2022 Best Value Religious Ed Schools for a Master’s in Illinois For Those Making $30-$48k

It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. 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 Religious Ed Schools for a Master’s in Illinois For Those Making $30-$48k” ranking is part of that endeavor.

In 2019-2020, 1,336 people earned their degree in religious education, making the major the 215th most popular in the United States. In 2017-2018, religious education graduates who were awarded their degree in 2015-2017, earned an average of $28,663 and had an average of $31,603 in loans still to pay off.

Across Illinois, there were 139 religious education graduates with average earnings and debt of $25,625 and $26,436 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 39 religious education graduates with average earnings and debt of $57,267 and $46,814 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value Religious Ed Schools for a Master’s in Illinois For Those Making $30-$48k” ranking, we looked at 2 colleges that offer a degree in religious education. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent religious education programs, but they also cost less that schools of similar quality.

Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the religious education program at the school and the cost of the school after aid is awarded among other things. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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Best Value Religious Ed Schools for a Master’s in Illinois For Those Making $30-$48k

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Religious Ed Schools for a Master’s in Illinois For Those Making $30-$48k.

Top 2 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Religious Education (Income $30-$48k) in Illinois

#1

Wheaton College Illinois

Wheaton, Illinois

#1 in overall quality

$17,424 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

$27,476 Average Early-Career Earnings

Out of the 2 schools in the Best Value Religious Ed Schools for a Master’s in Illinois For Those Making $30-$48k that were part of this year’s ranking, Wheaton College Illinois landed the #1 spot on the list. Located in Wheaton, Illinois, this small private not-for-profit school handed out 16 diplomas to qualified masters’s religious ed students in 2019-2020.

Wheaton College Illinois also made our “Best Religious Education Master’s Degree Schools in Illinois” list, coming in at #1. Average graduate tuition and fees at Wheaton College Illinois are $17,424, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

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#2

Trinity International University - Illinois

Deerfield, Illinois

$17,780 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Trinity International University - Illinois. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Religious Ed Schools for a Master’s in Illinois For Those Making $30-$48k list. TIU Illinois is a private not-for-profit institution located in Deerfield, Illinois. The school has a small population, and it awarded 6 masters’s degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at TIU Illinois, the school also landed the #0 spot in our “Best Religious Education Master’s Degree Schools in Illinois” ranking. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at Trinity International University - Illinois are $17,780.

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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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