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2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Religious Ed Major in the Plains States Region

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Schools for a Master's Highly Focused on Religious Ed Major in the Plains States Region

Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Religious Ed Major in the Plains States Region” ranking is part of that endeavor.

Religious Education is the 216th most popular major in the country with 1,417 degrees awarded in 2020-2021. In 2019-2020, religious education graduates who were awarded their degree in 2017-2019, earned an average of $30,694 and had an average of $27,203 in loans still to pay off.

Across the Plains States region, there were 133 religious education graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $30,063 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 42 religious education graduates with average earnings and debt of $55,401 and $0 respectively.

This year’s “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Religious Ed Major in the Plains States Region” ranking looked at 7 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in religious education. The colleges and universities that top this list are recognized because their religious education program is one of the largest majors offered at the school.

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Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Religious Ed Major in the Plains States Region

The following schools top our list of the Best “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Religious Ed Major in the Plains States Region”.

Top 7 Most Focused Master’s Degree Colleges for Religious Education in the Plains States Region

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Nazarene Theological Seminary
Kansas City, Missouri

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Nazarene Theological Seminary. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Religious Ed Major in the Plains States Region list. Nazarene Theological Seminary is a small private not-for-profit school situated in Kansas City, Missouri. It awarded 7 masters’s religious ed degrees in 2020-2021.

With a undergrad student-to-faculty ratio of to 1, it’s easy to see that the school is committed to helping their undergraduates succeed. The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 2.8%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.

Read full report on Religious Education at Nazarene Theological Seminary

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Crown College
Saint Bonifacius, Minnesota

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Crown College. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Religious Ed Major in the Plains States Region list. Crown is a small school located in Saint Bonifacius, Minnesota that handed out 21 masters’s religious ed degrees in 2020-2021.

The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 4.7%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.

Full Crown Religious Education Report

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Covenant Theological Seminary
Saint Louis, Missouri

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Covenant Theological Seminary. The school came in at #3 for the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Religious Ed Major in the Plains States Region. Located in Saint Louis, Missouri, this small private not-for-profit school handed out 1 diplomas to qualified masters’s religious ed students in 2020-2021.

With a undergrad student-to-faculty ratio of to 1, it’s easy to see that the school is committed to helping their undergraduates succeed. The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 1.5%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.

Read more about Religious Education at Covenant Seminary

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Out of the 7 schools in the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Religious Ed Major in the Plains States Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Midwestern Baptist Theological Seminary landed the #4 spot on the list. Midwestern Baptist Theological Seminary is a small private not-for-profit school situated in Kansas City, Missouri. It awarded 4 masters’s religious ed degrees in 2020-2021.

The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 2.7%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

Read full report on Religious Education at MBTS

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Bethel University Minnesota
Saint Paul, Minnesota

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Bethel University Minnesota. It ranked #5 on our 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Religious Ed Major in the Plains States Region list. Bethel University Minnesota is a small private not-for-profit school situated in Saint Paul, Minnesota. It awarded 7 masters’s religious ed degrees in 2020-2021.

The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 1.9%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 85%.

Read more about Religious Education at Bethel University Minnesota

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University of St Thomas Minnesota
Saint Paul, Minnesota

University of St Thomas Minnesota ranked #6 on this year’s Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Religious Ed Major in the Plains States Region list. This medium-sized school is located in Saint Paul, Minnesota, and it awarded 2 masters’s religious ed degrees in 2020-2021.

The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 1.4%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 87%.

Full UST MN Religious Education Report

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Concordia University, Nebraska ranked #7 on this year’s Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Religious Ed Major in the Plains States Region list. Seward, Nebraska is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out masters’s religious ed degrees to 19 students in 2020-2021.

The low undergrad student loan default rate of 4.1% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%.

Read more about Religious Education at Concordia University, Nebraska

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