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2022 Best Value Relgious Ed Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Great Lakes Region

9 Ranked Colleges
153 Degrees Awarded
$21,900 Avg Net Price*
Best Value Relgious Ed Schools for a Bachelor's in the Great Lakes Region

It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. At College Factual, we’re committed to helping you make that decision by providing information such as that found in our “Best Value Relgious Ed Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Great Lakes Region” ranking.

In 2019-2020, 1,336 people earned their degree in religious education, making the major the 351st most popular in the United States.

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 Value Relgious Ed Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Great Lakes Region” 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 Value Relgious Ed Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Great Lakes Region

The colleges and universities below are the best for great lakes region bachelor’s degree relgious ed students.

Top 9 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Religious Education in the Great Lakes Region

#1

Moody Bible Institute

Chicago, Illinois
#4 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Moody Bible Institute. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Relgious Ed Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Great Lakes Region list. This small school is located in Chicago, Illinois, and it awarded 36 bachelors’s relgious ed degrees in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our great lakes region bachelor’s degree relgious ed students list, Moody Theological Seminary and Graduate School has also earned the #4 rank in our “Best Religious Education Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” ranking. The yearly cost to attend Moody Theological Seminary and Graduate School is $16,646 for Great Lakes Region Bachelor’s Degree Relgious Ed students.

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#2

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 #2 on our 2022 Best Value Relgious Ed Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Great Lakes Region list. Located in Wyoming, Michigan, this small private not-for-profit school awarded 15 degrees to qualified bachelors’s relgious ed students in 2019-2020.

Grace also took the #9 spot in our “Best Religious Education Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” ranking. The yearly cost to attend Grace Christian University is $12,679 for Great Lakes Region Bachelor’s Degree Relgious Ed students.

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#3 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Franciscan University of Steubenville. The school came in at #3 for the Best Value Relgious Ed Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Great Lakes Region. This small school is located in Steubenville, Ohio, and it awarded 26 bachelors’s relgious ed degrees in 2019-2020.

Franciscan U did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #3 on our “Best Religious Education Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” list. It costs about $24,918 for Great Lakes Region Bachelor’s Degree Relgious Ed students per year to attend Franciscan U.

The student loan default rate at the school is 2.4%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. With a freshman retention rate of 86%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its students.

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#6 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Indiana Wesleyan University. It ranked #4 on our 2022 Best Value Relgious Ed Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Great Lakes Region list. Indiana Wesleyan University is a small school located in Marion, Indiana that handed out 2 bachelors’s relgious ed degrees in 2019-2020.

IWU not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #6 on our “Best Religious Education Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” list. The yearly cost to attend Indiana Wesleyan University is $20,946 for Great Lakes Region Bachelor’s Degree Relgious Ed students.

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#5

Olivet Nazarene University

Bourbonnais, Illinois
#5 in overall quality

Out of the 9 schools in the Best Value Relgious Ed Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Great Lakes Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Olivet Nazarene University landed the #5 spot on the list. Olivet Nazarene is a small private not-for-profit school situated in Bourbonnais, Illinois. It awarded 5 bachelors’s relgious ed degrees in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our great lakes region bachelor’s degree relgious ed students list, Olivet Nazarene has also earned the #5 rank in our “Best Religious Education Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for Olivet Nazarene University is $20,195 for great lakes region bachelor’s degree relgious ed students.

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 Olivet Nazarene

#7 in overall quality

With a ranking of #6, Trinity International University - Illinois did quite well on the 2022 Best Value Relgious Ed Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Great Lakes Region list. TIU Illinois is located in Deerfield, Illinois and, has a small student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 18 bachelors’s relgious ed degrees to qualified students.

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.

The impressive student-to-faculty ratio of 8 to 1 means that students may have more opportunities to work more closely with their professors than they would at other schools.

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#7

Wheaton College Illinois

Wheaton, Illinois
#1 in overall quality

Wheaton College Illinois came in at #7 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Relgious Ed Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Great Lakes Region ranking. Wheaton College Illinois is a small school located in Wheaton, Illinois that handed out 23 bachelors’s relgious ed degrees in 2019-2020.

Wheaton College Illinois did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #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.

The school has an impressive student loan default rate. It’s only 0.7%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. With a freshman retention rate of 90%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its students. 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.

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#8

Malone University

Canton, Ohio
#8 in overall quality

Malone University landed the #8 spot on the 2022 Best Value Relgious Ed Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Great Lakes Region ranking. This small school is located in Canton, Ohio, and it awarded 2 bachelors’s relgious ed degrees in 2019-2020.

Malone also took the #8 spot in our “Best Religious Education Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” ranking. The yearly cost to attend Malone University is $19,897 for Great Lakes Region Bachelor’s Degree Relgious Ed students.

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#9

Loyola University Chicago

Chicago, Illinois
#2 in overall quality

Loyola University Chicago did quite well in the 2022 Best Value Relgious Ed Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Great Lakes Region ranking, coming in at #9. Loyola University Chicago is a private not-for-profit institution located in Chicago, Illinois. The school has a fairly large population, and it awarded 7 bachelors’s degrees in 2019-2020.

Loyola Chicago not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #2 on our “Best Religious Education Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” list. It costs about $35,407 for great lakes region bachelor’s degree relgious ed students per year to attend Loyola Chicago.

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%. With a freshman retention rate of 85%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its students.

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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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