2022 Best Value Religion Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region
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In 2019-2020, 9,704 people earned their degree in religious studies, making the major the 115th most popular in the United States. In 2017-2018, religious studies graduates who were awarded their degree in 2015-2017, earned an average of $32,163 and had an average of $28,712 in loans still to pay off.
Across the Southwest region, there were 423 religious studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $33,900 and $24,858 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 259 religious studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $38,896 and $23,899 respectively.
This year’s “Best Value Religion Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region” ranking analyzed 8 colleges that offered a degree in religious studies. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent religious studies programs, but they also cost less that schools of similar quality.
To come up with these rankings, we looked at factors such as the cost to attend the school after aid is awarded and overall quality of the religious studies program at the school. See our ranking methodology to learn more.
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Best Value Religion Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region
The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Religion Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region.
Top 8 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Religious Studies in the Southwest Region
Out of the 8 schools in the Best Value Religion Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Arizona State University - Skysong landed the #1 spot on the list. Arizona State University - Skysong is a large school located in Scottsdale, Arizona that handed out 18 bachelors’s religion degrees in 2019-2020.
ASU - Skysong did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #4 on our “Best Religious Studies Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list. The yearly cost to attend Arizona State University - Skysong is $13,971 for Southwest Region Bachelor’s Degree Religion students.
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Out of the 8 schools in the Best Value Religion Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Houston landed the #2 spot on the list. Houston, Texas is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s religion degrees to 9 students in 2019-2020.
UH did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #5 on our “Best Religious Studies Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list. The estimated yearly cost for UH is $12,838 for southwest region bachelor’s degree religion students.
With a freshman retention rate of 86%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its students.
Out of the 8 schools in the Best Value Religion Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region that were part of this year’s ranking, University of North Texas landed the #3 spot on the list. University of North Texas is located in Denton, Texas and, has a large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 5 bachelors’s religion degrees to qualified students.
UNT also made our “Best Religious Studies Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list, coming in at #6. The estimated yearly cost for University of North Texas is $15,086 for Southwest Region Bachelor’s Degree Religion students.
Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 85%.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Arizona State University - Tempe. It ranked #4 on our 2022 Best Value Religion Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region list. ASU - Tempe is a large school located in Tempe, Arizona that handed out 10 bachelors’s religion degrees in 2019-2020.
In addition to being on our southwest region bachelor’s degree religion students list, ASU - Tempe has also earned the #3 rank in our “Best Religious Studies Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for ASU - Tempe is $11,706 for Southwest Region Bachelor’s Degree Religion students.
Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 86%.
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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of New Mexico - Main Campus. It ranked #5 on our 2022 Best Value Religion Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region list. This large school is located in Albuquerque, New Mexico, and it awarded 6 bachelors’s religion degrees in 2019-2020.
In addition to being on our southwest region bachelor’s degree religion students list, UNM has also earned the #8 rank in our “Best Religious Studies Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for UNM is $14,446 for southwest region bachelor’s degree religion students.
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With a ranking of #6, The University of Texas at Austin did quite well on the 2022 Best Value Religion Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region list. Located in Austin, Texas, this large public school awarded 7 degrees to qualified bachelors’s religion students in 2019-2020.
UT Austin also made our “Best Religious Studies Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list, coming in at #1. The estimated yearly cost for UT Austin is $18,023 for Southwest Region Bachelor’s Degree Religion students.
With a freshman retention rate of 97%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its students. The school has an impressive student loan default rate. It’s only 2.7%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
University of Arizona came in at #7 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Religion Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region ranking. Tucson, Arizona is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s religion degrees to 11 students in 2019-2020.
University of Arizona also took the #7 spot in our “Best Religious Studies Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for University of Arizona is $15,016 for Southwest Region Bachelor’s Degree Religion students.
Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 85%.
Baylor University did quite well in the 2022 Best Value Religion Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region ranking, coming in at #8. This fairly large school is located in Waco, Texas, and it awarded 35 bachelors’s religion degrees in 2019-2020.
Baylor also made our “Best Religious Studies Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list, coming in at #2. It costs about $36,039 for southwest region bachelor’s degree religion students per year to attend Baylor.
With a freshman retention rate of 91%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its students. The school has an impressive student loan default rate. It’s only 3.7%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
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Notes and References
References
- 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 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).
- Information about the national average student loan default rate is from the U.S. Department of Education and refers to data about the 2016 borrower cohort tracking period for which the cohort default rate (CDR) was 10.1%.
Read more about our data sources and methodologies
Footnotes
- *Average salary, average net price, and average tuition and fees are for the top schools only.
- Some schools otherwise deserving of recognition may have been removed from this ranking in the event that new data identified post-publication warranted it, or at the request of the school.
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