2026 Best Religious Education Schools in Missouri
Religious Education degree programs prepare students for a range of careers in the field. The schools below stand out for the quality of their religious education programs.
For its 2026 ranking, College Factual looked at 5 schools in the United States to determine which ones were the best for religious education students pursuing a degree.
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Best Schools for Religious Education in Missouri
If you are not interested in a particular degree level and want to know which schools are the overall best at delivering an education for the religious education degrees they offer, see the list below.
Top Schools in Religious Education
No school ranked higher than Midwestern Baptist Theological Seminary this year for religious education. This moderately-sized private not-for-profit university is located in the city of Kansas City. The six-year graduation rate is 64%. Midwestern Baptist Theological Seminary awarded about 21 religious education degrees in the most recent data year. Students who receive their religious education degree from Midwestern Baptist Theological Seminary earn around $55,308 in the first couple years of their career. Students borrow a median of $15,559 to complete this degree.
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Notes and References
This ranking is produced by College Factual (MF_RANKING_2025), 2026 edition. Schools are scored on a blend of student outcomes (graduation rate, post-graduation earnings), affordability, and program focus, drawn primarily from the U.S. Department of Education (IPEDS and College Scorecard).
Ranking method: College Major Top Ranked · 5 schools evaluated.
- 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).
More about our data sources and methodologies.
