2023 Best Value Religious Studies Bachelor's Degree Schools in the Plains States Region

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

Finding the Best Religious Studies Bachelor's Degree School for You

Out of all the majors we analyze each year, religious studies was ranked #86 in the country. In fact 9,470 degrees and certificates were handed out in 2020-2021.

Today's students have lots of options to pick from when considering higher education opportunities. 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.

The Best Value Religious Studies Bachelor's Degree Schools in the Plains States Region ranking is one of many tools that Course Advisor has developed to help you make your educational decision. Our analysis looked at 3 schools in the Plains States Region to see which bachelor's degree programs offered the best value experiences for religion students with the aim of identifying those quality schools that are more affordable than some of their counterparts.

When determining this ranking, we place a high emphasis on the school's quality as well as its sticker price. Even though a college may be affordable, it may not offer value. 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.

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

2023 Best Value Religious Studies Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region

The colleges and universities below are the best value schools for religion majors pursuing a bachelor's degree.

Best Plains States Region Schools for Affordable Quality for a Bachelor's in Religious Studies

#1

Evangel University

Springfield, MO

3 Bachelor's Degrees

$25,748 Average Tuition & Fees

$26,443 Average Earnings

Our 2023 rankings named Evangel University the best value school in the Plains States Region for religious studies students working on their bachelor’s degree. Located in the medium-sized city of Springfield, Evangel is a private not-for-profit college with a small student population.

Evangel undergraduate students pay an average of $25,748 in tuition and fees each year.

Full Religious Studies at Evangel University Report

#2

University of Minnesota - Twin Cities

Minneapolis, MN

4 Bachelor's Degrees

#19 in Quality in the Plains States Region

$33,818 Average Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Minnesota - Twin Cities. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Best Value Religious Studies Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region list. Located in the city of Minneapolis, UMN Twin Cities is a public college with a very large student population.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state undergraduate student at UMN Twin Cities are $33,818 a year.

On top of its placing in our value ranking, UMN Twin Cities also did well on our Best Religious Studies Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region list. It’s in the top 15% of all schools reviewed in this analysis.

Full Religious Studies at University of Minnesota - Twin Cities Report

#3

University of St Thomas Minnesota

Saint Paul, MN

40 Bachelor's Degrees

#7 in Quality in the Plains States Region

$48,329 Average Tuition & Fees

The excellent bachelor’s degree programs at University of St Thomas Minnesota helped the school earn the #3 place on this year’s ranking of the best value religious studies schools in the Plains States Region . Located in the large city of Saint Paul, UST MN is a private not-for-profit college with a moderately-sized student population.

UST MN undergraduate students pay an average of $48,329 in tuition and fees each year. The average amount in student loans that religion majors at UST MN take out while working on their Bachelor's Degree is $18,280.

UST MN excels when it comes to quality. It’s ranked in the top 5% of all schools on our Best Religious Studies Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region list.

Read full report on Religious Studies at University of St Thomas Minnesota

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Majors Related to Religion

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Notes and References

*These averages are for the top 3 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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