2022 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Religious Education in the Plains States Region

With all of the options students have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. 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 Master’s in the Plains States Region” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.

In 2019-2020, 1,336 people earned their degree in religious education, making the major the 215th most popular in the United States. 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.

This year’s “Best Value Religious Ed Schools for a Master’s in the Plains States Region” ranking looked at 3 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.

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. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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Best Value Religious Ed Schools for a Master’s in the Plains States Region

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Religious Ed Schools for a Master’s in the Plains States Region.

Top 3 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Religious Education in the Plains States Region

#1

Midwestern Baptist Theological Seminary

Kansas City, Missouri

#3 in overall quality

$6,950 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 3 schools in the Best Value Religious Ed Schools for a Master’s in the Plains States Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Midwestern Baptist Theological Seminary landed the #1 spot on the list. Located in Kansas City, Missouri, this small private not-for-profit school handed out 3 degrees to qualified masters’s religious ed students in 2019-2020.

MBTS not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #3 on our “Best Religious Education Master’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at Midwestern Baptist Theological Seminary are $6,950, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Full Midwestern Baptist Theological Seminary Religious Education Report

#2

Crown College

Saint Bonifacius, Minnesota

#2 in overall quality

$10,270 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 3 schools in the Best Value Religious Ed Schools for a Master’s in the Plains States Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Crown College landed the #2 spot on the list. Located in Saint Bonifacius, Minnesota, this small private not-for-profit school awarded 19 diplomas to qualified masters’s religious ed students in 2019-2020.

Crown also took the #2 spot in our “Best Religious Education Master’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” ranking. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at Crown are $10,270.

Read more about Religious Education at Crown College

#3

Bethel University Minnesota

Saint Paul, Minnesota

#1 in overall quality

$11,700 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Bethel University Minnesota. The school came in at #3 for the Best Value Religious Ed Schools for a Master’s in the Plains States Region. Bethel University Minnesota is located in Saint Paul, Minnesota and, has a small student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 6 masters’s religious ed degrees to qualified students.

Bethel University Minnesota not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #1 on our “Best Religious Education Master’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” list. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at Bethel University Minnesota are $11,700.

Read more about Religious Education at Bethel University Minnesota

• Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Religious Education

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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