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2022 Best Vallue Religious Ed Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making Over $110k

9 Ranked Colleges
153 Degrees Awarded
$26,100 Avg Net Price*
Best Vallue Religious Ed Schools for a Bachelor's in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making Over $110k

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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 Great Lakes region, there were 246 religious education graduates with average earnings and debt of $27,340 and $28,362 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 153 religious education graduates with average earnings and debt of $39,075 and $25,381 respectively.

This year’s “Best Vallue Religious Ed Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making Over $110k” ranking analyzed 9 colleges that offered a degree in religious education. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality religious education programs that also have a lower cost than 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. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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Best Vallue Religious Ed Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making Over $110k

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Vallue Religious Ed Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making Over $110k.

Top 9 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Religious Education (Income Over $110k) in the Great Lakes Region

#1

Moody Bible Institute

Chicago, Illinois

Out of the 9 schools in the Best Vallue Religious Ed Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making Over $110k that were part of this year’s ranking, Moody Bible Institute landed the #1 spot on the list. Located in Chicago, Illinois, this small private not-for-profit school handed out 36 degrees to qualified bachelors’s religious ed students in 2019-2020.

Moody Theological Seminary and Graduate School did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #4 on our “Best Religious Education Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” list. It costs about $16,646 for great lakes region bachelor’s degree religious ed students whose families make more than $110k per year to attend Moody Theological Seminary and Graduate School.

Read more about Religious Education at Moody Theological Seminary and Graduate School

#2

Olivet Nazarene University

Bourbonnais, Illinois

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Olivet Nazarene University. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Vallue Religious Ed Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making Over $110k list. Olivet Nazarene University is a small private not-for-profit school situated in Bourbonnais, Illinois. It awarded 5 bachelors’s religious ed degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Olivet Nazarene, the school also landed the #5 spot in our “Best Religious Education Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for Olivet Nazarene University is $20,195 for great lakes region bachelor’s degree religious ed students whose families make more than $110k.

The low student loan default rate of 3.4% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%.

Read full report on Religious Education at Olivet Nazarene University

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Franciscan University of Steubenville. The school came in at #3 for the Best Vallue Religious Ed Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making Over $110k. Franciscan U is a private not-for-profit institution located in Steubenville, Ohio. The school has a small population, and it awarded 26 bachelors’s degrees in 2019-2020.

Franciscan U not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #3 on our “Best Religious Education Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” list. The yearly cost to attend Franciscan U is $24,918 for Great Lakes Region Bachelor’s Degree Religious Ed students whose families make more than $110k.

With a freshman retention rate of 86%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its students. The student loan default rate at the school is 2.4%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.

Read more about Religious Education at Franciscan University of Steubenville

Out of the 9 schools in the Best Vallue Religious Ed Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making Over $110k that were part of this year’s ranking, Trinity International University - Illinois landed the #4 spot on the list. TIU Illinois is a small private not-for-profit school situated in Deerfield, Illinois. It awarded 18 bachelors’s religious ed degrees in 2019-2020.

TIU Illinois also took the #7 spot in our “Best Religious Education Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” ranking. It costs about $21,204 for Great Lakes Region Bachelor’s Degree Religious Ed students whose families make more than $110k per year to attend TIU Illinois.

The impressive student-to-faculty ratio of 8 to 1 means that students may have more opportunities to work more closely with their professors than they would at other schools.

Read full report on Religious Education at Trinity International University - Illinois

#5

Grace Christian University

Wyoming, Michigan
#9 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Grace Christian University. It ranked #5 on our 2022 Best Vallue Religious Ed Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making Over $110k list. Grace Christian University is a private not-for-profit institution located in Wyoming, Michigan. The school has a small population, and it awarded 15 bachelors’s degrees in 2019-2020.

Grace also made our “Best Religious Education Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” list, coming in at #9. It costs about $12,679 for great lakes region bachelor’s degree religious ed students whose families make more than $110k per year to attend Grace Christian University.

Read full report on Religious Education at Grace

#6 in overall quality

Indiana Wesleyan University ranked #6 on this year’s Best Vallue Religious Ed Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making Over $110k list. Located in Marion, Indiana, this small private not-for-profit school awarded 2 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s religious ed students in 2019-2020.

IWU also made our “Best Religious Education Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” list, coming in at #6. The estimated yearly cost for IWU is $20,946 for Great Lakes Region Bachelor’s Degree Religious Ed students whose families make more than $110k.

Read full report on Religious Education at IWU

#7

Malone University

Canton, Ohio
#8 in overall quality

Malone University did quite well in the 2022 Best Vallue Religious Ed Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making Over $110k ranking, coming in at #7. Malone is located in Canton, Ohio and, has a small student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 2 bachelors’s religious ed degrees to qualified students.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Malone, the school also landed the #8 spot in our “Best Religious Education Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” ranking. It costs about $19,897 for great lakes region bachelor’s degree religious ed students whose families make more than $110k per year to attend Malone University.

Full Malone University Religious Education Report

#8

Wheaton College Illinois

Wheaton, Illinois

Wheaton College Illinois came in at #8 in this year’s edition of the Best Vallue Religious Ed Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making Over $110k ranking. Wheaton, Illinois is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out bachelors’s religious ed degrees to 23 students in 2019-2020.

Wheaton College Illinois did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Religious Education Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” list. The estimated yearly cost for Wheaton College Illinois is $25,358 for Great Lakes Region Bachelor’s Degree Religious Ed students whose families make more than $110k.

The low student loan default rate of 0.7% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%. Since the school has a student-to-faculty ratio of 10 to 1, those pursuing a degree will have more opportunities to interact with their professors. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 90%.

Full Wheaton College Illinois Religious Education Report

#9

Loyola University Chicago

Chicago, Illinois
#2 in overall quality

With a ranking of #9, Loyola University Chicago did quite well on the 2022 Best Vallue Religious Ed Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making Over $110k list. Loyola University Chicago is a fairly large private not-for-profit school situated in Chicago, Illinois. It awarded 7 bachelors’s religious ed degrees in 2019-2020.

Loyola Chicago also took the #2 spot in our “Best Religious Education Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” ranking. The yearly cost to attend Loyola Chicago is $35,407 for great lakes region bachelor’s degree religious ed students whose families make more than $110k.

The school has an impressive student loan default rate. It’s only 3.4%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 85%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.

Full Loyola Chicago Religious Education Report

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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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