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

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

Across Washington, there were 30 divinity/ministry graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 24 divinity/ministry graduates with average earnings and debt of $62,184 and $46,709 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Divinity Studies Schools for a Master’s in Washington For Those Getting Aid” ranking looked at 2 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s 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. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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Best Value Divinity Studies Schools for a Master’s in Washington For Those Getting Aid

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

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

#1

Seattle University

Seattle, Washington

#1 in overall quality

$14,040 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Seattle University. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value Divinity Studies Schools for a Master’s in Washington For Those Getting Aid. Seattle University is a medium-sized private not-for-profit school situated in Seattle, Washington. It awarded 7 masters’s divinity studies degrees in 2019-2020.

Seattle U also made our “Best Divinity/Ministry Master’s Degree Schools in Washington” list, coming in at #1. Average graduate tuition and fees at Seattle U are $14,040, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read full report on Divinity/Ministry at Seattle U

#2

Faith International University

Tacoma, Washington

#2 in overall quality

$8,450 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 2 schools in the Best Value Divinity Studies Schools for a Master’s in Washington For Those Getting Aid that were part of this year’s ranking, Faith International University landed the #2 spot on the list. Tacoma, Washington is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out masters’s divinity studies degrees to 15 students in 2019-2020.

Faith not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #2 on our “Best Divinity/Ministry Master’s Degree Schools in Washington” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at Faith International University are $8,450, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read full report on Divinity/Ministry at Faith International University

• Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Divinity/Ministry in the Far Western US Region (With Aid)
• Best Value Master’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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