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2022 Best Value Religious Music Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Great Lakes Region

7 Ranked Colleges
52 Degrees Awarded
$22,200 Avg Net Price*
Best Value Religious Music Schools for a Bachelor's in the Great Lakes Region

Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Best Value Religious Music Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Great Lakes Region” ranking is part of that endeavor.

In 2019-2020, 481 people earned their degree in religious/sacred music, making the major the 613th most popular in the United States.

Across the Great Lakes region, there were 84 religious/sacred music graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 52 religious/sacred music graduates with average earnings and debt of $39,075 and $25,381 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value Religious Music Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Great Lakes Region” ranking, we looked at 7 colleges that offer a degree in religious/sacred music. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great religious/sacred music programs and cost less that schools of similar quality.

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

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Best Value Religious Music Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Great Lakes Region

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Religious Music Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Great Lakes Region.

Top 7 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Religious/Sacred Music in the Great Lakes Region

#1

Moody Bible Institute

Chicago, Illinois
#3 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Moody Bible Institute. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value Religious Music Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Great Lakes Region. Chicago, Illinois is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out bachelors’s religious music degrees to 5 students in 2019-2020.

Moody Theological Seminary and Graduate School not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #3 on our “Best Religious/Sacred Music Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” list. The estimated yearly cost for Moody Bible Institute is $16,646 for Great Lakes Region Bachelor’s Degree Religious Music students.

Read full report on Religious/Sacred Music at Moody Theological Seminary and Graduate School

#1 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Indiana Wesleyan University. The school came in at #2 for the Best Value Religious Music Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Great Lakes Region. This small school is located in Marion, Indiana, and it awarded 11 bachelors’s religious music degrees in 2019-2020.

IWU also made our “Best Religious/Sacred Music Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” list, coming in at #1. The yearly cost to attend Indiana Wesleyan University is $20,946 for Great Lakes Region Bachelor’s Degree Religious Music students.

Read full report on Religious/Sacred Music at Indiana Wesleyan University

#2 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Franciscan University of Steubenville. It ranked #3 on our 2022 Best Value Religious Music Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Great Lakes Region list. Located in Steubenville, Ohio, this small private not-for-profit school awarded 5 degrees to qualified bachelors’s religious music students in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Franciscan U, the school also landed the #2 spot in our “Best Religious/Sacred Music Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for Franciscan University of Steubenville is $24,918 for Great Lakes Region Bachelor’s Degree Religious Music students.

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%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 86%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.

Read full report on Religious/Sacred Music at Franciscan University of Steubenville

#4

Ohio Christian University

Circleville, Ohio
#7 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Ohio Christian University. It ranked #4 on our 2022 Best Value Religious Music Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Great Lakes Region list. This small school is located in Circleville, Ohio, and it awarded 1 bachelors’s religious music degrees in 2019-2020.

OCU not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #7 on our “Best Religious/Sacred Music Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” list. The yearly cost to attend Ohio Christian University is $24,500 for Great Lakes Region Bachelor’s Degree Religious Music students.

Since the school has a student-to-faculty ratio of 8 to 1, those pursuing a degree will have more opportunities to interact with their professors.

Full OCU Religious/Sacred Music Report

#5

Olivet Nazarene University

Bourbonnais, Illinois
#4 in overall quality

Out of the 7 schools in the Best Value Religious Music 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 University is located in Bourbonnais, Illinois and, has a small student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 1 bachelors’s religious music degrees to qualified students.

Olivet Nazarene also made our “Best Religious/Sacred Music Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” list, coming in at #4. It costs about $20,195 for Great Lakes Region Bachelor’s Degree Religious Music students per year to attend Olivet Nazarene.

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 full report on Religious/Sacred Music at Olivet Nazarene

#5 in overall quality

With a ranking of #6, Concordia University, Wisconsin did quite well on the 2022 Best Value Religious Music Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Great Lakes Region list. Mequon, Wisconsin is the setting for this medium-sized institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out bachelors’s religious music degrees to 2 students in 2019-2020.

Concordia University, Wisconsin did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #5 on our “Best Religious/Sacred Music Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” list. The yearly cost to attend Concordia University, Wisconsin is $23,855 for Great Lakes Region Bachelor’s Degree Religious Music students.

The low student loan default rate of 4.6% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%.

Full Concordia University, Wisconsin Religious/Sacred Music Report

#7

Concordia University, Ann Arbor

Ann Arbor, Michigan
#6 in overall quality

Concordia University, Ann Arbor did quite well in the 2022 Best Value Religious Music Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Great Lakes Region ranking, coming in at #7. Concordia University, Ann Arbor is located in Ann Arbor, Michigan and, has a small student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 1 bachelors’s religious music degrees to qualified students.

Concordia University, Ann Arbor also made our “Best Religious/Sacred Music Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” list, coming in at #6. The estimated yearly cost for Concordia University, Ann Arbor is $24,557 for great lakes region bachelor’s degree religious music students.

The student-to-faculty ratio of 10 to 1 is a sign that students will have more opportunities to engage with their professors one-on-one. The student loan default rate at the school is 4.6%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.

Full Concordia University, Ann Arbor Religious/Sacred Music Report

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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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