2022 Best Value Religious Ed Schools for a Master’s in the Plains States Region For Those Making $48-$75k

When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. 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 the Plains States Region For Those Making $48-$75k” ranking is part of that endeavor.

Religious Education is the 215th most popular major in the country with 1,336 degrees awarded in 2019-2020. 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 the Plains States region, there were 108 religious education graduates with average earnings and debt of $31,100 and $30,000 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 32 religious education graduates with average earnings and debt of $53,438 and $39,783 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Religious Ed Schools for a Master’s in the Plains States Region For Those Making $48-$75k” ranking looked at 3 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in religious education. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great religious education programs and cost less that schools of similar quality.

When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the religious education program at the school and the cost to attend the school once aid has been awarded. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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Best Value Religious Ed Schools for a Master’s in the Plains States Region For Those Making $48-$75k

The colleges and universities below are the best for plains states region master’s degree religious ed students whose families make $48-$75k.

Top 3 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Religious Education (Income $48-$75k) in the Plains States Region

#1

Bethel University Minnesota

Saint Paul, Minnesota

#1 in overall quality

$11,700 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Bethel University Minnesota. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Religious Ed Schools for a Master’s in the Plains States Region For Those Making $48-$75k list. Bethel University Minnesota is a small private not-for-profit school situated in Saint Paul, Minnesota. It awarded 6 masters’s religious ed degrees in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our plains states region master’s degree religious ed students whose families make $48-$75k list, Bethel University Minnesota has also earned the #1 rank in our “Best Religious Education Master’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Bethel University Minnesota are $11,700, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Full Bethel University Minnesota Religious Education Report

#2

Midwestern Baptist Theological Seminary

Kansas City, Missouri

#3 in overall quality

$6,950 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 3 schools in the Best Value Religious Ed Schools for a Master’s in the Plains States Region For Those Making $48-$75k that were part of this year’s ranking, Midwestern Baptist Theological Seminary landed the #2 spot on the list. This small school is located in Kansas City, Missouri, and it awarded 3 masters’s religious ed degrees in 2019-2020.

MBTS not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #3 on our “Best Religious Education Master’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at Midwestern Baptist Theological Seminary are $6,950, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read more about Religious Education at MBTS

#3

Crown College

Saint Bonifacius, Minnesota

#2 in overall quality

$10,270 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 3 schools in the Best Value Religious Ed Schools for a Master’s in the Plains States Region For Those Making $48-$75k that were part of this year’s ranking, Crown College landed the #3 spot on the list. Crown is a small private not-for-profit school situated in Saint Bonifacius, Minnesota. It awarded 19 masters’s religious ed degrees in 2019-2020.

Crown did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our “Best Religious Education Master’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at Crown are $10,270, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read full report on Religious Education at Crown College

• Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Religious Education (Income $48-$75k)

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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