2025 Best Religious Education Schools in the Great Lakes Region
4Colleges in the Great Lakes Region
244Religious Ed Degrees Awarded
$36,869Avg Early-Career Salary
When it comes to popularity, religious education sits in the middle of the road, ranking #216 out of 395 majors in the country. So, it might take a little more work to find colleges and universities that offer the degree program.
College Factual looked at 4 colleges and universities when compiling its 2025 Best Religious Education Schools in the Great Lakes Region ranking. Combined, these schools handed out 244 degrees in religious education to qualified students.
The religious ed program you select can have a big impact on your future. That's why we developed our collection of Best Schools for Religious Education rankings. For our Best Overall Religious Education School rankings, we roll up the results of our degree-level rankings, weighted by the number of degrees awarded at that level.
In order to find the schools that are the best fit for you, you may want to filter to one of the degree levels below.
When choosing the right school for you, it's important to arm yourself with all the facts you can. To that end, we've created a number of major-specific rankings, including this Best Religious Education Schools in the Great Lakes Region list to help you make the college decision.
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Best Schools for Religious Education in the Great Lakes Region
The schools below may not offer all types of religious ed degrees so you may want to filter by degree level first. However, they are great for the degree levels they do offer.
It is difficult to beat Wheaton College Illinois if you want to pursue a degree in religious education. Located in the large suburb of Wheaton, Wheaton College Illinois is a private not-for-profit college with a small student population.
There were approximately 26 religious education students who graduated with this degree at Wheaton College Illinois in the most recent year we have data available. Degree recipients from the religious education program at Wheaton College Illinois make $6,998 more than the average college graduate with the same degree when they enter the workforce.
Franciscan University of Steubenville is one of the finest schools in the country for getting a degree in religious education. Located in the city of Steubenville, Franciscan U is a private not-for-profit university with a small student population.
There were about 58 religious education students who graduated with this degree at Franciscan U in the most recent year we have data available. Students who graduate with their degree from the religious ed program report average early career earnings of $35,803.
Every student pursuing a degree in religious education needs to look into Moody Bible Institute. Located in the city of Chicago, Moody Theological Seminary and Graduate School is a private not-for-profit school with a small student population.
There were approximately 33 religious education students who graduated with this degree at Moody Theological Seminary and Graduate School in the most recent year we have data available. Students who receive their degree from the religious ed program earn about $30,671 in the first couple years of working.
Grace Christian University is a great decision for students pursuing a degree in religious education. Grace is a fairly small private not-for-profit university located in the city of Wyoming.
There were about 6 religious education students who graduated with this degree at Grace in the most recent year we have data available.
The bars on the spread charts above show the distribution of the schools on this list +/- one standard deviation from the mean.
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 the rest 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).
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The religious ed program you select can have a big impact on your future. That's why we developed our collection of Best Schools for Religious Education rankings. For our Best Overall Religious Education School rankings, we roll up the results of our degree-level rankings, weighted by the number of degrees awarded at that level.
