2022 Best Value Religious Ed Schools for a Master’s in Missouri

It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. 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 Missouri” ranking is part of that endeavor.

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 Missouri, there were 28 religious education graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 7 religious education graduates with average earnings and debt of $51,588 and $39,214 respectively.

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

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

Top 1 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Religious Education in Missouri

#1

Midwestern Baptist Theological Seminary

Kansas City, Missouri

#1 in overall quality

$6,950 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 1 schools in the Best Value Religious Ed Schools for a Master’s in Missouri that were part of this year’s ranking, Midwestern Baptist Theological Seminary landed the #1 spot on the 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 took the #1 spot in our “Best Religious Education Master’s Degree Schools in Missouri” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at MBTS are $6,950, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read full report on Religious Education at MBTS

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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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