2025 Best Religious Education Schools in the Plains States Region
4Colleges in the Plains States Region
126Religious Ed Degrees Awarded
$36,869Avg Early-Career Salary
Religious Education is about average in terms of popularity for degree programs. That is, it ranks #216 out of the 395 majors across the country that we analyze each year. As such, the degree program isn't offered at every college in the United States, but there are schools that do have a program in the field that are top-notch when it comes to quality.
For its 2025 ranking, College Factual looked at 4 schools in the Plains States Region to determine which ones were the best for religious education students pursuing a degree. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 126 degrees in religious education annually.
Your choice of religious education school matters, so we have put together these rankings to help you make your decision. We derive our Best Overall Religious Education School rankings by rolling up our degree-level rankings after weighting them by the number of degrees awarded at each school.
You may want to choose one of the degree levels below to find the schools of most interest to you.
Since the program you select can have a significant impact on your future, we've developed a number of rankings, including this Best Religious Education Schools in the Plains States Region list, to help you choose the best school for you.
You can also filter this list by location to find schools closer to you.
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Best Schools for Religious Education in the Plains States Region
Although we recommend filtering by degree level first, you can view the list below to see which schools give the educational experience for the religious ed degree levels they offer.
Midwestern Baptist Theological Seminary is one of the finest schools in the United States for getting a degree in religious education. MBTS is a small private not-for-profit school located in the city of Kansas City.
There were about 38 religious education students who graduated with this degree at MBTS in the most recent year we have data available.
Crown College is one of the best schools in the country for getting a degree in religious education. Crown is a small private not-for-profit college located in the rural area of Saint Bonifacius. This college ranks 50th out of 52 colleges for overall quality in the state of Minnesota.
There were about 29 religious education students who graduated with this degree at Crown in the most recent year we have data available. After graduating, religious ed degree recipients usually earn an average of $34,022 in the first five years of their career.
It is hard to beat Bethel University Minnesota if you wish to pursue a degree in religious education. Located in the suburb of Saint Paul, Bethel University Minnesota is a private not-for-profit university with a small student population. A Best Colleges rank of #476 out of 2,152 schools nationwide means Bethel University Minnesota is a great university overall.
There were roughly 9 religious education students who graduated with this degree at Bethel University Minnesota in the most recent year we have data available.
Benedictine College is one of the finest schools in the United States for getting a degree in religious education. Located in the town of Atchison, Benedictine College is a private not-for-profit college with a small student population. This college ranks 19th out of 44 schools for overall quality in the state of Kansas.
There were about 12 religious education students who graduated with this degree at Benedictine College in the most recent data year.
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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Your choice of religious education school matters, so we have put together these rankings to help you make your decision. We derive our Best Overall Religious Education School rankings by rolling up our degree-level rankings after weighting them by the number of degrees awarded at each school.
