2022 Best Value Divinity Studies Schools for a Master’s in Ohio For Those Making $0-$30k

It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. One of our goals at College Factual is to give you as much information as we can - such as our “Best Value Divinity Studies Schools for a Master’s in Ohio For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking - to help you make that decision.

Divinity/Ministry is the 115th most popular major in the country with 6,905 degrees awarded in 2019-2020.

Across Ohio, there were 273 divinity/ministry graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 151 divinity/ministry graduates with average earnings and debt of $55,649 and $41,690 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Divinity Studies Schools for a Master’s in Ohio For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking looked at 3 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in divinity/ministry. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent divinity/ministry programs, but they also cost less that schools of similar quality.

When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the divinity/ministry program at the school and the cost to attend the school once aid has been awarded. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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Best Value Divinity Studies Schools for a Master’s in Ohio For Those Making $0-$30k

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Divinity Studies Schools for a Master’s in Ohio For Those Making $0-$30k.

Top 3 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Divinity/Ministry (Income $0-$30k) in Ohio

#1

Capital University

Columbus, Ohio

#2 in overall quality

$13,000 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Capital University. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Divinity Studies Schools for a Master’s in Ohio For Those Making $0-$30k list. Capital is a small private not-for-profit school situated in Columbus, Ohio. It awarded 10 masters’s divinity studies degrees in 2019-2020.

Capital did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our “Best Divinity/Ministry Master’s Degree Schools in Ohio” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at Capital are $13,000, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Read more about Divinity/Ministry at Capital

#2

Ashland University

Ashland, Ohio

#1 in overall quality

$6,444 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Ashland University. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Divinity Studies Schools for a Master’s in Ohio For Those Making $0-$30k list. Ashland, Ohio is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out masters’s divinity studies degrees to 19 students in 2019-2020.

Ashland did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Divinity/Ministry Master’s Degree Schools in Ohio” list. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at Ashland are $6,444.

Read more about Divinity/Ministry at Ashland

#3

Pontifical College Josephinum

Columbus, Ohio

$27,797 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 3 schools in the Best Value Divinity Studies Schools for a Master’s in Ohio For Those Making $0-$30k that were part of this year’s ranking, Pontifical College Josephinum landed the #3 spot on the list. This small school is located in Columbus, Ohio, and it awarded 9 masters’s divinity studies degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Pontifical College Josephinum, the school also landed the #0 spot in our “Best Divinity/Ministry Master’s Degree Schools in Ohio” ranking. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at Pontifical College Josephinum are $27,797.

Full Pontifical College Josephinum Divinity/Ministry Report

• Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Divinity/Ministry (Income $0-$30k) in the Great Lakes Region
• Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Divinity/Ministry (Income $0-$30k)

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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