2025 Best Religious Education Schools in Illinois

If you plan on majoring in religious education, you won't be alone since the degree program is ranked #358 in the country in terms of popularity. So, you have a fair amount of options to choose from when looking for a school.

For its 2025 ranking, College Factual looked at 2 schools in Illinois to determine which ones were the best for religious education students pursuing a degree. Combined, these schools handed out 121 degrees in religious education to qualified students.

What's on this page: * Degree-Level Rankings

• Best Overall Religious Education Schools List

Religious Education Rankings by Degree Level

When choosing the right school for you, it's important to arm yourself with all the facts you can. To that end, we've created a number of major-specific rankings, including this Best Religious Education Schools in Illinois list to help you make the college decision. More interested in schools in a specific area of the country? Filter this list by region or state.

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Best Schools for Religious Education in Illinois

The schools below may not offer all types of relgious ed degrees so you may want to filter by degree level first. However, they are great for the degree levels they do offer.

Top Illinois Schools in Relgious Ed

1

Wheaton College Illinois
Wheaton, IL

Master's Degree Highest Degree Type

It's difficult to beat Wheaton College Illinois if you want to pursue a degree in religious education. Located in the large suburb of Wheaton, Wheaton College Illinois is a private not-for-profit college with a small student population.More information about a degree in religious education from Wheaton College Illinois

2

Moody Bible Institute
Chicago, IL

Bachelor's Degree Highest Degree Type

33 Relgious Ed Degrees Awarded

12.1% Growth in Graduates

Every student who is interested in religious education needs to check out Moody Bible Institute. Located in the city of Chicago, Moody Theological Seminary and Graduate School is a private not-for-profit school with a small student population.More information about a degree in religious education from Moody Bible Institute

Best Religious Education Colleges in the Great Lakes Region

Explore all the Best Religious Education Colleges in the Great Lakes Area or other specific states within that region.

State	Colleges	Degrees Awarded
Ohio	939	86
Michigan	915	14
Indiana	737	42
Wisconsin	672	0

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Rankings in Majors Related to Relgious Ed

Religious Education is one of 0 different types of Religious Education programs to choose from.

Notes and References

• The bars on the spread charts above show the distribution of the schools on this list +/- one standard deviation from the mean.
• 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 the rest 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).
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