2022 Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Divinity/Ministry in Missouri (With Aid)

It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. 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 Divinity Studies Schools for an Associate in Missouri For Those Getting Aid” ranking is part of that endeavor.

Divinity/Ministry is the 115th most popular major in the country with 6,905 degrees awarded in 2019-2020.

Across Missouri, there were 309 divinity/ministry graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the associate degree level specifically, there were 3 divinity/ministry graduates with average earnings and debt of $30,631 and $21,057 respectively.

This ranking identifies schools with high-quality divinity/ministry programs that also have a lower cost than schools of similar quality.

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

One Size Does Not Fit All

The divinity studies 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 “Best Value Divinity Studies Schools for an Associate in Missouri For Those Getting Aid”.

You can create your own custom comparison that focuses on the factors most important to you using our tool, College Combat. Test it out by comparing your favorite schools against others you are considering, or bookmark the tool so you can experiment with it later.

Best Value Divinity Studies Schools for an Associate in Missouri For Those Getting Aid

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Divinity Studies Schools for an Associate in Missouri For Those Getting Aid.

Top 1 Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Divinity/Ministry in Missouri (With Aid)

#1

Midwestern Baptist Theological Seminary

Kansas City, Missouri

#1 in overall quality

$19,878 Average Net Price

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Midwestern Baptist Theological Seminary. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Divinity Studies Schools for an Associate in Missouri For Those Getting Aid list. Located in Kansas City, Missouri, this small private not-for-profit school awarded 2 diplomas to qualified associates’s divinity studies students in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at MBTS, the school also landed the #1 spot in our “Best Divinity/Ministry Associate Degree Schools in Missouri” ranking. It costs about $19,878 for Missouri Associate Degree Divinity Studies students with aid per year to attend MBTS.

Read full report on Divinity/Ministry at Midwestern Baptist Theological Seminary

• Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Divinity/Ministry in the Plains States Region (With Aid)
• Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Divinity/Ministry (With Aid)

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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