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

With all of the options students have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. At College Factual, we’re committed to helping you make that decision by providing information such as that found in our “Best Value Religious Ed Schools for a Master’s in Indiana For Those Getting Aid” ranking.

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 Indiana, there were 11 religious education graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $33,514 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 8 religious education graduates with average earnings and debt of $55,737 and $39,894 respectively.

The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great religious education programs and 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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Since the program you select can have a significant impact on your future, we’ve developed a number of rankings, including this “Best Value Religious Ed Schools for a Master’s in Indiana For Those Getting Aid” list, to help you choose the best school for you.

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Best Value Religious Ed Schools for a Master’s in Indiana For Those Getting Aid

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Religious Ed Schools for a Master’s in Indiana For Those Getting Aid.

Top 1 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Religious Education in Indiana (With Aid)

#1

Indiana Wesleyan University - National & Global

Marion, Indiana

#1 in overall quality

$11,977 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 1 schools in the Best Value Religious Ed Schools for a Master’s in Indiana For Those Getting Aid that were part of this year’s ranking, Indiana Wesleyan University - National & Global landed the #1 spot on the list. IWU is a fairly large private not-for-profit school situated in Marion, Indiana. It awarded 8 masters’s religious ed degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at IWU, the school also landed the #1 spot in our “Best Religious Education Master’s Degree Schools in Indiana” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Indiana Wesleyan University - National & Global are $11,977, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Full Indiana Wesleyan University - National & Global Religious Education Report

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• 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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