Religious Education is about average in terms of popularity for master's degrees programs. That is, it ranks #144 out of the 343 majors across the country that we analyze each year. So, it might take a little more work to find colleges and universities that offer the degree program.
There was only one school in Illinois to review for the 2025 Best Religious Education Master's Degree Schools in Illinois ranking. If you would like to see more options to choose from, check out the Best Master's Degree Schools in the United States ranking..
When choosing the right school for you, it's important to arm yourself with all the facts you can. To that end, we've created a number of major-specific rankings, including this Best Religious Education Master's Degree Schools in Illinois list to help you make the college decision.
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Wheaton College Illinois is one of the best schools in the United States for getting a master's degree in religious education. Wheaton College Illinois is a small private not-for-profit college located in the large suburb of Wheaton.
Students who graduate with their master's from the religious ed program report average early career earnings of $43,867.
The bars on the spread charts above show the distribution of the schools on this list +/- one standard deviation from the mean.
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).
