2023 Best Value Religious Education Master's Degree Schools
Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing
Finding the Best Religious Education Master's Degree School for You
Religious Education is the #161 most popular major in the country with 687 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 Value Religious Education Master's Degree Schools ranking. Our analysis looked at 25 schools in the United States to see which master's degree programs offered the best value experiences for religious ed students with the aim of identifying those quality schools that are more affordable than some of their counterparts.
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.
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2023 Best Value Religious Education Master’s Degree Schools in the United States
The following schools top our list of the Best Value Religious Education Master's Degree Colleges.
Top 10 Best Religious Education Master's Degree Schools
Our 2023 rankings named Midwestern Baptist Theological Seminary the best value school in the United States for religious education students working on their master’s degree. MBTS is a small private not-for-profit school located in the city of Kansas City.
MBTS graduate students pay an average of $6,950 in tuition and fees each year.
The excellent master’s degree programs at Grand Canyon University helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the best value religious education schools in the United States. Located in the large city of Phoenix, Grand Canyon University is a private for-profit college with a fairly large student population.
Grand Canyon University graduate students pay an average of $11,538 in tuition and fees each year.
The excellent master’s degree programs at Lincoln Christian University helped the school earn the #3 place on this year’s ranking of the best value religious education schools in the United States. Located in the town of Lincoln, Lincoln Christian College and Seminary is a private not-for-profit college with a small student population.
Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at Lincoln Christian College and Seminary are $8,812 per year.
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The excellent master’s degree programs at Faith International University helped the school earn the #4 place on this year’s ranking of the best value religious education schools in the United States. Faith is a small private not-for-profit school located in the midsize city of Tacoma.
Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at Faith are $8,450 per year.
A rank of #5 on this year’s list means Crown College is a great value for religious education students working on their master’s degree. Crown is a small private not-for-profit school located in the rural area of Saint Bonifacius.
The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at Crown are $10,640 a year.
Ashland University landed the #6 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best value master’s degree religious education programs. Ashland is a small private not-for-profit school located in the fringe town of Ashland.
Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at Ashland are $6,972 per year.
Dallas Theological Seminary came in at #7 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Religious Education Master’s Degree Schools ranking. Located in the city of Dallas, DTS Dallas is a private not-for-profit college with a small student population.
DTS Dallas graduate students pay an average of $18,533 in tuition and fees each year.
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Bethel University Minnesota ranked #8 on this year’s Best Value Religious Education Master’s Degree Schools list. Located in the large suburb of Saint Paul, Bethel University Minnesota is a private not-for-profit school with a small student population.
Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at Bethel University Minnesota are $11,700 per year.
Bethel University Minnesota excels when it comes to quality. It’s ranked in the top 15% of all schools on our Best Religious Education Master’s Degree Schools list.
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Nazarene Theological Seminary did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best places for religious education students to get a master’s degree. It came in at #9 on the list. Located in the city of Kansas City, Nazarene Theological Seminary is a private not-for-profit college with a small student population.
The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at Nazarene Theological Seminary are $10,210 a year.
Hebrew Union College - Jewish Institute of Religion did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best places for religious education students to get a master’s degree. It came in at #10 on the list. Located in the city of New York, HUC - JIR is a private not-for-profit school with a small student population.
HUC - JIR graduate students pay an average of $27,035 in tuition and fees each year.
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Majors Related to Religious Ed
One of 7 majors within the area of study, religious education has other similar majors worth exploring.
Most Popular Majors Related to Religious Ed
| 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 25 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).
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