2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Religion Major in the Plains States Region
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Religious Studies is the 90th most popular major in the country with 9,039 degrees awarded in 2021-2022. In , religious studies graduates who were awarded their degree in , earned an average of $34,289 and had an average of $30,539 in loans still to pay off.
Across the Plains States region, there were 379 religious studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $30,550 and $22,712 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 98 religious studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $56,858 and $37,352 respectively.
For this year’s “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Religion Major in the Plains States Region” ranking, we looked at 12 colleges that offer a degree in religious studies. That schools that top this list have a program in religious studies in which the largest percentage of students at the school are enrolled.
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Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Religion Major in the Plains States Region
The following schools top our list of the Best “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Religion Major in the Plains States Region”.
Top 12 Most Focused Master’s Degree Colleges for Religious Studies in the Plains States Region
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Crown College. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Religion Major in the Plains States Region list. Crown is a small school located in Saint Bonifacius, Minnesota that handed out 28 masters’s religion degrees in 2021-2022.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 0.9% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%.
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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Friends University. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Religion Major in the Plains States Region list. Friends University is located in Wichita, Kansas and, has a small student population. In 2021-2022, this school awarded 27 masters’s religion degrees to qualified students.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 2.9% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%.
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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Faith Baptist Bible College and Theological Seminary. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Religion Major in the Plains States Region list. Located in Ankeny, Iowa, this small private not-for-profit school awarded 0 degrees to qualified masters’s religion students in 2021-2022.
Full Faith Baptist Bible College and Theological Seminary Religious Studies Report
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Graceland University - Lamoni. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Religion Major in the Plains States Region list. This small school is located in Lamoni, Iowa, and it awarded 8 masters’s religion degrees in 2021-2022.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 1.5%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Bethel University Minnesota. It ranked #5 on our 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Religion Major in the Plains States Region list. Bethel University Minnesota is located in Saint Paul, Minnesota and, has a small student population. In 2021-2022, this school awarded 12 masters’s religion degrees to qualified students.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 1.1% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 86%.
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University of Mary ranked #6 on this year’s Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Religion Major in the Plains States Region list. Located in Bismarck, North Dakota, this small private not-for-profit school awarded 2 diplomas to qualified masters’s religion students in 2021-2022.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 0.5%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Full University of Mary Religious Studies Report
University of St Thomas Minnesota landed the #7 spot on the 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Religion Major in the Plains States Region ranking. Located in Saint Paul, Minnesota, this medium-sized private not-for-profit school handed out 12 degrees to qualified masters’s religion students in 2021-2022.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 0.9%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. With a freshman retention rate of 85%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students.
Read full report on Religious Studies at University of St Thomas Minnesota
With a ranking of #8, Missouri State University - Springfield did quite well on the 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Religion Major in the Plains States Region list. Missouri State University - Springfield is a large school located in Springfield, Missouri that handed out 5 masters’s religion degrees in 2021-2022.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 0.8% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%.
Full Missouri State Religious Studies Report
With a ranking of #9, University of Kansas did quite well on the 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Religion Major in the Plains States Region list. Lawrence, Kansas is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s religion degrees to 2 students in 2021-2022.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 1.2%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 85%.
Full University of Kansas Religious Studies Report
Washington University in St Louis landed the #10 spot on the 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Religion Major in the Plains States Region ranking. WUSTL is a private not-for-profit institution located in Saint Louis, Missouri. The school has a fairly large population, and it awarded 4 masters’s degrees in 2021-2022.
With a freshman retention rate of 96%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students. The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 0.4%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. The impressive undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 7 to 1 means that students may have more opportunities to work more closely with their professors than they would at other schools.
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With a ranking of #11, University of Missouri - Columbia did quite well on the 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Religion Major in the Plains States Region list. Columbia, Missouri is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s religion degrees to 8 students in 2021-2022.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 0.7%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 88%.
Read more about Religious Studies at University of Missouri - Columbia
With a ranking of #12, University of Iowa did quite well on the 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Religion Major in the Plains States Region list. Iowa is located in Iowa City, Iowa and, has a large student population. In 2021-2022, this school awarded 2 masters’s religion degrees to qualified students.
With a freshman retention rate of 88%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students. The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 1.2%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
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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
- *Avg Salary and Avg 4-Year Grad Rate 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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