in the Great Lakes Region” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.

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 doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 5 religious education graduates with average earnings and debt of $74,428 and $121,375 respectively.

This ranking identifies schools with high-quality religious education programs that also have a lower cost than schools of similar quality.

When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the religious education program at the school and the cost to attend the school once aid has been awarded. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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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 “Best Value Religious Ed Schools for a Doctorate in the Great Lakes Region” list, to help you choose the best school for you.

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Best Value Religious Ed Schools for a Doctorate in the Great Lakes Region

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Religious Ed Schools for a Doctorate in the Great Lakes Region.

Top 1 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Religious Education in the Great Lakes Region

#1 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Trinity International University - Illinois. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Religious Ed Schools for a Doctorate in the Great Lakes Region list. TIU Illinois is located in Deerfield, Illinois and, has a small student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 5 doctorate’s religious ed degrees to qualified students.

TIU Illinois not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #1 on our “Best Religious Education Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at TIU Illinois are $17,780, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

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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

  • *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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