2023 Most Focused Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Missions/Missionary Studies & Missiology in the Plains States Region

Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Missions/Missionary Studies and Missiology Major in the Plains States Region” ranking is part of that endeavor.

Missions/Missionary Studies & Missiology is the 448th most popular major in the country with 1,277 degrees awarded in 2021-2022.

Across the Plains States region, there were 216 missions/missionary studies & missiology graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 2 missions/missionary studies & missiology graduates with average earnings and debt of $76,238 and $112,293 respectively.

This year’s “Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Missions/Missionary Studies and Missiology Major in the Plains States Region” ranking looked at 2 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in missions/missionary studies & missiology. That schools that top this list have a program in missions/missionary studies & missiology in which the largest percentage of students at the school are enrolled.

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Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Missions/Missionary Studies and Missiology Major in the Plains States Region

The colleges and universities below are the best for plains states region doctor’s degree missions/missionary studies and missiology students.

Top 2 Most Focused Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Missions/Missionary Studies & Missiology in the Plains States Region

1

Evangel University
Springfield, Missouri

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Evangel University. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Missions/Missionary Studies and Missiology Major in the Plains States Region list. This small school is located in Springfield, Missouri, and it awarded 2 doctorate’s missions/missionary studies and missiology degrees in 2021-2022.

The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 1.4%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

Full Evangel University Missions/Missionary Studies & Missiology Report

2

Bethel University Minnesota
Saint Paul, Minnesota

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Bethel University Minnesota. The school came in at #2 for the Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Missions/Missionary Studies and Missiology Major in the Plains States Region. Bethel University Minnesota is a private not-for-profit institution located in Saint Paul, Minnesota. The school has a small population, and it awarded 0 doctorate’s degrees in 2021-2022.

Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 86%. The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 1.1%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.

Read more about Missions/Missionary Studies & Missiology at Bethel University Minnesota

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

• *Avg Salary and Avg 4-Year Grad Rate 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.