2023 Most Veteran Friendly in Iowa for Divinity Studies for a Master’s

When it comes to choosing a college, veterans have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. College Factual has developed its “Most Veteran Friendly in Iowa for Divinity Studies for a Master’s” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.

In 2020-2021, 7,238 people earned their degree in divinity/ministry, making the major the 113th most popular in the United States.

Across Iowa, there were 48 divinity/ministry graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively.

This year’s “Most Veteran Friendly in Iowa for Divinity Studies for a Master’s” ranking looked at 2 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 offer a lot of support to veterans and active service members.

Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the divinity/ministry program at the school, veteran affordability, and veteran population. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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Most Veteran Friendly in Iowa for Divinity Studies for a Master’s

The following schools top our list of the Best “Most Veteran Friendly in Iowa for Divinity Studies for a Master’s”.

Top 2 Best Divinity/Ministry Master’s Degree Colleges for Veterans in Iowa

1

University of Dubuque
Dubuque, Iowa

115 GI Bill® Students**

#2 in overall quality

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Out of the 2 schools in the Most Veteran Friendly in Iowa for Divinity Studies for a Master’s that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Dubuque landed the #1 spot on the list. UD is a small private not-for-profit school situated in Dubuque, Iowa. It awarded 17 masters’s divinity studies degrees in 2020-2021.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at UD, the school also landed the #2 spot in our “Best Divinity/Ministry Master’s Degree Schools in Iowa” ranking.Of the 2,180 students enrolled at UD, 115 were GI Bill® students, according to our most recent data. Out of that number, 74 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average Post-9/11 GI Bill® award for tuition and fees at the school was $13,817. During this same period, 30 students qualified for the Yellow Ribbon Program. Eligible students may be able to receive credit for their military training.

Full UD Veteran Student Life Report

2

Wartburg Theological Seminary
Dubuque, Iowa

7 GI Bill® Students**

#1 in overall quality

$10,952 Average GI Bill® Award

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Wartburg Theological Seminary. The school came in at #2 for the Most Veteran Friendly in Iowa for Divinity Studies for a Master’s. Located in Dubuque, Iowa, this small private not-for-profit school awarded 28 degrees to qualified masters’s divinity studies students in 2020-2021.

Wartburg Seminary also made our “Best Divinity/Ministry Master’s Degree Schools in Iowa” list, coming in at #1.Of the 203 students enrolled at Wartburg Seminary, 7 were GI Bill® students, according to our most recent data. Out of that number, 5 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average tuition and fees award for the Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients was $10,952. During this same period, 0 students received scholarships through the Yellow Ribbon Program.

The low undergrad student loan default rate of [DEFAULT_RATE_STRING]% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%. The undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of to 1 is a sign that students will have more opportunities to engage with their professors one-on-one.

[Read full report on veteran student life at Wartburg Theological Seminary]](/colleges/wartburg-theological-seminary/student-life/veterans/)

• Best Divinity/Ministry Master’s Degree Colleges for Veterans in the Plains States Region
• Best Divinity/Ministry Master’s Degree Colleges for Veterans

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).
• Veteran-specific data can be found at the U.S. Department of Veteran Affairs.
• 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

• *Avg Salary and Avg 4-Year Grad Rate are for the top schools only.
• **GI Bill® student total includes all chapters of the GI Bill® program (e.g., Post-9/11, Montgomery GI Bill, Reserve Education Assistance Program, and Veteran Readiness and Employment)
• 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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