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2022 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Religious Education (Income $75-$110k) in the Plains States Region

4 Ranked Colleges
57 Degrees Awarded
$22,700 Avg Net Price*
Best Value Religious Ed Schools for a Bachelor's in the Plains States Region For Those Making $75-$110k

It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. One of our goals at College Factual is to give you as much information as we can - such as our “Best Value Religious Ed Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Plains States Region For Those Making $75-$110k” ranking - to help you make that decision.

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 bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 57 religious education graduates with average earnings and debt of $39,786 and $25,576 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value Religious Ed Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Plains States Region For Those Making $75-$110k” ranking, we looked at 4 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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The religious ed 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 Religious Ed Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Plains States Region For Those Making $75-$110k”.

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Best Value Religious Ed Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Plains States Region For Those Making $75-$110k

The colleges and universities below are the best for plains states region bachelor’s degree religious ed students whose families make $75-$110k.

Top 4 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Religious Education (Income $75-$110k) in the Plains States Region

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Concordia University, Nebraska. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value Religious Ed Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Plains States Region For Those Making $75-$110k. Seward, Nebraska is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out bachelors’s religious ed degrees to 10 students in 2019-2020.

Concordia University, Nebraska also made our “Best Religious Education Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” list, coming in at #1. It costs about $22,884 for Plains States Region Bachelor’s Degree Religious Ed students whose families make $75-$110k per year to attend Concordia University, Nebraska.

Full Concordia University, Nebraska Religious Education Report

#4 in overall quality

Out of the 4 schools in the Best Value Religious Ed Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Plains States Region For Those Making $75-$110k that were part of this year’s ranking, Central Christian College of the Bible landed the #2 spot on the list. Central Christian College of the Bible is a small school located in Moberly, Missouri that handed out 3 bachelors’s religious ed degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Central Christian College of the Bible, the school also landed the #4 spot in our “Best Religious Education Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” ranking. It costs about $17,085 for plains states region bachelor’s degree religious ed students whose families make $75-$110k per year to attend Central Christian College of the Bible.

The student-to-faculty ratio of 8 to 1 is a sign that students will have more opportunities to engage with their professors one-on-one.

Read full report on Religious Education at Central Christian College of the Bible

#3

Crown College

Saint Bonifacius, Minnesota

Out of the 4 schools in the Best Value Religious Ed Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Plains States Region For Those Making $75-$110k that were part of this year’s ranking, Crown College landed the #3 spot on the list. Crown is located in Saint Bonifacius, Minnesota and, has a small student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 19 bachelors’s religious ed degrees to qualified students.

Crown not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #3 on our “Best Religious Education Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” list. The estimated yearly cost for Crown is $27,655 for Plains States Region Bachelor’s Degree Religious Ed students whose families make $75-$110k.

Full Crown Religious Education Report

#4

Benedictine College

Atchison, Kansas

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Benedictine College. The school came in at #4 for the Best Value Religious Ed Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Plains States Region For Those Making $75-$110k. Benedictine College is a small school located in Atchison, Kansas that handed out 13 bachelors’s religious ed degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Benedictine College, the school also landed the #2 spot in our “Best Religious Education Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” ranking. It costs about $23,219 for Plains States Region Bachelor’s Degree Religious Ed students whose families make $75-$110k per year to attend Benedictine College.

The student loan default rate at the school is 3.8%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.

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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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