2023 Most Popular Colleges for Religious Education in Minnesota

When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. Our mission at College Factual is to arm you with as much information as we can to help you make that decision. Our “Most Well Attended Religious Ed Major in Minnesota” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.

In 2020-2021, 1,417 people earned their degree in religious education, making the major the 216th most popular in the United States. 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 Minnesota, there were 69 religious education graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $30,125 respectively.

For this year’s “Most Well Attended Religious Ed Major in Minnesota” ranking, we looked at 4 colleges that offer a degree in religious education. To top this list, a school must have a successful religious education program that graduates more students in the field than other colleges that offer the same major.

For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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Most Well Attended Religious Ed Major in Minnesota

The colleges and universities below are the best for minnesota religious ed students.

Top 4 Most Popular Colleges for Religious Education in Minnesota

1

Crown College
Saint Bonifacius, Minnesota

#11 overall quality in Minnesota

$40,824 Average Early-Career Earnings

$29,394 Average Student Debt

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Crown College. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Most Well Attended Religious Ed Major in Minnesota list. Located in Saint Bonifacius, Minnesota, this small private not-for-profit school handed out 46 diplomas to qualified ’s religious ed students 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%.

Read more about Religious Education at Crown

2

Bethel University Minnesota
Saint Paul, Minnesota

#12 overall quality in Minnesota

$51,291 Average Early-Career Earnings

$25,906 Average Student Debt

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Bethel University Minnesota. The school came in at #2 for the Most Well Attended Religious Ed Major in Minnesota. This small school is located in Saint Paul, Minnesota, and it awarded 7 ’s religious ed degrees in 2020-2021.

The low undergrad student loan default rate of 1.9% 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%. With a freshman retention rate of 85%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students.

Read full report on Religious Education at Bethel University Minnesota

3

University of St Thomas Minnesota
Saint Paul, Minnesota

#3 overall quality in Minnesota

$56,351 Average Early-Career Earnings

$24,773 Average Student Debt

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of St Thomas Minnesota. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Most Well Attended Religious Ed Major in Minnesota list. UST MN is a medium-sized private not-for-profit school situated in Saint Paul, Minnesota. It awarded 16 ’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%.

Read full report on Religious Education at University of St Thomas Minnesota

4

Saint Mary's University of Minnesota
Winona, Minnesota

#9 overall quality in Minnesota

$56,065 Average Early-Career Earnings

$26,794 Average Student Debt

Out of the 4 schools in the Most Well Attended Religious Ed Major in Minnesota that were part of this year’s ranking, Saint Mary’s University of Minnesota landed the #4 spot on the list. Located in Winona, Minnesota, this small private not-for-profit school handed out 0 degrees to qualified ’s religious ed students in 2020-2021.

The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 2.0%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

Read more about Religious Education at Saint Mary’s University of Minnesota

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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

• *Avg Salary and Avg 4-Year Grad Rate 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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