2023 Most Focused Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Pre-Theology/Pre-Ministerial Studies in the Plains States Region

With all of the options students have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Pre-Theology/Pre-Ministerial Studies Major in the Plains States Region” ranking is part of that endeavor.

In 2021-2022, 215 people earned their degree in pre-theology/pre-ministerial studies, making the major the 808th most popular in the United States.

Across the Plains States region, there were 55 pre-theology/pre-ministerial studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 53 pre-theology/pre-ministerial studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $40,724 and $22,887 respectively.

This year’s “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Pre-Theology/Pre-Ministerial Studies Major in the Plains States Region” ranking analyzed 4 colleges that offered a degree in pre-theology/pre-ministerial studies. That schools that top this list have a program in pre-theology/pre-ministerial studies in which the largest percentage of students at the school are enrolled.

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Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Pre-Theology/Pre-Ministerial Studies Major in the Plains States Region

The following schools top our list of the Best “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Pre-Theology/Pre-Ministerial Studies Major in the Plains States Region”.

Top 4 Most Focused Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Pre-Theology/Pre-Ministerial Studies in the Plains States Region

1

Martin Luther College
New Ulm, Minnesota

Out of the 4 schools in the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Pre-Theology/Pre-Ministerial Studies Major in the Plains States Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Martin Luther College landed the #1 spot on the list. This small school is located in New Ulm, Minnesota, and it awarded 49 bachelors’s pre-theology/pre-ministerial studies degrees in 2021-2022.

The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 0.5%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.

Read full report on Pre-Theology/Pre-Ministerial Studies at MLC

2

University of Northwestern - St Paul
Saint Paul, Minnesota

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Northwestern - St Paul. The school came in at #2 for the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Pre-Theology/Pre-Ministerial Studies Major in the Plains States Region. University of Northwestern - St Paul is a small private not-for-profit school situated in Saint Paul, Minnesota. It awarded 3 bachelors’s pre-theology/pre-ministerial studies degrees in 2021-2022.

The low undergrad student loan default rate of 0.1% 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%.

Read more about Pre-Theology/Pre-Ministerial Studies at University of Northwestern - St Paul

3

Tabor College
Hillsboro, Kansas

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Tabor College. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Pre-Theology/Pre-Ministerial Studies Major in the Plains States Region list. Tabor College is a small private not-for-profit school situated in Hillsboro, Kansas. It awarded 1 bachelors’s pre-theology/pre-ministerial studies degrees in 2021-2022.

The low undergrad student loan default rate of 3.3% 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%.

Read more about Pre-Theology/Pre-Ministerial Studies at Tabor

3

University of Sioux Falls
Sioux Falls, South Dakota

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Sioux Falls. The school came in at #3 for the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Pre-Theology/Pre-Ministerial Studies Major in the Plains States Region. University of Sioux Falls is a private not-for-profit institution located in Sioux Falls, South Dakota. The school has a small population, and it awarded 0 bachelors’s degrees in 2021-2022.

The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 0.9%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.

Full University of Sioux Falls Pre-Theology/Pre-Ministerial Studies Report

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

• *Avg Salary and Avg 4-Year Grad Rate 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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