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2022 Best Vallue Relgious Ed Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making Over $110k

9 Ranked Colleges
153 Degrees Awarded
$26,100 Avg Net Price*
Best Vallue Relgious Ed Schools for a Bachelor's in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making Over $110k

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Religious Education is the 351st most popular major in the country with 1,336 degrees awarded in 2019-2020.

Across the Great Lakes region, there were 246 religious education graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 153 religious education graduates with average earnings and debt of $39,075 and $25,381 respectively.

This year’s “Best Vallue Relgious Ed Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making Over $110k” ranking looked at 9 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in religious education. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality religious education programs that also have a lower cost than schools of similar quality.

Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the religious education program at the school and the cost of the school after aid is awarded among other things. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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Best Vallue Relgious Ed Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making Over $110k

The colleges and universities below are the best for great lakes region bachelor’s degree relgious ed students whose families make more than $110k.

Top 9 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Religious Education (Income Over $110k) in the Great Lakes Region

#1

Moody Bible Institute

Chicago, Illinois
#4 in overall quality

Out of the 9 schools in the Best Vallue Relgious Ed Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making Over $110k that were part of this year’s ranking, Moody Bible Institute landed the #1 spot on the list. Moody Bible Institute is a private not-for-profit institution located in Chicago, Illinois. The school has a small population, and it awarded 36 bachelors’s degrees in 2019-2020.

Moody Theological Seminary and Graduate School did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #4 on our “Best Religious Education Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” list. The estimated yearly cost for Moody Theological Seminary and Graduate School is $16,646 for Great Lakes Region Bachelor’s Degree Relgious Ed students whose families make more than $110k.

Read full report on Religious Education at Moody Theological Seminary and Graduate School

#2

Olivet Nazarene University

Bourbonnais, Illinois
#5 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Olivet Nazarene University. The school came in at #2 for the Best Vallue Relgious Ed Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making Over $110k. Located in Bourbonnais, Illinois, this small private not-for-profit school handed out 5 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s relgious ed students in 2019-2020.

Olivet Nazarene did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #5 on our “Best Religious Education Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” list. The estimated yearly cost for Olivet Nazarene University is $20,195 for Great Lakes Region Bachelor’s Degree Relgious Ed students whose families make more than $110k.

The school has an impressive student loan default rate. It’s only 3.4%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

Full Olivet Nazarene Religious Education Report

#3 in overall quality

Out of the 9 schools in the Best Vallue Relgious Ed Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making Over $110k that were part of this year’s ranking, Franciscan University of Steubenville landed the #3 spot on the list. This small school is located in Steubenville, Ohio, and it awarded 26 bachelors’s relgious ed degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Franciscan U, the school also landed the #3 spot in our “Best Religious Education Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” ranking. The yearly cost to attend Franciscan University of Steubenville is $24,918 for great lakes region bachelor’s degree relgious ed students whose families make more than $110k.

The school has an impressive student loan default rate. It’s only 2.4%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 86%.

Read more about Religious Education at Franciscan U

#7 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Trinity International University - Illinois. It ranked #4 on our 2022 Best Vallue Relgious Ed Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making Over $110k list. TIU Illinois is a small private not-for-profit school situated in Deerfield, Illinois. It awarded 18 bachelors’s relgious ed degrees in 2019-2020.

TIU Illinois also took the #7 spot in our “Best Religious Education Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” ranking. The yearly cost to attend TIU Illinois is $21,204 for great lakes region bachelor’s degree relgious ed students whose families make more than $110k.

With a student-to-faculty ratio of 8 to 1, it’s easy to see that the school is committed to helping their undergraduates succeed.

Full TIU Illinois Religious Education Report

#5

Grace Christian University

Wyoming, Michigan
#9 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Grace Christian University. It ranked #5 on our 2022 Best Vallue Relgious Ed Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making Over $110k list. Grace Christian University is located in Wyoming, Michigan and, has a small student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 15 bachelors’s relgious ed degrees to qualified students.

Grace did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #9 on our “Best Religious Education Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” list. It costs about $12,679 for great lakes region bachelor’s degree relgious ed students whose families make more than $110k per year to attend Grace Christian University.

Read full report on Religious Education at Grace

#6 in overall quality

With a ranking of #6, Indiana Wesleyan University did quite well on the 2022 Best Vallue Relgious Ed Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making Over $110k list. IWU is a small school located in Marion, Indiana that handed out 2 bachelors’s relgious ed degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at IWU, the school also landed the #6 spot in our “Best Religious Education Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” ranking. The yearly cost to attend IWU is $20,946 for Great Lakes Region Bachelor’s Degree Relgious Ed students whose families make more than $110k.

Read full report on Religious Education at IWU

#7

Malone University

Canton, Ohio
#8 in overall quality

With a ranking of #7, Malone University did quite well on the 2022 Best Vallue Relgious Ed Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making Over $110k list. Located in Canton, Ohio, this small private not-for-profit school handed out 2 degrees to qualified bachelors’s relgious ed students in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Malone, the school also landed the #8 spot in our “Best Religious Education Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for Malone University is $19,897 for great lakes region bachelor’s degree relgious ed students whose families make more than $110k.

Read more about Religious Education at Malone

#8

Wheaton College Illinois

Wheaton, Illinois
#1 in overall quality

Wheaton College Illinois came in at #8 in this year’s edition of the Best Vallue Relgious Ed Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making Over $110k ranking. This small school is located in Wheaton, Illinois, and it awarded 23 bachelors’s relgious ed degrees in 2019-2020.

Wheaton College Illinois not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #1 on our “Best Religious Education Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” list. The yearly cost to attend Wheaton College Illinois is $25,358 for great lakes region bachelor’s degree relgious ed students whose families make more than $110k.

The student loan default rate at the school is 0.7%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. The impressive student-to-faculty ratio of 10 to 1 means that students may have more opportunities to work more closely with their professors than they would at other schools. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 90%.

Read full report on Religious Education at Wheaton College Illinois

#9

Loyola University Chicago

Chicago, Illinois
#2 in overall quality

Loyola University Chicago landed the #9 spot on the 2022 Best Vallue Relgious Ed Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making Over $110k ranking. Loyola Chicago is a fairly large school located in Chicago, Illinois that handed out 7 bachelors’s relgious ed degrees in 2019-2020.

Loyola Chicago did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our “Best Religious Education Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” list. The estimated yearly cost for Loyola Chicago is $35,407 for Great Lakes Region Bachelor’s Degree Relgious Ed students whose families make more than $110k.

The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 85%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. The student loan default rate at the school is 3.4%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.

Read more about Religious Education at Loyola University Chicago

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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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