2022 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Lay Ministry (Income $30-$48k) in the Great Lakes Region

It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. College Factual has developed its “Best Value Lay Ministry Schools for a Master’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making $30-$48k” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.

In 2019-2020, 481 people earned their degree in lay ministry, making the major the 672nd most popular in the United States.

Across the Great Lakes region, there were 200 lay ministry graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 31 lay ministry graduates with average earnings and debt of $57,039 and $42,488 respectively.

Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent lay ministry 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 lay ministry program at the school. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

One Size Does Not Fit All

The lay ministry 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 “Best Value Lay Ministry Schools for a Master’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making $30-$48k”.

In addition to our rankings, you can take two colleges and compare them based on the criteria that matters most to you in our unique tool, College Combat. Test it out by comparing your favorite schools against others you are considering, or bookmark the tool so you can experiment with it later.

Best Value Lay Ministry Schools for a Master’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making $30-$48k

The colleges and universities below are the best for great lakes region master’s degree lay ministry students whose families make $30-$48k.

Top 1 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Lay Ministry (Income $30-$48k) in the Great Lakes Region

#1

Grace College and Theological Seminary

Winona Lake, Indiana

#1 in overall quality

$7,872 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Grace College and Theological Seminary. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Lay Ministry Schools for a Master’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making $30-$48k list. Grace College is a small school located in Winona Lake, Indiana that handed out 1 masters’s lay ministry degrees in 2019-2020.

Grace College did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Lay Ministry Master’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at Grace College and Theological Seminary are $7,872, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read more about Lay Ministry at Grace College and Theological Seminary

• Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Lay Ministry (Income $30-$48k)

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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