2023 Best Religious Education Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Veterans in the Great Lakes Region
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With all of the options veterans 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 “Most Veteran Friendly in the Great Lakes Region for Religious Ed for a Doctorate” ranking.
Religious Education is the 216th most popular major in the country with 1,417 degrees awarded in 2020-2021. In 2019-2020, religious education graduates who were awarded their degree in 2017-2019, earned an average of $30,694 and had an average of $27,203 in loans still to pay off.
Across the Great Lakes region, there were 292 religious education graduates with average earnings and debt of $26,278 and $24,114 respectively.
The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great religious education programs and a strong support system for veterans and active service members.
Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the religious education program at the school, veteran affordability, and veteran population. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.
One Size Does Not Fit All
The religious ed school you choose to invest your time and money in matters. To help you make the decision that is right for you, we’ve developed a number of major-specific rankings, including this list of “Most Veteran Friendly in the Great Lakes Region for Religious Ed for a Doctorate”.
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Most Veteran Friendly in the Great Lakes Region for Religious Ed for a Doctorate
The colleges and universities below are the best for great lakes region doctor’s degree vets studying religious ed.
Top 1 Best Religious Education Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Veterans in the Great Lakes Region
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 Most Veteran Friendly in the Great Lakes Region for Religious Ed for a Doctorate. Trinity International University - Illinois is a small private not-for-profit school situated in Deerfield, Illinois. It awarded 5 doctorate’s religious ed degrees in 2020-2021.
TIU Illinois also took the #1 spot in our “Best Religious Education Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” ranking.Our most recent data shows that 14 of the 1,454 students enrolled at Trinity International University - Illinois were GI Bill® students, of which 9 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average Post-9/11 GI Bill® award for tuition and fees at the school was $6,061. In addition to receiving other benefits, 0 students received scholarships through the Yellow Ribbon Program. Trinity International University - Illinois does offer credit for military training for eligible students.
The impressive undergraduate 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 veteran student life at Trinity International University - Illinois]](/colleges/trinity-international-university-illinois/student-life/veterans/)
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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).
- Veteran-specific data can be found at the U.S. Department of Veteran Affairs.
- 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
- *Avg Salary and Avg 4-Year Grad Rate are for the top schools only.
- **GI Bill® student total includes all chapters of the GI Bill® program (e.g., Post-9/11, Montgomery GI Bill, Reserve Education Assistance Program, and Veteran Readiness and Employment)
- 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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