2022 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Divinity/Ministry in the Plains States Region (With Aid)

When pursuing a degree in today’s world, students have many different options to choose from. Our mission at College Factual is to arm you with as much information as we can to help you make that decision. Our “Best Value Divinity Studies Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Plains States Region For Those Getting Aid” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.

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

Across the Plains States region, there were 559 divinity/ministry graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 42 divinity/ministry graduates with average earnings and debt of $39,786 and $25,576 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Divinity Studies Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Plains States Region For Those Getting Aid” ranking analyzed 2 colleges that offered a degree in divinity/ministry. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great divinity/ministry programs and cost less that schools of similar quality.

Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the divinity/ministry program at the school and the cost of the school after aid is awarded among other things. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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Since the program you select can have a significant impact on your future, we’ve developed a number of rankings, including this “Best Value Divinity Studies Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Plains States Region For Those Getting Aid” list, to help you choose the best school for you.

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Best Value Divinity Studies Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Plains States Region For Those Getting Aid

The colleges and universities below are the best for plains states region bachelor’s degree divinity studies students with aid.

Top 2 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Divinity/Ministry in the Plains States Region (With Aid)

#1

Central Christian College of the Bible

Moberly, Missouri

#2 in overall quality

$14,118 Average Net Price

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Central Christian College of the Bible. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value Divinity Studies Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Plains States Region For Those Getting Aid. Central Christian College of the Bible is a small private not-for-profit school situated in Moberly, Missouri. It awarded 7 bachelors’s divinity studies degrees in 2019-2020.

Central Christian College of the Bible did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our “Best Divinity/Ministry Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” list. The yearly cost to attend Central Christian College of the Bible is $14,118 for Plains States Region Bachelor’s Degree Divinity Studies students with aid.

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 Central Christian College of the Bible Divinity/Ministry Report

#2

Midwestern Baptist Theological Seminary

Kansas City, Missouri

#1 in overall quality

$19,878 Average Net Price

Out of the 2 schools in the Best Value Divinity Studies Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Plains States Region For Those Getting Aid that were part of this year’s ranking, Midwestern Baptist Theological Seminary landed the #2 spot on the list. Kansas City, Missouri is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out bachelors’s divinity studies degrees to 19 students in 2019-2020.

MBTS also took the #1 spot in our “Best Divinity/Ministry Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” ranking. It costs about $19,878 for plains states region bachelor’s degree divinity studies students with aid per year to attend MBTS.

Full Midwestern Baptist Theological Seminary Divinity/Ministry Report

• Best Value Bachelor’s 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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