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2022 Best Value Divinity Studies Schools for a Master’s in the Plains States Region For Those Getting Aid

7 Ranked Colleges
408 Degrees Awarded
$11,300 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees*
Best Value Divinity Studies Schools for a Master's in the Plains States Region For Those Getting Aid

Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. 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 the Plains States Region For Those Getting Aid” 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 the Plains States region, there were 559 divinity/ministry graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 408 divinity/ministry graduates with average earnings and debt of $53,438 and $39,783 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value Divinity Studies Schools for a Master’s in the Plains States Region For Those Getting Aid” ranking, we looked at 7 colleges that offer 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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Best Value Divinity Studies Schools for a Master’s in the Plains States Region For Those Getting Aid

The colleges and universities below are the best for plains states region master’s degree divinity studies students with aid.

Top 7 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Divinity/Ministry in the Plains States Region (With Aid)

#3 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Midwestern Baptist Theological Seminary. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Divinity Studies Schools for a Master’s in the Plains States Region For Those Getting Aid list. MBTS is located in Kansas City, Missouri and, has a small student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 73 masters’s divinity studies degrees to qualified students.

MBTS also made our “Best Divinity/Ministry Master’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” list, coming in at #3. Average graduate tuition and fees at MBTS are $6,950, but some majors have different tuition rates.

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

#2

Bethel University Minnesota

Saint Paul, Minnesota
#1 in overall quality

Out of the 7 schools in the Best Value Divinity Studies Schools for a Master’s in the Plains States Region For Those Getting Aid that were part of this year’s ranking, Bethel University Minnesota landed the #2 spot on the list. This small school is located in Saint Paul, Minnesota, and it awarded 28 masters’s divinity studies degrees in 2019-2020.

Bethel University Minnesota not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #1 on our “Best Divinity/Ministry Master’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at Bethel University Minnesota are $11,700, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Read full report on Divinity/Ministry at Bethel University Minnesota

#3

Saint Johns University

Collegeville, Minnesota

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Saint Johns University. It ranked #3 on our 2022 Best Value Divinity Studies Schools for a Master’s in the Plains States Region For Those Getting Aid list. This small school is located in Collegeville, Minnesota, and it awarded 2 masters’s divinity studies degrees in 2019-2020.

SJU also took the #0 spot in our “Best Divinity/Ministry Master’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Saint Johns University are $17,760, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read more about Divinity/Ministry at Saint Johns University

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Northwestern - St Paul. It ranked #4 on our 2022 Best Value Divinity Studies Schools for a Master’s in the Plains States Region For Those Getting Aid list. University of Northwestern - St Paul is a small private not-for-profit school situated in Saint Paul, Minnesota. It awarded 2 masters’s divinity studies degrees in 2019-2020.

Northwestern also took the #0 spot in our “Best Divinity/Ministry Master’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” ranking. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at Northwestern are $8,982.

Read full report on Divinity/Ministry at University of Northwestern - St Paul

#5

Crown College

Saint Bonifacius, Minnesota
#5 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Crown College. It ranked #5 on our 2022 Best Value Divinity Studies Schools for a Master’s in the Plains States Region For Those Getting Aid list. Crown is a small school located in Saint Bonifacius, Minnesota that handed out 4 masters’s divinity studies degrees in 2019-2020.

Crown also took the #5 spot in our “Best Divinity/Ministry Master’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” ranking. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at Crown are $10,270.

Full Crown Divinity/Ministry Report

#6

Evangel University

Springfield, Missouri
#9 in overall quality

Evangel University landed the #6 spot on the 2022 Best Value Divinity Studies Schools for a Master’s in the Plains States Region For Those Getting Aid ranking. Springfield, Missouri is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out masters’s divinity studies degrees to 10 students in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our plains states region master’s degree divinity studies students with aid list, Evangel has also earned the #9 rank in our “Best Divinity/Ministry Master’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Evangel University are $8,838, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Read full report on Divinity/Ministry at Evangel

#7

University of Dubuque

Dubuque, Iowa
#8 in overall quality

University of Dubuque ranked #7 on this year’s Best Value Divinity Studies Schools for a Master’s in the Plains States Region For Those Getting Aid list. UD is a small private not-for-profit school situated in Dubuque, Iowa. It awarded 11 masters’s divinity studies degrees in 2019-2020.

UD not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #8 on our “Best Divinity/Ministry Master’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” list. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at University of Dubuque are $13,140.

Read more about Divinity/Ministry at University of Dubuque

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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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