2022 Best Value Relgious Ed Schools in Minnesota For Those Getting Aid

Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. At College Factual, we’re committed to helping you make that decision by providing information such as that found in our “Best Value Relgious Ed Schools in Minnesota For Those Getting Aid” ranking.

Religious Education is the 351st most popular major in the country with 1,336 degrees awarded in 2019-2020.

Across Minnesota, there were 48 religious education graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Relgious Ed Schools in Minnesota For Those Getting Aid” ranking looked at 2 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in religious education. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality religious education programs that also have a lower cost than schools of similar quality.

When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the religious education program at the school and the cost to attend the school once aid has been awarded. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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Best Value Relgious Ed Schools in Minnesota For Those Getting Aid

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Relgious Ed Schools in Minnesota For Those Getting Aid.

Top 2 Best Value Colleges for Religious Education in Minnesota (With Aid)

#1

Bethel University Minnesota

Saint Paul, Minnesota

#1 in overall quality

$25,191 Average Net Price

$50,550 Average Early-Career Earnings

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Bethel University Minnesota. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Relgious Ed Schools in Minnesota For Those Getting Aid list. Located in Saint Paul, Minnesota, this small private not-for-profit school handed out 6 diplomas to qualified ’s relgious ed students in 2019-2020.

Bethel University Minnesota also took the #1 spot in our “Best Religious Education Schools in Minnesota” ranking. The yearly cost to attend Bethel University Minnesota is $25,191 for Minnesota Relgious Ed students with aid.

The low student loan default rate of 3.0% 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%. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 85%.

Read more about Religious Education at Bethel University Minnesota

#2

Crown College

Saint Bonifacius, Minnesota

#2 in overall quality

$26,396 Average Net Price

$37,420 Average Early-Career Earnings

Out of the 2 schools in the Best Value Relgious Ed Schools in Minnesota For Those Getting Aid that were part of this year’s ranking, Crown College landed the #2 spot on the list. Crown is a small school located in Saint Bonifacius, Minnesota that handed out 42 ’s relgious ed degrees in 2019-2020.

Crown did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our “Best Religious Education Schools in Minnesota” list. It costs about $26,396 for Minnesota Relgious Ed students with aid per year to attend Crown.

Read more about Religious Education at Crown College

• Best Value Colleges for Religious Education in the Plains States Region (With Aid)
• Best Value 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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