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2023 Best Religious Education Graduate Certificate Schools

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$19,000 Avg Student Debt

Finding the Best Religious Education Graduate Certificate School for You

Religious Education is the #216 most popular major in the country with 1,417 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.

To assist you in seeing some of the education options that are available to you, Course Advisor has created its Best Religious Education Graduate Certificate Schools ranking. This report analyzed 2 schools in the United States to see which ones offered the best graduate certificate programs for students. The factors used to develop this ranking include those related to how in-demand the school is, the overall quality of the school, and post-graduation wages, and more.

View our full ranking methodology.

2023 Best Religious Education Graduate Certificate Schools in the United States

Check out the religious ed graduate certificate programs at these schools if you want to get the best education that money can buy.

Top Schools for a Postbaccalaureate Certificates in Religious Education

Our 2023 rankings named Loyola University Chicago the best school in the United States for religious education students working on their graduate certificate. Loyola Chicago is a large private not-for-profit school located in the city of Chicago.

Read full report on Religious Education at Loyola University Chicago

The excellent graduate certificate programs at Midwestern Baptist Theological Seminary helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the best religious education schools in the United States. MBTS is a small private not-for-profit school located in the city of Kansas City.

Full Religious Education at Midwestern Baptist Theological Seminary Report

Religious Education by Region

View the Best Religious Education Graduate Certificate Schools for a specific region near you.

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

One of 7 majors within the area of study, religious education has other similar majors worth exploring.

Majors Similar to Religious Ed

Related Major Annual Graduates
Theological & Ministerial Studies 15,832
Biblical Studies 4,119
Pastoral Counseling & Specialized Ministries 3,116
Missionary Studies 1,220
Theology & Religious Vocations (Other) 1,166

Notes and References

*These averages are for the top 2 schools only.

  • Read more about our ranking methodology.
  • 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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