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2022 Best Value Bible Studies Schools for a Bachelor’s in Illinois

4 Ranked Colleges
118 Degrees Awarded
$20,900 Avg Net Price*
Best Value Bible Studies Schools for a Bachelor's in Illinois

When pursuing a degree in today’s world, students have many different options to choose from. 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 Bible Studies Schools for a Bachelor’s in Illinois” ranking is part of that endeavor.

Bible/Biblical Studies is the 169th most popular major in the country with 4,250 degrees awarded in 2019-2020.

Across Illinois, there were 215 Bible/Biblical studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 118 Bible/Biblical studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $38,319 and $24,183 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value Bible Studies Schools for a Bachelor’s in Illinois” ranking, we looked at 4 colleges that offer a degree in Bible/Biblical studies. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent Bible/Biblical studies programs, but they also cost less that schools of similar quality.

To come up with these rankings, we looked at factors such as the cost to attend the school after aid is awarded and overall quality of the Bible/Biblical studies program at the school. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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Best Value Bible Studies Schools for a Bachelor’s in Illinois

The colleges and universities below are the best for illinois bachelor’s degree bible studies students.

Top 4 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Bible/Biblical Studies in Illinois

#1

Moody Bible Institute

Chicago, Illinois
#1 in overall quality

Out of the 4 schools in the Best Value Bible Studies Schools for a Bachelor’s in Illinois that were part of this year’s ranking, Moody Bible Institute landed the #1 spot on the list. Moody Theological Seminary and Graduate School is located in Chicago, Illinois and, has a small student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 80 bachelors’s Bible studies degrees to qualified students.

Moody Theological Seminary and Graduate School did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Bible/Biblical Studies Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Illinois” list. The yearly cost to attend Moody Theological Seminary and Graduate School is $16,646 for Illinois Bachelor’s Degree Bible Studies students.

Read full report on Bible/Biblical Studies at Moody Bible Institute

#2

Olivet Nazarene University

Bourbonnais, Illinois
#3 in overall quality

Out of the 4 schools in the Best Value Bible Studies Schools for a Bachelor’s in Illinois that were part of this year’s ranking, Olivet Nazarene University landed the #2 spot on the list. Olivet Nazarene University is located in Bourbonnais, Illinois and, has a small student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 1 bachelors’s Bible studies degrees to qualified students.

In addition to being on our illinois bachelor’s degree bible studies students list, Olivet Nazarene has also earned the #3 rank in our “Best Bible/Biblical Studies Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Illinois” ranking. It costs about $20,195 for illinois bachelor’s degree bible studies students per year to attend Olivet Nazarene.

The school has an impressive student loan default rate. It’s only 3.4%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

Full Olivet Nazarene Bible/Biblical Studies Report

#3

Wheaton College Illinois

Wheaton, Illinois
#2 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Wheaton College Illinois. It ranked #3 on our 2022 Best Value Bible Studies Schools for a Bachelor’s in Illinois list. Wheaton College Illinois is a private not-for-profit institution located in Wheaton, Illinois. The school has a small population, and it awarded 23 bachelors’s degrees in 2019-2020.

Wheaton College Illinois not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #2 on our “Best Bible/Biblical Studies Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Illinois” list. The yearly cost to attend Wheaton College Illinois is $25,358 for Illinois Bachelor’s Degree Bible Studies students.

With a student-to-faculty ratio of 10 to 1, it’s easy to see that the school is committed to helping their undergraduates succeed. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 90%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. The low student loan default rate of 0.7% 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 Wheaton College Illinois Bible/Biblical Studies Report

#4 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Trinity International University - Illinois. The school came in at #4 for the Best Value Bible Studies Schools for a Bachelor’s in Illinois. This small school is located in Deerfield, Illinois, and it awarded 3 bachelors’s Bible studies degrees in 2019-2020.

TIU Illinois also took the #4 spot in our “Best Bible/Biblical Studies Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Illinois” ranking. It costs about $21,204 for Illinois Bachelor’s Degree Bible Studies students per year to attend TIU Illinois.

The impressive student-to-faculty ratio of 8 to 1 means that students may have more opportunities to work more closely with their professors than they would at other schools.

Read more about Bible/Biblical Studies at Trinity International University - Illinois

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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

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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