2022 Best Value Religion Schools for a Master’s in the Plains States Region For Those Making $75-$110k

It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. Our mission at College Factual is to arm you with as much information as we can to help you make that decision. Our “Best Value Religion Schools for a Master’s in the Plains States Region For Those Making $75-$110k” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.

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.

For this year’s “Best Value Religion Schools for a Master’s in the Plains States Region For Those Making $75-$110k” ranking, we looked at 3 colleges that offer a degree in religion/religious studies. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent religion/religious studies programs, but they also cost less that schools of similar quality.

Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the religion/religious studies program at the school and the cost of the school after aid is awarded among other things. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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Best Value Religion Schools for a Master’s in the Plains States Region For Those Making $75-$110k

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Religion Schools for a Master’s in the Plains States Region For Those Making $75-$110k.

Top 3 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Religion/Religious Studies (Income $75-$110k) in the Plains States Region

#1

University of Iowa

Iowa City, Iowa

$27,613 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Iowa. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Religion Schools for a Master’s in the Plains States Region For Those Making $75-$110k list. Iowa City, Iowa is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s religion degrees to 2 students 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. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at Iowa are $27,613.

Full Iowa Religion/Religious Studies Report

#2

University of Kansas

Lawrence, Kansas

#2 in overall quality

$25,007 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Kansas. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Religion Schools for a Master’s in the Plains States Region For Those Making $75-$110k list. KU is a public institution located in Lawrence, Kansas. The school has a large population, and it awarded 3 masters’s degrees in 2019-2020.

KU did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our “Best Religion/Religious Studies Master’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at University of Kansas are $25,007, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Full University of Kansas Religion/Religious Studies Report

#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 $75-$110k that were part of this year’s ranking, University of St Thomas Minnesota landed the #3 spot on the list. University of St Thomas Minnesota is a medium-sized school located in Saint Paul, Minnesota that handed out 11 masters’s religion degrees in 2019-2020.

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

Read more about Religion/Religious Studies at University of St Thomas Minnesota

• Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Religion/Religious Studies (Income $75-$110k)

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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