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2023 Most Veteran Friendly in the Great Lakes Region for Lay Ministry for a Bachelor’s

1 Ranked Colleges
45 Degrees Awarded
$19,600 Avg Cost*
Most Veteran Friendly in the Great Lakes Region for Lay Ministry for a Bachelor's

With all of the options veterans have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. College Factual has developed its “Most Veteran Friendly in the Great Lakes Region for Lay Ministry for a Bachelor’s” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.

In 2020-2021, 504 people earned their degree in lay ministry, making the major the 630th most popular in the United States.

Across the Great Lakes region, there were 147 lay ministry graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 45 lay ministry graduates with average earnings and debt of $40,343 and $26,790 respectively.

Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent lay ministry programs, but they also offer a lot of support to veterans and active service members.

To come up with these rankings, we looked at factors such as veteran satisfaction, veteran affordability, and overall quality of the lay ministry program at the school. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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Most Veteran Friendly in the Great Lakes Region for Lay Ministry for a Bachelor’s

The colleges and universities below are the best for great lakes region bachelor’s degree vets studying lay ministry.

Top 1 Best Lay Ministry Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Veterans in the Great Lakes Region

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Grace Christian University
Wyoming, Michigan
101 GI Bill® Students**
#1 in overall quality
$4,478 Average GI Bill® Award

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Grace Christian University. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Most Veteran Friendly in the Great Lakes Region for Lay Ministry for a Bachelor’s list. Grace is a small private not-for-profit school situated in Wyoming, Michigan. It awarded 28 bachelors’s lay ministry degrees in 2020-2021.

Grace also took the #1 spot in our “Best Lay Ministry Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” ranking.Our most recent data shows that 101 of the 1,052 students enrolled at Grace Christian University were GI Bill® students, of which 61 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average Post-9/11 GI Bill® award for tuition and fees at the school was $4,478. To help with additional expenses, 0 students received scholarships through the Yellow Ribbon Program. Grace Christian University offers credit for military training for eligible students.

[Read full report on veteran student life at Grace Christian University]](/colleges/grace-bible-college/student-life/veterans/)

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