2022 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Religious Education in Illinois (With Aid)

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 Illinois For Those Getting Aid” 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 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.

This year’s “Best Value Religious Ed Schools for a Master’s in Illinois For Those Getting Aid” ranking analyzed 2 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.

To come up with these rankings, we looked at factors such as the cost to attend the school after aid is awarded and overall quality of the religious education program at the school. 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 Getting Aid

The colleges and universities below are the best for illinois master’s degree religious ed students with aid.

Top 2 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Religious Education in Illinois (With Aid)

#1

Trinity International University - Illinois

Deerfield, Illinois

$17,780 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Trinity International University - Illinois. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value Religious Ed Schools for a Master’s in Illinois For Those Getting Aid. Located in Deerfield, Illinois, this small private not-for-profit school handed out 6 degrees to qualified masters’s religious ed students in 2019-2020.

TIU Illinois did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #0 on our “Best Religious Education Master’s Degree Schools in Illinois” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at Trinity International University - Illinois are $17,780, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read more about Religious Education at Trinity International University - Illinois

#2

Wheaton College Illinois

Wheaton, Illinois

#1 in overall quality

$17,424 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

$27,476 Average Early-Career Earnings

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Wheaton College Illinois. The school came in at #2 for the Best Value Religious Ed Schools for a Master’s in Illinois For Those Getting Aid. Wheaton College Illinois is located in Wheaton, Illinois and, has a small student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 16 masters’s religious ed degrees to qualified students.

Wheaton College Illinois also took the #1 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 Wheaton College Illinois are $17,424.

Full Wheaton College Illinois Religious Education Report

• Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Religious Education in the Great Lakes Region (With Aid)
• Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Religious Education (With Aid)

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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