2022 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Religious/Sacred Music in Illinois

With all of the options students have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. Our mission at College Factual is to arm you with as much information as we can to help you make that decision. Our “Best Value Religious Music Schools for a Bachelor’s in Illinois” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.

Religious/Sacred Music is the 613th most popular major in the country with 481 degrees awarded in 2019-2020.

Across Illinois, there were 21 religious/sacred music graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 17 religious/sacred music graduates with average earnings and debt of $38,319 and $24,183 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value Religious Music Schools for a Bachelor’s in Illinois” ranking, we looked at 2 colleges that offer a degree in religious/sacred music. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great religious/sacred music programs and cost less that schools of similar quality.

Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the religious/sacred music program at the school and the cost of the school after aid is awarded among other things. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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Best Value Religious Music Schools for a Bachelor’s in Illinois

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Religious Music Schools for a Bachelor’s in Illinois.

Top 2 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Religious/Sacred Music in Illinois

#1

Moody Bible Institute

Chicago, Illinois

#1 in overall quality

$16,646 Average Net Price

Out of the 2 schools in the Best Value Religious Music Schools for a Bachelor’s in Illinois that were part of this year’s ranking, Moody Bible Institute landed the #1 spot on the list. Chicago, Illinois is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out bachelors’s religious music degrees to 5 students in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our illinois bachelor’s degree religious music students list, Moody Theological Seminary and Graduate School has also earned the #1 rank in our “Best Religious/Sacred Music Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Illinois” ranking. It costs about $16,646 for Illinois Bachelor’s Degree Religious Music students per year to attend Moody Theological Seminary and Graduate School.

Read more about Religious/Sacred Music at Moody Theological Seminary and Graduate School

#2

Olivet Nazarene University

Bourbonnais, Illinois

#2 in overall quality

$20,195 Average Net Price

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Olivet Nazarene University. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Religious Music Schools for a Bachelor’s in Illinois list. Located in Bourbonnais, Illinois, this small private not-for-profit school awarded 1 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s religious music students in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Olivet Nazarene, the school also landed the #2 spot in our “Best Religious/Sacred Music Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Illinois” ranking. It costs about $20,195 for illinois bachelor’s degree religious music students per year to attend Olivet Nazarene University.

The student loan default rate at the school is 3.4%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.

Read full report on Religious/Sacred Music at Olivet Nazarene University

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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).
• 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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