2023 Most Veteran Friendly in Illinois for Religious Ed for a Master’s
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It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for veterans. One of our goals at College Factual is to give you as much information as we can - such as our “Most Veteran Friendly in Illinois for Religious Ed for a Master’s” ranking - to help you make that decision.
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 Illinois, there were 148 religious education graduates with average earnings and debt of $29,543 and $22,788 respectively.
This year’s “Most Veteran Friendly in Illinois for Religious Ed for a Master’s” ranking analyzed 2 colleges that offered a degree in religious education. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality religious education programs as well as strong veteran support.
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. See our ranking methodology to learn more.
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Most Veteran Friendly in Illinois for Religious Ed for a Master’s
The colleges and universities below are the best for illinois master’s degree vets studying religious ed.
Top 2 Best Religious Education Master’s Degree Colleges for Veterans in Illinois
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 Illinois for Religious Ed for a Master’s. Trinity International University - Illinois is a small private not-for-profit school situated in Deerfield, Illinois. It awarded 9 masters’s religious ed degrees in 2020-2021.
As a testament to the quality of education offered at TIU Illinois, the school also landed the #2 spot in our “Best Religious Education Master’s Degree Schools in Illinois” ranking.Of the 1,454 students enrolled at Trinity International University - Illinois, 14 were GI Bill® students, according to our most recent data. Out of that number, 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. During this same period, 0 students qualified for the Yellow Ribbon Program. Trinity International University - Illinois does offer credit for military training for eligible students.
The undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 8 to 1 is a sign that students will have more opportunities to engage with their professors one-on-one.
Full TIU Illinois Veteran Student Life Report
Out of the 2 schools in the Most Veteran Friendly in Illinois for Religious Ed for a Master’s that were part of this year’s ranking, Wheaton College Illinois landed the #2 spot on the list. Wheaton College Illinois is a small private not-for-profit school situated in Wheaton, Illinois. It awarded 15 masters’s religious ed degrees in 2020-2021.
Wheaton College Illinois also took the #1 spot in our “Best Religious Education Master’s Degree Schools in Illinois” ranking.Our most recent data shows that 56 of the 2,908 students enrolled at Wheaton College Illinois were GI Bill® students, of which 45 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average Post-9/11 GI Bill® award for tuition and fees at the school was $20,675. On top of their other funding sources, 29 students received funds through the Yellow Ribbon Program.
The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 90%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. The impressive undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 10 to 1 means that students may have more opportunities to work more closely with their professors than they would at other schools. The low undergrad student loan default rate of [DEFAULT_RATE_STRING]% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%.
[Read full report on veteran student life at Wheaton College Illinois]](/colleges/wheaton-college-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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