2022 Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Divinity/Ministry in the Plains States Region

It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. College Factual has developed its “Best Value Divinity Studies Schools for an Associate in the Plains States Region” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.

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 associate degree level specifically, there were 3 divinity/ministry graduates with average earnings and debt of $34,069 and $19,434 respectively.

This ranking identifies schools with high-quality divinity/ministry programs that also have a lower cost than 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. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

More Ways to Rank Divinity/Ministry Schools

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 the Plains States Region”.

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Best Value Divinity Studies Schools for an Associate in the Plains States Region

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Divinity Studies Schools for an Associate in the Plains States Region.

Top 1 Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Divinity/Ministry in the Plains States Region

#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 the Plains States Region list. MBTS is a small private not-for-profit school situated in Kansas City, Missouri. It awarded 2 associates’s divinity studies degrees in 2019-2020.

MBTS also took the #1 spot in our “Best Divinity/Ministry Associate Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for MBTS is $19,878 for plains states region associate degree divinity studies students.

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

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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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