2025 Best Religious Studies Schools in the Plains States Region
3Colleges in the Plains States Region
379Religion Degrees Awarded
$31,389Avg Early-Career Salary
Religious Studies is above average in terms of popularity with it being the #90 most popular degree program in the country. This means you won't have too much trouble finding schools that offer the degree.
In 2025, College Factual analyzed 3 schools in order to identify the top ones for its Best Religious Studies Schools in the Plains States Region ranking. Combined, these schools handed out 379 degrees in religious studies to qualified students.
Your choice of religious studies school matters, so we have put together these rankings to help you make your decision. We derive our Best Overall Religious Studies School rankings by rolling up our degree-level rankings after weighting them by the number of degrees awarded at each school.
In order to find the schools that are the best fit for you, you may want to filter to one of the degree levels below.
Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we've developed the Best Religious Studies Schools in the Plains States Region ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.
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Best Schools for Religious Studies in the Plains States Region
If you aren't interested in a particular degree level and want to know which schools are the overall best at delivering an education for the religion degrees they offer, see the list below.
University of St Thomas Minnesota is a great choice for students interested in a degree in religious studies. UST MN is a medium-sized private not-for-profit university located in the city of Saint Paul. A Best Colleges rank of #106 out of 2,152 colleges nationwide means UST MN is a great university overall.
There were approximately 57 religious studies students who graduated with this degree at UST MN in the most recent year we have data available. Students who graduate with their degree from the religion program state that they receive average early career earnings of $27,496.
It's difficult to beat St Olaf College if you want to pursue a degree in religious studies. Located in the town of Northfield, St. Olaf is a private not-for-profit college with a small student population. This college ranks 6th out of 52 colleges for overall quality in the state of Minnesota.
There were approximately 16 religious studies students who graduated with this degree at St. Olaf in the most recent year we have data available. Religious Studies degree recipients from St Olaf College earn a boost of about $4,940 above the average income of religious studies graduates.
It's difficult to beat Missouri State University - Springfield if you want to pursue a degree in religious studies. Missouri State is a fairly large public university located in the midsize city of Springfield. This university ranks 10th out of 48 schools for overall quality in the state of Missouri.
There were roughly 19 religious studies students who graduated with this degree at Missouri State in the most recent data year.
The bars on the spread charts above show the distribution of the schools on this list +/- one standard deviation from the mean.
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 the rest 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).
Your choice of religious studies school matters, so we have put together these rankings to help you make your decision. We derive our Best Overall Religious Studies School rankings by rolling up our degree-level rankings after weighting them by the number of degrees awarded at each school.
