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When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. One of our goals at College Factual is to give you as much information as we can - such as our “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Religion Major in the Plains States Region” ranking - to help you make that decision.
In 2021-2022, 3,329 people earned their degree in religion/religious studies, making the major the 189th most popular in the United States.
Across the Plains States region, there were 267 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 $56,858 and $37,352 respectively.
This year’s “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Religion Major in the Plains States Region” ranking looked at 8 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in religion/religious studies. This a ranking of the schools where the largest percentage of students has enrolled in religion/religious studies.
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The colleges and universities below are the best for plains states region master’s degree religion students.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Faith Baptist Bible College and Theological Seminary. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Religion Major in the Plains States Region list. Faith Baptist Bible College and Theological Seminary is a small private not-for-profit school situated in Ankeny, Iowa. It awarded 0 masters’s religion degrees in 2021-2022.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Graceland University - Lamoni. The school came in at #2 for the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Religion Major in the Plains States Region. Lamoni, Iowa is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out masters’s religion degrees to 8 students 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%.
Read full report on Religion/Religious Studies at Graceland Lamoni
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Bethel University Minnesota. It ranked #3 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 Saint Paul, Minnesota, and it awarded 12 masters’s religion degrees in 2021-2022.
The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 86%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 1.1%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Read more about Religion/Religious Studies at Bethel University Minnesota
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of St Thomas Minnesota. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Religion Major in the Plains States Region list. 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 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%. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 85%.
Read full report on Religion/Religious Studies at University of St Thomas Minnesota
Out of the 8 schools in the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Religion Major in the Plains States Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Missouri State University - Springfield landed the #5 spot on the list. Missouri State is a public institution located in Springfield, Missouri. The school has a large population, and it awarded 5 masters’s degrees in 2021-2022.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 0.8%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Read more about Religion/Religious Studies at Missouri State University - Springfield
University of Kansas landed the #6 spot on the 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Religion Major in the Plains States Region ranking. This large school is located in Lawrence, Kansas, and it awarded 2 masters’s religion degrees 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%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 85%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.
University of Missouri - Columbia landed the #7 spot on the 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Religion Major in the Plains States Region ranking. University of Missouri - Columbia is a large public school situated in Columbia, Missouri. It awarded 8 masters’s religion degrees in 2021-2022.
The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 88%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. 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%.
University of Iowa ranked #8 on this year’s Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Religion Major in the Plains States Region list. Iowa is a large school located in Iowa City, Iowa that handed out 2 masters’s religion degrees in 2021-2022.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 1.2% 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%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 88%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.
Read full report on Religion/Religious Studies at University of Iowa
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