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2023 Best Religious Education Master's Degree Schools in Illinois

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$37,050 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Religious Education Master's Degree School for You

Religious Education is the #117 most popular major in Illinois with 61 degrees and certificates awarded in 2020-2021.

It's not easy to decide which program to enroll in when you have so many options available. 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.

To help you arm yourself with the information you need to make your decision, Grad Degree Search has developed this Best Religious Education Master's Degree Schools in Illinois ranking. This report analyzed 3 schools in Illinois to see which ones offered the best master's degree programs for students. Factors related to overall quality of the school, post-graduation earnings, average student debt, and more accumulated were considered when coming up with this list.

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2023 Best Religious Education Master’s Degree Schools in Illinois

The following schools top our list of the Best Religious Education Master's Degree Colleges.

Top Illinois Schools for a Master's in Religious Education

Our 2023 rankings named Lincoln Christian University the best school in Illinois for religious education students working on their master’s degree. Located in the distant town of Lincoln, Lincoln Christian College and Seminary is a private not-for-profit school with a small student population.

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Trinity International University - Illinois. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Best Religious Education Master’s Degree Schools in Illinois list. TIU Illinois is a small private not-for-profit school located in the large suburb of Deerfield.

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The excellent master’s degree programs at Wheaton College Illinois helped the school earn the #3 place on this year’s ranking of the best religious education schools in Illinois. Located in the suburb of Wheaton, Wheaton College Illinois is a private not-for-profit school with a small student population.

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Best Religious Education Colleges in the Great Lakes Region

Explore all the Best Religious Education Colleges in the Great Lakes Area or other specific states within that region.

State Degrees Awarded
Michigan 7
Ohio 36
Indiana 34

One of 7 majors within the area of study, religious education has other similar majors worth exploring.

Related Major Annual Graduates
Theological & Ministerial Studies 12,534
Pastoral Counseling & Specialized Ministries 1,624
Biblical Studies 1,052
Theology & Religious Vocations (Other) 777
Missionary Studies 423

Notes and References

*These averages are for the top 3 schools only.

  • Read more about our ranking methodology.
  • 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).
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