2024 Best Value Bachelor's Degree Colleges for Bible/Biblical Studies in the Great Lakes Region
10
Colleges
750,590
Bachelor's Degrees
$24,725
Avg Cost*
Finding the Best Value Bible/Biblical Studies School for You
Bible/Biblical Studies is the #135 most popular major in the country with 5,415,716 bachelor's degrees awarded in 2021-2022. Of those degrees, 750,590 went to students in the Great Lakes region of the United States.
For this year's Best Value Bachelor's Degree Colleges for Bible/Biblical Studies in the Great Lakes Region ranking, we looked at 10 colleges that offer a bachelor's in bible studies. To us, 'best value' doesn't just mean the school with the lowest overall costs. We are more focused on bible studies schools that offer a high quality education at a price lower that other schools of similar academic excellence.
To determine the average cost, we look at total expenses - such as tuition, fees, room and board, books, and other related expenses - and then subtract the average financial award a student receives. Knowing this amount can help you determine how much you may have to borrow in loans or take out of savings. Depending on your income and other factors, the cost for you to attend a particular school may be more or less.
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2024 Best Value Bible/Biblical Studies Schools in the Great Lakes Region
The following schools top our list of the Best Bible/Biblical Studies Colleges for the Money.
Top 10 Best Value Bible/Biblical Studies Schools
Moody Bible Institute comes in at #1 in this year's ranking. Located in the city of Chicago, Moody Theological Seminary and Graduate School is a private not-for-profit school with a small student population. In addition to being on our best value list, Moody Theological Seminary and Graduate School has also earned the #1 rank in our Best Bible/Biblical Studies Schools in the Great Lakes Region ranking.
The average student at Moody Theological Seminary and Graduate School graduates in less than 4.2 years, and the estimated yearly cost for the school is $21,672. When we combine these numbers, we estimate that the cost to get a bachelor’s degree from Moody Theological Seminary and Graduate School is $91,889. When you graduate sooner, you can save a lot of money.
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Indiana Wesleyan University - National & Global landed the #2 spot in our 2024 rankings for best value bible/biblical studies schools. IWU is a large private not-for-profit school located in the rural area of Marion. As a testament to the quality of education offered at IWU, the school also landed the #5 rank in our Best Bible/Biblical Studies Schools in the Great Lakes Region ranking.
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Ohio Christian University landed the #3 spot in our 2024 rankings for best value bible/biblical studies schools. Located in the town of Circleville, OCU is a private not-for-profit college with a small student population. As a testament to the quality of education offered at OCU, the school also landed the #4 rank in our Best Bible/Biblical Studies Schools in the Great Lakes Region ranking.
It takes about 4.1 years for the average student at OCU to complete their degree, and the yearly average cost to attend the school is $22,877. This makes the estimated cost of a bachelor’s degree from OCU be around $94,711. When you graduate sooner, you can save a lot of money.
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Lincoln Christian University earned the #4 spot in our 2024 rankings. Located in the town of Lincoln, Lincoln Christian College and Seminary is a private not-for-profit college with a fairly small student population. Lincoln Christian College and Seminary did well in our quality rankings, too. It placed #7 on our Best Bible/Biblical Studies Schools in the Great Lakes Region list.
At Lincoln Christian College and Seminary, the average time it takes a student to graduate is 4.2 years, and the estimated yearly cost for the school is $20,795. This means that the average student pays around $87,547 to get a bachelor’s degree from Lincoln Christian College and Seminary. If you can shave even one term off your degree, you can save a substantial amount of money.
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Grace Christian University landed the #5 spot in our 2024 rankings for best value bible/biblical studies schools. Located in the suburb of Wyoming, Grace is a private not-for-profit school with a small student population. Grace also took the #9 spot in our Best Bible/Biblical Studies Schools in the Great Lakes Region rankings.
At Grace, the average time it takes a student to graduate is 4.5 years, and the average full-time cost to attend the school is around $19,599. When we combine these numbers, we estimate that the cost to get a bachelor’s degree from Grace is $88,783. The sooner a student graduates, the more money they can save.
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Grace College and Theological Seminary earned the #6 spot in our 2024 rankings. Located in the distant town of Winona Lake, Grace College is a private not-for-profit college with a small student population. As a testament to the quality of education offered at Grace College, the school also landed the #2 rank in our Best Bible/Biblical Studies Schools in the Great Lakes Region ranking.
At Grace College, the average time it takes a student to graduate is 4.0 years, and on average, the annual cost to attend the school is $22,684. This makes the estimated cost of a bachelor’s degree from Grace College be around $91,190. When students graduate in a lesser amount of time, they can save thousands of dollars.
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Trinity International University - Illinois landed the #7 spot in our 2024 rankings for best value bible/biblical studies schools. TIU Illinois is a small private not-for-profit school located in the suburb of Deerfield. TIU Illinois also took the #6 spot in our Best Bible/Biblical Studies Schools in the Great Lakes Region rankings.
At TIU Illinois, the average time it takes a student to graduate is 4.2 years, and the average full-time cost to attend the school is around $28,121. Looking at these numbers together, we estimate that the average cost of a bachelor’s degree from TIU Illinois is about $118,952. The sooner a student graduates, the more money they can save.
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Our rankings recognize Indiana Wesleyan University as the #8 school in this year's rankings. IWU is a small private not-for-profit school located in the town of Marion.
The average student at IWU graduates in less than 4.2 years, and the yearly average cost to attend the school is $23,134. This makes the estimated cost of a bachelor’s degree from IWU be around $96,006. When you graduate sooner, you can save a lot of money.
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Wheaton College Illinois comes in at #9 in this year's ranking. Located in the large suburb of Wheaton, Wheaton College Illinois is a private not-for-profit school with a small student population. In addition to being on our best value list, Wheaton College Illinois has also earned the #3 rank in our Best Bible/Biblical Studies Schools in the Great Lakes Region ranking.
It takes about 4.1 years for the average student at Wheaton College Illinois to complete their degree, and the estimated yearly cost for the school is $34,681. This makes the estimated cost of a bachelor’s degree from Wheaton College Illinois be around $141,498. The sooner a student graduates, the more money they can save.
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Spring Arbor University earned the #10 spot in our 2024 rankings. Spring Arbor is a small private not-for-profit school located in the suburb of Spring Arbor.
It takes about 4.4 years for the average student at Spring Arbor to complete their degree, and the average full-time cost to attend the school is around $28,964. This means that the average student pays around $127,731 to get a bachelor’s degree from Spring Arbor. When you graduate sooner, you can save a lot of money.
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Notes and References
*These averages are for the top 10 schools only.
- 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).
More about our data sources and methodologies.
