2022 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Religious Education in the Plains States Region

When pursuing a degree in today’s world, students have many different options to choose from. One of our goals at College Factual is to give you as much information as we can - such as our “Best Value Relgious Ed Schools for a Master’s in the Plains States Region” ranking - to help you make that decision.

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

Across the Plains States region, there were 108 religious education graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 32 religious education graduates with average earnings and debt of $53,438 and $39,783 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Relgious Ed Schools for a Master’s in the Plains States Region” ranking analyzed 3 colleges that offered a degree in religious education. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great religious education programs and cost less that schools of similar quality.

When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the religious education program at the school and the cost to attend the school once aid has been awarded. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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Best Value Relgious Ed Schools for a Master’s in the Plains States Region

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Relgious Ed Schools for a Master’s in the Plains States Region.

Top 3 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Religious Education in the Plains States Region

#1

Midwestern Baptist Theological Seminary

Kansas City, Missouri

#3 in overall quality

$6,950 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Midwestern Baptist Theological Seminary. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Relgious Ed Schools for a Master’s in the Plains States Region list. This small school is located in Kansas City, Missouri, and it awarded 3 masters’s relgious ed degrees in 2019-2020.

MBTS also made our “Best Religious Education Master’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” list, coming in at #3. Average graduate tuition and fees at Midwestern Baptist Theological Seminary are $6,950, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read full report on Religious Education at Midwestern Baptist Theological Seminary

#2

Crown College

Saint Bonifacius, Minnesota

#2 in overall quality

$10,270 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 3 schools in the Best Value Relgious Ed Schools for a Master’s in the Plains States Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Crown College landed the #2 spot on the list. Located in Saint Bonifacius, Minnesota, this small private not-for-profit school handed out 19 degrees to qualified masters’s relgious ed students in 2019-2020.

Crown also made our “Best Religious Education Master’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” list, coming in at #2. Average graduate tuition and fees at Crown College are $10,270, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read full report on Religious Education at Crown College

#3

Bethel University Minnesota

Saint Paul, Minnesota

#1 in overall quality

$11,700 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Bethel University Minnesota. It ranked #3 on our 2022 Best Value Relgious Ed Schools for a Master’s in the Plains States Region list. Located in Saint Paul, Minnesota, this small private not-for-profit school handed out 6 degrees to qualified masters’s relgious ed students in 2019-2020.

Bethel University Minnesota not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #1 on our “Best Religious Education Master’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” list. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at Bethel University Minnesota are $11,700.

Read more about Religious Education at Bethel University 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

• *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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