2022 Best Value Theology Schools for an Associate in the Plains States Region

When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. 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 Theology Schools for an Associate in the Plains States Region” ranking is part of that endeavor.

Theological & Ministerial Studies is the 55th most popular major in the country with 15,051 degrees awarded in 2019-2020. In 2017-2018, theological and ministerial studies graduates who were awarded their degree in 2015-2017, earned an average of $36,911 and had an average of $41,597 in loans still to pay off.

Across the Plains States region, there were 1,350 theological and ministerial studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $45,729 and $30,602 respectively. At the associate degree level specifically, there were 13 theological and ministerial studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $34,069 and $19,434 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value Theology Schools for an Associate in the Plains States Region” ranking, we looked at 2 colleges that offer a degree in theological and ministerial studies. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great theological and ministerial studies programs and 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 theological and ministerial studies program at the school. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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The theology 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 Theology Schools for an Associate in the Plains States Region”.

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Best Value Theology Schools for an Associate in the Plains States Region

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

Top 2 Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Theological & Ministerial Studies in the Plains States Region

#1

Midwestern Baptist Theological Seminary

Kansas City, Missouri

#1 in overall quality

$19,878 Average Net Price

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Midwestern Baptist Theological Seminary. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value Theology Schools for an Associate in the Plains States Region. This small school is located in Kansas City, Missouri, and it awarded 2 associates’s theology degrees in 2019-2020.

MBTS also made our “Best Theological & Ministerial Studies Associate Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” list, coming in at #1. The yearly cost to attend MBTS is $19,878 for Plains States Region Associate Degree Theology students.

Read full report on Theological & Ministerial Studies at Midwestern Baptist Theological Seminary

#2

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 #2 for the Best Value Theology Schools for an Associate in the Plains States Region. Central Christian College of the Bible is a small school located in Moberly, Missouri that handed out 6 associates’s theology degrees in 2019-2020.

Central Christian College of the Bible also took the #2 spot in our “Best Theological & Ministerial Studies Associate Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” ranking. The yearly cost to attend Central Christian College of the Bible is $14,118 for Plains States Region Associate Degree Theology students.

The impressive student-to-faculty ratio of 8 to 1 means that students may have more opportunities to work more closely with their professors than they would at other schools.

Read more about Theological & Ministerial Studies at Central Christian College of the Bible

• Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Theological & Ministerial Studies

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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