2023 Best Value Religious Studies Schools in the Great Lakes Region

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

Finding the Best Religious Studies School for You

Out of all the majors we analyze each year, religious studies was ranked #101 in the country. In fact 1,769 degrees and certificates were handed out in 2020-2021.

There are so many programs in today's world that it can tough to figure out which one is the right one for you. You can choose a traditional brick and mortar school, or with the growth of online education, you can attend a school half-way across the country without even leaving your house. Also there are many trade schools that offer short-term programs that open up more career options.

Along with in-depth profiles of schools and the programs they offer, Grad Degree Search has created the Best Value Religious Studies Schools in the Great Lakes Region to help you in your search for the best school for you. This report analyzed 3 schools in the Great Lakes Region to see which ones offered the best value programs for religion students. The goal was to highlight schools with more affordable prices than others offering similar quality experiences.

This ranking is not just a list of inexpensive schools. We also consider each school's quality, since we believe a low-quality school may not be a 'bargain' at any price. Specifically, our score for quality is discounted by the published tuition and fees charged by the given college. This gives the cost per unit of quality for each college. The more quality your dollar buys, the better the value.

For nationwide and regional rankings, we use out-of-state tuition and fees in our calculations. For statewide rankings, we use average in-state tuition and fees.

2023 Best Value Religious Studies Schools in the Great Lakes Region

The following schools top our list of the Best Value Religious Studies Colleges.

Best Great Lakes Region Schools for Affordable Quality in Religious Studies

#1

Trinity International University - Illinois

Deerfield, IL

6 Degrees

$33,298 Average Tuition & Fees

Our 2023 rankings named Trinity International University - Illinois the best value school in the Great Lakes Region for religious studies students. TIU Illinois is a small private not-for-profit school located in the suburb of Deerfield.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state undergraduate student at TIU Illinois are $33,298 a year.

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#2

University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Champaign, IL

3 Degrees

#5 in Quality in the Great Lakes Region

$37,632 Average Tuition & Fees

A rank of #2 on this year’s list means University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign is a great value for religious studies students. UIUC is a very large public school located in the small city of Champaign.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state undergraduate student at UIUC are $37,632 a year.

UIUC did well in our overall quality rankings, too. It placed #5 on our Best Religious Studies Schools in the Great Lakes Region list.

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#3

University of Notre Dame

Notre Dame, IN

3 Degrees

#3 in Quality in the Great Lakes Region

$58,843 Average Tuition & Fees

A rank of #3 on this year’s list means University of Notre Dame is a great value for religious studies students. Notre Dame is a large private not-for-profit school located in the large suburb of Notre Dame.

Notre Dame undergraduate students pay an average of $58,843 in tuition and fees each year.

Notre Dame not only placed well in our value ranking, but it is also #3 on our Best Religious Studies Schools in the Great Lakes Region list.

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Majors Related to Religion

Religious Studies is one of 3 different types of programs to choose from.

Majors Similar to Religion

Notes and References

*These averages are for the top 3 schools only.

• 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).
• Credit for the banner image above goes to Sowlos.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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