2022 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Divinity/Ministry in Missouri (With Aid)

It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. 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 Missouri For Those Getting Aid” 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 Missouri, there were 309 divinity/ministry graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 36 divinity/ministry graduates with average earnings and debt of $37,837 and $25,380 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Divinity Studies Schools for a Bachelor’s in Missouri For Those Getting Aid” ranking analyzed 2 colleges that offered a degree 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.

To come up with these rankings, we looked at factors such as the cost to attend the school after aid is awarded and overall quality of the divinity/ministry program at the school. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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Best Value Divinity Studies Schools for a Bachelor’s in Missouri For Those Getting Aid

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Divinity Studies Schools for a Bachelor’s in Missouri For Those Getting Aid.

Top 2 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Divinity/Ministry in Missouri (With Aid)

#1

Central Christian College of the Bible

Moberly, Missouri

#2 in overall quality

$14,118 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 Missouri For Those Getting Aid list. Central Christian College of the Bible is a small school located in Moberly, Missouri that handed out 7 bachelors’s divinity studies degrees in 2019-2020.

Central Christian College of the Bible not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #2 on our “Best Divinity/Ministry Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Missouri” list. It costs about $14,118 for Missouri Bachelor’s Degree Divinity Studies students with aid per year to attend Central Christian College of the Bible.

With a student-to-faculty ratio of 8 to 1, it’s easy to see that the school is committed to helping their undergraduates succeed.

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

$19,878 Average Net Price

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Midwestern Baptist Theological Seminary. The school came in at #2 for the Best Value Divinity Studies Schools for a Bachelor’s in Missouri For Those Getting Aid. Located in Kansas City, Missouri, this small private not-for-profit school awarded 19 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s divinity studies students in 2019-2020.

MBTS also made our “Best Divinity/Ministry Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Missouri” list, coming in at #1. It costs about $19,878 for Missouri Bachelor’s Degree Divinity Studies students with aid per year to attend Midwestern Baptist Theological Seminary.

Read more about Divinity/Ministry at Midwestern Baptist Theological Seminary

• Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Divinity/Ministry in the Plains States Region (With Aid)
• Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Divinity/Ministry (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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