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2023 Best Value Other Theology & Religion Graduate Certificate Schools

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

5 Colleges
$29,227 Avg Tuition & Fees*

Finding the Best Theology & Religious Vocations (Other) Graduate Certificate School for You

Theology & Religious Vocations (Other) is the #231 most popular major in the country with 1,166 degrees and certificates awarded in 2020-2021.

There are so many programs in today's world that it can tough to figure out which one is the right one for you. 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 Other Theology & Religion Graduate Certificate Schools ranking is one of many tools that Course Advisor has developed to help you make your educational decision. This report analyzed 5 schools in the United States to see which ones offered the best value graduate certificate programs for religious vocations students. The goal was to highlight schools with more affordable prices than others offering similar quality experiences.

This ranking is not just a list of inexpensive schools. We also consider each school's quality, since we believe a low-quality school may not be a 'bargain' at any price. 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.

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

2023 Best Value Theology & Religious Vocations (Other) Graduate Certificate Schools in the United States

The following schools top our list of the Best Value Theology & Religious Vocations (Other) Graduate Certificate Colleges.

Best Schools for Affordable Quality for a Postbaccalaureate Certificates in Other Theology & Religion

#1

Luther Seminary

Saint Paul, MN

Our analysis found Luther Seminary to be the best value school for theology and religious vocations (other) students who want to pursue a graduate certificate in the United States. Luther Seminary is a small private not-for-profit school located in the city of Saint Paul.

Luther Seminary graduate students pay an average of $19,175 in tuition and fees each year.

Read full report on Theology & Religious Vocations (Other) at Luther Seminary

Out of the 5 schools in the United States that were part of this year’s ranking, Dallas Theological Seminary landed the # 2 spot on the list. Located in the large 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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#3

Biola University

La Mirada, CA

The excellent graduate certificate programs at Biola University helped the school earn the #3 place on this year’s ranking of the best value theology and religious vocations (other) schools in the United States. Located in the suburb of La Mirada, Biola is a private not-for-profit school with a medium-sized student population.

Biola graduate students pay an average of $12,006 in tuition and fees each year.

Full Theology & Religious Vocations (Other) at Biola University Report

Out of the 5 schools in the United States that were part of this year’s ranking, Lancaster Theological Seminary landed the # 4 spot on the list. Lancaster Theological Seminary is a fairly small private not-for-profit school located in the city of Lancaster.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at Lancaster Theological Seminary are $20,057 a year.

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#5

Duke University

Durham, NC

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Duke University. The school came in at #5 on this year’s Best Value Other Theology & Religion Graduate Certificate Schools list. Duke is a fairly large private not-for-profit school located in the city of Durham.

Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at Duke are $59,141 per year.

Duke excels when it comes to quality. It’s ranked in the top 5% of all schools on our Best Other Theology & Religion Graduate Certificate Schools list.

Full Theology & Religious Vocations (Other) at Duke University Report

Theology & Religious Vocations (Other) by Region

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New England
Rocky Mountains
Plains States
Middle Atlantic
Far Western US
Southwest
Great Lakes

Theology & Religious Vocations (Other) is one of 7 different types of programs to choose from.

Related Major Annual Graduates
Theological & Ministerial Studies 15,832
Biblical Studies 4,119
Pastoral Counseling & Specialized Ministries 3,116
Religious Education 1,417
Missionary Studies 1,220

Notes and References

*These averages are for the top 5 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).

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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