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Most Popular Religious Education Graduate Certificate Schools in Illinois

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2023 Most Popular Religious Education Graduate Certificate Schools in Illinois

2 Colleges
$19,000 Avg Student Debt

Finding the Best Religious Education Graduate Certificate 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 Most Popular Religious Education Graduate Certificate Schools in Illinois ranking. Our analysis looked at 2 schools in Illinois to see which graduate certificate programs were the most popular for students. To create this ranking we looked at how many students graduated from the Religious Education program at each school on the list.

The colleges and universities below are the most popular for religious ed majors pursuing a graduate certificate.

Our analysis found Loyola University Chicago to be the most popular school for religious education students who want to pursue a graduate certificate in Illinois. Loyola Chicago is a large private not-for-profit school located in the city of Chicago.

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The in-demand graduate certificate programs at Wheaton College Illinois helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the most popular religious education schools in Illinois. Located in the large suburb of Wheaton, Wheaton College Illinois is a private not-for-profit college with a small student population.

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Best Religious Education Colleges in the Great Lakes Region

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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 2 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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