2023 Best Value Religious Studies Schools in the Plains States Region
Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing
Finding the Best Religious Studies 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 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 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.
Best Plains States Region Schools for Affordable Quality in Religious Studies
Our 2023 rankings named Evangel University the best value school in the Plains States Region for religious studies students. Located in the city of Springfield, Evangel is a private not-for-profit school with a small student population.
Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Evangel are $25,748 per year. The average amount in student loans that religion majors at Evangel take out is $27,000.
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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of St Thomas Minnesota. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Best Value Religious Studies Schools in the Plains States Region list. Located in the city of Saint Paul, UST MN is a private not-for-profit school with a medium-sized student population.
UST MN undergraduate students pay an average of $48,329 in tuition and fees each year. Religion majors at UST MN take out an average of $19,500 in student loans while working on their egree.
On top of its placing in our value ranking, UST MN also did well on our Best Religious Studies Schools in the Plains States Region list. It’s in the top 5% of all schools reviewed in this analysis.
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The excellent programs at University of Minnesota - Twin Cities helped the school earn the #3 place on this year’s ranking of the best religious studies schools in the Plains States Region . Located in the large city of Minneapolis, UMN Twin Cities is a public school 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.
As a testament to the quality of education it offers, UMN Twin Cities also is in the top 15% of our Best Religious Studies Schools in the Plains States Region ranking.
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Explore the best religious studies colleges for a specific state in the Plains States region.
| State | Degrees Awarded |
|---|---|
| Missouri | 44 |
| Minnesota | 158 |
| Kansas | 60 |
| Iowa | 74 |
| Nebraska | 5 |
| North Dakota | 20 |
| South Dakota | 5 |
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Majors Related to Religion
Religious Studies is one of 3 different types of programs to choose from.
Most Popular Related Majors
| Related Major | Annual Graduates |
|---|---|
| Philosophy | 10,054 |
| Other Philosophy & Religious Studies | 285 |
| General Philosophy & Religious Studies | 184 |
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).
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