Divinity/Ministry is of the hottest degree programs in the United States, coming in as the #113 most popular major in the country. This means there are lots of options to choose from when you decide to get your degree.
College Factual looked at 3 colleges and universities when compiling its 2025 Best Divinity/Ministry Schools in Illinois ranking. Combined, these schools handed out 316 degrees in divinity/ministry to qualified students.
The divinity studies program you select can have a big impact on your future. That's why we developed our collection of Best Schools for Divinity/Ministry rankings. We derive our Best Overall Divinity/Ministry School rankings by rolling up our degree-level rankings after weighting them by the number of degrees awarded at each school.
In order to find the schools that are the best fit for you, you may want to filter to one of the degree levels below.
Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we've developed the Best Divinity/Ministry Schools in Illinois ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.
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The schools below may not offer all types of divinity studies degrees so you may want to filter by degree level first. However, they are great for the degree levels they do offer.
Moody Bible Institute is a wonderful option for students pursuing a degree in divinity/ministry. Located in the large city of Chicago, Moody Theological Seminary and Graduate School is a private not-for-profit school with a small student population.
There were approximately 50 divinity/ministry students who graduated with this degree at Moody Theological Seminary and Graduate School in the most recent data year.
It's difficult to beat Trinity International University - Illinois if you want to pursue a degree in divinity/ministry. TIU Illinois is a small private not-for-profit university located in the large suburb of Deerfield.
There were about 43 divinity/ministry students who graduated with this degree at TIU Illinois in the most recent data year.
Lincoln Christian University is a great option for students pursuing a degree in divinity/ministry. Located in the town of Lincoln, Lincoln Christian College and Seminary is a private not-for-profit university with a small student population.
There were roughly 33 divinity/ministry students who graduated with this degree at Lincoln Christian College and Seminary in the most recent year we have data available.
The bars on the spread charts above show the distribution of the schools on this list +/- one standard deviation from the mean.
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 the rest 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).
The divinity studies program you select can have a big impact on your future. That's why we developed our collection of Best Schools for Divinity/Ministry rankings. We derive our Best Overall Divinity/Ministry School rankings by rolling up our degree-level rankings after weighting them by the number of degrees awarded at each school.
