2025 Best Religion/Religious Studies Schools in the Plains States Region
3Colleges in the Plains States Region
267Religion Degrees Awarded
A degree in religion/religious studies is more popular than many other degrees. In fact, it ranks #189 out of 1506 on popularity of all such degrees in the nation. As a result, there are many college that offer the degree, making your choice of school a hard one.
College Factual looked at 3 colleges and universities when compiling its 2025 Best Religion/Religious Studies Schools in the Plains States Region ranking. Combined, these schools handed out 267 degrees in religion/religious studies to qualified students.
Choosing a Great Religion/Religious Studies School
Your choice of religion/religious studies school matters, so we have put together these rankings to help you make your decision. For our Best Overall Religion/Religious Studies School rankings, we roll up the results of our degree-level rankings, weighted by the number of degrees awarded at that level.
In order to find the schools that are the best fit for you, you may want to filter to one of the degree levels below.
The religion school you choose to invest your time and money in matters. To help you make the decision that is right for you, we've developed a number of major-specific rankings, including this list of the Best Religion/Religious Studies Schools in the Plains States Region.
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Best Schools for Religion/Religious Studies in the Plains States Region
Although we recommend filtering by degree level first, you can view the list below to see which schools give the educational experience for the religion degree levels they offer.
University of St Thomas Minnesota is one of the best schools in the United States for getting a degree in religion/religious studies. UST MN is a moderately-sized private not-for-profit university located in the city of Saint Paul. A Best Colleges rank of #106 out of 2,152 schools nationwide means UST MN is a great university overall.
There were approximately 57 religion/religious studies students who graduated with this degree at UST MN in the most recent data year.
It is hard to beat St Olaf College if you wish to pursue a degree in religion/religious studies. Located in the town of Northfield, St. Olaf is a private not-for-profit college with a small student population. This college ranks 6th out of 52 colleges for overall quality in the state of Minnesota.
There were roughly 16 religion/religious studies students who graduated with this degree at St. Olaf in the most recent year we have data available.
It is hard to beat Missouri State University - Springfield if you wish to pursue a degree in religion/religious studies. Missouri State is a very large public university located in the midsize city of Springfield. This university ranks 10th out of 48 schools for overall quality in the state of Missouri.
There were about 19 religion/religious studies students who graduated with this degree at Missouri State in the most recent data year.
The bars on the spread charts above show the distribution of the schools on this list +/- one standard deviation from the mean.
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 the rest 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).
Your choice of religion/religious studies school matters, so we have put together these rankings to help you make your decision. For our Best Overall Religion/Religious Studies School rankings, we roll up the results of our degree-level rankings, weighted by the number of degrees awarded at that level.
