2022 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Divinity/Ministry (Income $75-$110k) in the Plains States Region

When pursuing a degree in today’s world, students have many different options to choose from. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Best Value Divinity Studies Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Plains States Region For Those Making $75-$110k” ranking is part of that endeavor.

In 2019-2020, 6,905 people earned their degree in divinity/ministry, making the major the 115th most popular in the United States.

Across the Plains States region, there were 559 divinity/ministry graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 42 divinity/ministry graduates with average earnings and debt of $39,786 and $25,576 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Divinity Studies Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Plains States Region For Those Making $75-$110k” ranking analyzed 2 colleges that offered a degree in divinity/ministry. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality divinity/ministry programs that also have a lower cost than schools of similar quality.

Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the divinity/ministry program at the school and the cost of the school after aid is awarded among other things. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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When choosing the right school for you, it’s important to arm yourself with all the facts you can. To that end, we’ve created a number of major-specific rankings, including this “Best Value Divinity Studies Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Plains States Region For Those Making $75-$110k” list to help you make the college decision.

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Best Value Divinity Studies Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Plains States Region For Those Making $75-$110k

The colleges and universities below are the best for plains states region bachelor’s degree divinity studies students whose families make $75-$110k.

Top 2 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Divinity/Ministry (Income $75-$110k) in the Plains States Region

#1

Central Christian College of the Bible

Moberly, Missouri

#2 in overall quality

$17,085 Average Net Price

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Central Christian College of the Bible. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Divinity Studies Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Plains States Region For Those Making $75-$110k list. Located in Moberly, Missouri, this small private not-for-profit school awarded 7 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s divinity studies students in 2019-2020.

Central Christian College of the Bible did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our “Best Divinity/Ministry Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” list. The yearly cost to attend Central Christian College of the Bible is $17,085 for Plains States Region Bachelor’s Degree Divinity Studies students whose families make $75-$110k.

Since the school has a student-to-faculty ratio of 8 to 1, those pursuing a degree will have more opportunities to interact with their professors.

Read full report on Divinity/Ministry at Central Christian College of the Bible

#2

Midwestern Baptist Theological Seminary

Kansas City, Missouri

#1 in overall quality

$23,249 Average Net Price

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Midwestern Baptist Theological Seminary. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Divinity Studies Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Plains States Region For Those Making $75-$110k list. MBTS is a small private not-for-profit school situated in Kansas City, Missouri. It awarded 19 bachelors’s divinity studies degrees in 2019-2020.

MBTS also took the #1 spot in our “Best Divinity/Ministry Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for MBTS is $23,249 for plains states region bachelor’s degree divinity studies students whose families make $75-$110k.

Read full report on Divinity/Ministry at Midwestern Baptist Theological Seminary

• Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Divinity/Ministry (Income $75-$110k)

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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