2022 Best Value Religion Schools for a Master’s in the Plains States Region For Those Making $30-$48k

It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. 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 Religion Schools for a Master’s in the Plains States Region For Those Making $30-$48k” ranking is part of that endeavor.

Religion/Religious Studies is the 173rd most popular major in the country with 3,832 degrees awarded in 2019-2020.

Across the Plains States region, there were 274 religion/religious studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 41 religion/religious studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $53,438 and $39,783 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Religion Schools for a Master’s in the Plains States Region For Those Making $30-$48k” ranking looked at 3 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in religion/religious studies. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality religion/religious studies programs that also have a lower cost than schools of similar quality.

When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the religion/religious studies program at the school and the cost to attend the school once aid has been awarded. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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Best Value Religion Schools for a Master’s in the Plains States Region For Those Making $30-$48k

The colleges and universities below are the best for plains states region master’s degree religion students whose families make $30-$48k.

Top 3 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Religion/Religious Studies (Income $30-$48k) in the Plains States Region

#1

University of Iowa

Iowa City, Iowa

$27,613 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 3 schools in the Best Value Religion Schools for a Master’s in the Plains States Region For Those Making $30-$48k that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Iowa landed the #1 spot on the list. University of Iowa is a large school located in Iowa City, Iowa that handed out 2 masters’s religion degrees in 2019-2020.

Iowa did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #0 on our “Best Religion/Religious Studies Master’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at Iowa are $27,613, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read more about Religion/Religious Studies at Iowa

#2

University of Kansas

Lawrence, Kansas

#2 in overall quality

$25,007 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Kansas. The school came in at #2 for the Best Value Religion Schools for a Master’s in the Plains States Region For Those Making $30-$48k. This large school is located in Lawrence, Kansas, and it awarded 3 masters’s religion degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at KU, the school also landed the #2 spot in our “Best Religion/Religious Studies Master’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at University of Kansas are $25,007, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read full report on Religion/Religious Studies at University of Kansas

#3

University of St Thomas Minnesota

Saint Paul, Minnesota

#1 in overall quality

$24,814 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 3 schools in the Best Value Religion Schools for a Master’s in the Plains States Region For Those Making $30-$48k that were part of this year’s ranking, University of St Thomas Minnesota landed the #3 spot on the list. UST MN is located in Saint Paul, Minnesota and, has a medium-sized student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 11 masters’s religion degrees to qualified students.

UST MN also took the #1 spot in our “Best Religion/Religious Studies Master’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at University of St Thomas Minnesota are $24,814, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read full report on Religion/Religious Studies at University of St Thomas Minnesota

• Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Religion/Religious Studies (Income $30-$48k)

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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