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2023 Most Popular Religious Studies Schools in Illinois

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In 2020-2021, 82 degrees and certificates were awarded to religious studies students who went to a Illinois college or university. This makes it the #103 most popular major in the state.

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The Most Popular Religious Studies Schools in Illinois ranking is one of many tools that Grad Degree Search has developed to help you make your educational decision. This report analyzed 12 schools in Illinois to see which ones were the most popular programs for students. To create this ranking we looked at how many students graduated from the Religious Studies program at each school on the list.

The following schools top our list of the Most Popular Religious Studies Colleges.

#1

Spertus College

Chicago, IL

Our analysis found Spertus College to be the most popular school for religious studies students who want to pursue a degree in Illinois. Spertus Institute of Jewish Studies is a fairly small private not-for-profit school located in the large city of Chicago.

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Northern Baptist Theological Seminary. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Most Popular Religious Studies Schools in Illinois list. Located in the large suburb of Lisle, Northern Seminary is a private not-for-profit school with a small student population.

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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Chicago Theological Seminary. The school came in at #3 on this year’s Most Popular Religious Studies Schools in Illinois list. Located in the city of Chicago, Chicago Theological Seminary is a private not-for-profit college with a fairly small student population.

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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Trinity International University - Illinois. The school came in at #4 on this year’s Most Popular Religious Studies Schools in Illinois list. TIU Illinois is a small private not-for-profit school located in the suburb of Deerfield.

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#5

Concordia University, Chicago

River Forest, IL

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Concordia University, Chicago. It ranked #5 on our 2023 Most Popular Religious Studies Schools in Illinois list. Located in the large suburb of River Forest, Concordia University, Chicago is a private not-for-profit college with a moderately-sized student population.

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With a ranking of #6, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign did quite well on this year’s most popular schools for religious studies students. UIUC is a fairly large public school located in the city of Champaign.

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#7

Olivet Nazarene University

Bourbonnais, IL

Olivet Nazarene University did quite well in this year’s ranking of the most popular schools for religious studies students. It came in at #7 on the list. Olivet Nazarene is a small private not-for-profit school located in the small suburb of Bourbonnais.

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Meadville Lombard Theological School did quite well in this year’s ranking of the most popular schools for religious studies students. It came in at #8 on the list. Meadville Lombard Theological School is a small private not-for-profit school located in the large city of Chicago.

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#8

Northwestern University

Evanston, IL

Northwestern University did quite well in this year’s ranking of the most popular schools for religious studies students. It came in at #8 on the list. Northwestern is a very large private not-for-profit school located in the city of Evanston.

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American Islamic College ranked #8 on this year’s Most Popular Religious Studies Schools in Illinois list. Located in the large city of Chicago, American Islamic College is a private not-for-profit school with a fairly small student population.

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Best Religious Studies Colleges in the Great Lakes Region

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State Degrees Awarded
Michigan 16
Ohio 27
Indiana 13
Wisconsin 6

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

Majors Similar to Religion

Related Major Annual Graduates
Philosophy 1,220
Other Philosophy & Religious Studies 106
General Philosophy & Religious Studies 41

Notes and References

*These averages are for the top 12 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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