2023 Best Religious Education Colleges for Veterans in Missouri
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Ranked Colleges
32
Degrees Awarded
$17,500
Avg Cost*
It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for veterans. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Most Veteran Friendly in Missouri for Religious Ed” ranking is part of that endeavor.
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 Missouri, there were 32 religious education graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively.
This year’s “Most Veteran Friendly in Missouri for Religious Ed” ranking looked at 2 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in religious education. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality religious education programs as well as strong veteran support.
To come up with these rankings, we looked at factors such as veteran satisfaction, veteran affordability, and overall quality of the religious education program at the school. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.
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Most Veteran Friendly in Missouri for Religious Ed
The following schools top our list of the Best “Most Veteran Friendly in Missouri for Religious Ed”.
Top 2 Best Religious Education Colleges for Veterans in Missouri
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Midwestern Baptist Theological Seminary. The school came in at #1 for the Most Veteran Friendly in Missouri for Religious Ed. Kansas City, Missouri is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out ’s religious ed degrees to 22 students in 2020-2021.
MBTS did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #[COLLEGE_QUALITY_RANK_ALL_LEVELS] on our “[COLLEGE_QUALITY_NAME_ALL_LEVELS]” list.Of the 3,432 students enrolled at Midwestern Baptist Theological Seminary, 90 were GI Bill® students, according to our most recent data. Out of that number, 70 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average tuition and fees award for the Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients was $6,077. During this same period, 0 students qualified for the Yellow Ribbon Program. Midwestern Baptist Theological Seminary does offer credit for military training for eligible students.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is [DEFAULT_RATE_STRING]%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
[Read full report on veteran student life at Midwestern Baptist Theological Seminary]](/colleges/midwestern-baptist-theological-seminary/student-life/veterans/)
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Nazarene Theological Seminary. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Most Veteran Friendly in Missouri for Religious Ed list. Located in Kansas City, Missouri, this small private not-for-profit school handed out 7 diplomas to qualified ’s religious ed students in 2020-2021.
Nazarene Theological Seminary also took the #[COLLEGE_QUALITY_RANK_ALL_LEVELS] spot in our “[COLLEGE_QUALITY_NAME_ALL_LEVELS]” ranking.Among the 160 students enrolled at Nazarene Theological Seminary, 7 are GI Bill® students, according to our most recent data. Out of that number, 5 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average tuition and fees award for the Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients was $6,012. To help with additional expenses, 0 students received scholarships through the Yellow Ribbon Program.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only [DEFAULT_RATE_STRING]%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. Since the school has a undergrad student-to-faculty ratio of to 1, those pursuing a degree will have more opportunities to interact with their professors.
[Read full report on veteran student life at Nazarene Theological Seminary]](/colleges/nazarene-theological-seminary/student-life/veterans/)
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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).
- Veteran-specific data can be found at the U.S. Department of Veteran Affairs.
- 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
- *Avg Salary and Avg 4-Year Grad Rate are for the top schools only.
- **GI Bill® student total includes all chapters of the GI Bill® program (e.g., Post-9/11, Montgomery GI Bill, Reserve Education Assistance Program, and Veteran Readiness and Employment)
- 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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