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2023 Best Value Religious Education Schools in Illinois

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

4 Colleges
$40,642 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$29,543 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Religious Education 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 assist you in seeing some of the education options that are available to you, Grad Degree Search has created its Best Value Religious Education Schools in Illinois ranking. This report analyzed 4 schools in Illinois to see which ones offered the best value programs for religious ed students. The goal was to highlight schools with more affordable prices than others offering similar quality experiences.

Our ranking of value is based on the quality of a program as defined in our per sticker price dollar. 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.

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

2023 Best Value Religious Education Schools in Illinois

Check out the religious ed programs at these schools if you want to get the best value for your educational dollar.

Best Illinois Schools for Affordable Quality in Religious Education

$14,520 Average Tuition & Fees

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

In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Lincoln Christian College and Seminary are $14,520 per year.

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$47,808 Average Tuition & Fees

A rank of #2 on this year’s list means Loyola University Chicago is a great value for religious education students. Loyola Chicago is a fairly large private not-for-profit school located in the large city of Chicago.

In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Loyola Chicago are $47,808 per year.

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$33,298 Average Tuition & Fees

The excellent programs at Trinity International University - Illinois helped the school earn the #3 place on this year’s ranking of the best religious education schools in Illinois. TIU Illinois is a small private not-for-profit school located in the large suburb of Deerfield.

In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at TIU Illinois are $33,298 per year.

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$40,820 Average Tuition & Fees

A rank of #4 on this year’s list means Wheaton College Illinois is a great value for religious education students. Located in the large suburb of Wheaton, Wheaton College Illinois is a private not-for-profit school with a small student population.

Wheaton College Illinois undergraduate students pay an average of $40,820 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

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Best Value Religious Education Colleges in the Great Lakes Region

Explore all the Best Value Religious Education Schools 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 4 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 RichardF.

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