2024 Best Sacred Music Bachelor's Degree Schools in Illinois

If you're seeking a Bachelor's Degree in sacred music, you will have fewer peers than average since the major degree program is the #225 one in the country in terms of popularity.While this may limit the number of schools that offer the degree program, there are still top-quality ones to be found.

For its 2024 ranking, College Factual looked at 2 schools in Illinois to determine which ones were the best for sacred music students pursuing a bachelor's degree. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 31 bachelor's degrees in sacred music during the 2020-2021 academic year.

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Average Early-Career Salaries

Average early-career salary of those graduating with their bachelor's degree is one indicator we use in our analysis to find the schools that offer the highest-quality education. After all, your bachelor's degree won't mean much if it doesn't help you find a job that will help you earn a living.

Other Factors We Consider

In addition to the above, you should consider some of the following factors:

• Major Focus - How much a school focuses on sacred music students vs. other majors.
• Major Demand - The number of sacred music students who choose to seek a bachelor's degree at the school.
• Educational Resources - The amount of money and other resources allocated to students while they are pursuing their degree. These resources include such things as number of students per instructor and education expenditures per student.
• Student Debt - How much debt sacred music students go into to obtain their bachelor's degree and how well they are able to pay back that debt.
• Accreditation - Whether a school is regionally accredited and/or accredited by a recognized sacred music related body.

Our full ranking methodology documents in more detail how we consider these factors to identify the best colleges for sacred music students working on their bachelor's degree.

One Size Does Not Fit All

The sacred music school you choose to invest your time and money in matters. To help you make the decision that is right for you, we've developed a number of major-specific rankings, including this list of the Best Sacred Music Bachelor's Degree Schools in Illinois.

To further help you make the college decision, we've developed a unique tool called College Combat that allows you to compare schools based on the factors that matter the most to you. Go ahead and give it a try, or bookmark the link so you can check it out later.

Best Schools for Bachelor’s Students to Study Sacred Music in Illinois

The following list ranks the best colleges and universities for pursuing a bachelor's degree in sacred music.

Top Illinois Schools for a Bachelor's in Sacred Music

1

Moody Bible Institute
Chicago, IL

17 Annual Graduates

Any student pursuing a degree in a bachelor's degree in sacred music needs to check out Moody Bible Institute. Moody Theological Seminary and Graduate School is a small private not-for-profit school located in the city of Chicago.More information about a bachelor’s in sacred music from Moody Bible Institute

2

Lincoln Christian University
Lincoln, IL

6 Annual Graduates

Lincoln Christian University is a wonderful choice for students pursuing a bachelor's degree in sacred music. Lincoln Christian College and Seminary is a fairly small private not-for-profit university located in the distant town of Lincoln.More information about a bachelor’s in sacred music from Lincoln Christian University

Best Sacred Music Colleges in the Great Lakes Region

Explore all the Best Sacred Music Schools in the Great Lakes Area or other specific states within that region.

State	Colleges	Degrees Awarded
Michigan	261	5
Ohio	252	11
Indiana	235	9
Wisconsin	213	1

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Sacred Music Related Rankings by Major

One of 7 majors within the Theology & Religious Vocations area of study, Sacred Music has other similar majors worth exploring.

Sacred Music Focus Areas

Major	Annual Graduates
Religious/Sacred Music	19
Worship Ministry	12

Most Popular Related Majors

Related Major	Annual Graduates
Theological & Ministerial Studies	196
Biblical Studies	123
Theology & Religious Vocations (Other)	115
Pastoral Counseling & Specialized Ministries	99
Religious Education	86
Missionary Studies	80

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).
• Credit for the banner image above goes to Jackerhack. More about our data sources and methodologies.