2022 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Divinity/Ministry in Iowa (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 a Master’s in Iowa 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 Iowa, there were 37 divinity/ministry graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 35 divinity/ministry graduates with average earnings and debt of $52,298 and $45,299 respectively.

Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent divinity/ministry programs, but they also cost less that schools of similar quality.

To come up with these rankings, we looked at factors such as the cost to attend the school after aid is awarded and overall quality of the divinity/ministry program at the school. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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Best Value Divinity Studies Schools for a Master’s in Iowa For Those Getting Aid

The colleges and universities below are the best for iowa master’s degree divinity studies students with aid.

Top 1 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Divinity/Ministry in Iowa (With Aid)

#1

University of Dubuque

Dubuque, Iowa

#2 in overall quality

$13,140 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Dubuque. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value Divinity Studies Schools for a Master’s in Iowa For Those Getting Aid. Located in Dubuque, Iowa, this small private not-for-profit school awarded 11 degrees to qualified masters’s divinity studies students in 2019-2020.

UD also took the #2 spot in our “Best Divinity/Ministry Master’s Degree Schools in Iowa” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at UD are $13,140, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Full UD Divinity/Ministry Report

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