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2022 Best Value Religion Schools for a Master’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Getting Aid

6 Ranked Colleges
116 Degrees Awarded
$30,900 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees*
Best Value Religion Schools for a Master's in the Great Lakes Region For Those Getting Aid

Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. One of our goals at College Factual is to give you as much information as we can - such as our “Best Value Religion Schools for a Master’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Getting Aid” ranking - to help you make that decision.

Religious Studies is the 115th most popular major in the country with 9,704 degrees awarded in 2019-2020. In 2017-2018, religious studies graduates who were awarded their degree in 2015-2017, earned an average of $32,163 and had an average of $28,712 in loans still to pay off.

Across the Great Lakes region, there were 545 religious studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $32,033 and $27,538 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 116 religious studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $57,039 and $42,488 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Religion Schools for a Master’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Getting Aid” ranking looked at 6 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in religious studies. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality religious studies programs that also have a lower cost than 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 religious studies program at the school. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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Best Value Religion Schools for a Master’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Getting Aid

The colleges and universities below are the best for great lakes region master’s degree religion students with aid.

Top 6 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Religious Studies in the Great Lakes Region (With Aid)

#4 in overall quality

Out of the 6 schools in the Best Value Religion Schools for a Master’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Getting Aid that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign landed the #1 spot on the list. UIUC is a large public school situated in Champaign, Illinois. It awarded 2 masters’s religion degrees in 2019-2020.

UIUC did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #4 on our “Best Religious Studies Master’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at UIUC are $30,083, but some majors have different tuition rates.

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#2

Indiana University - Bloomington

Bloomington, Indiana
#2 in overall quality

Out of the 6 schools in the Best Value Religion Schools for a Master’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Getting Aid that were part of this year’s ranking, Indiana University - Bloomington landed the #2 spot on the list. Located in Bloomington, Indiana, this large public school handed out 7 degrees to qualified masters’s religion students in 2019-2020.

IU Bloomington not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #2 on our “Best Religious Studies Master’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at IU Bloomington are $33,338, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read full report on Religious Studies at IU Bloomington

#3 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Mount Vernon Nazarene University. It ranked #3 on our 2022 Best Value Religion Schools for a Master’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Getting Aid list. Mount Vernon Nazarene University is located in Mount Vernon, Ohio and, has a small student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 17 masters’s religion degrees to qualified students.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at MVNU, the school also landed the #3 spot in our “Best Religious Studies Master’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” ranking. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at MVNU are $8,964.

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#4

University of Notre Dame

Notre Dame, Indiana
#1 in overall quality

Out of the 6 schools in the Best Value Religion Schools for a Master’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Getting Aid that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Notre Dame landed the #4 spot on the list. University of Notre Dame is a private not-for-profit institution located in Notre Dame, Indiana. The school has a fairly large population, and it awarded 5 masters’s degrees in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our great lakes region master’s degree religion students with aid list, Notre Dame has also earned the #1 rank in our “Best Religious Studies Master’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at University of Notre Dame are $57,522, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

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#5

Western Michigan University

Kalamazoo, Michigan
#5 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Western Michigan University. The school came in at #5 for the Best Value Religion Schools for a Master’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Getting Aid. Kalamazoo, Michigan is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s religion degrees to 5 students in 2019-2020.

WMU did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #5 on our “Best Religious Studies Master’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at Western Michigan University are $31,355, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Full Western Michigan University Religious Studies Report

#6

Marquette University

Milwaukee, Wisconsin

Marquette University did quite well in the 2022 Best Value Religion Schools for a Master’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Getting Aid ranking, coming in at #6. Marquette University is located in Milwaukee, Wisconsin and, has a fairly large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 1 masters’s religion degrees to qualified students.

Marquette also took the #0 spot in our “Best Religious Studies Master’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” ranking. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at Marquette University are $21,690.

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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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