2024 Best Religious Studies Schools in the Southwest Region
6Colleges in the Southwest Region
423Religion Degrees Awarded
$32,014Avg Early-Career Salary
Religious Studies is above average in terms of popularity with it being the #90 most popular degree program in the country. This means you won't have too much trouble finding schools that offer the degree.
College Factual reviewed 6 schools in the Southwest Region to determine which ones were the best for degree seekers in the field of religious studies. Combined, these schools handed out 423 degrees in religious studies to qualified students.
Your choice of religious studies school matters, so we have put together these rankings to help you make your decision. We derive our Best Overall Religious Studies School rankings by rolling up our degree-level rankings after weighting them by the number of degrees awarded at each school.
In order to find the schools that are the best fit for you, you may want to filter to one of the degree levels below.
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Best Schools for Religious Studies in the Southwest Region
If you aren't interested in a particular degree level and want to know which schools are the overall best at delivering an education for the religion degrees they offer, see the list below.
Any student who is interested in religious studies has to take a look at The University of Texas at Austin. UT Austin is a very large public university located in the large city of Austin. A Best Colleges rank of #36 out of 2,217 schools nationwide means UT Austin is a great university overall.
There were approximately 27 religious studies students who graduated with this degree at UT Austin in the most recent year we have data available.
University of Arizona is one of the best schools in the United States for getting a degree in religious studies. University of Arizona is a fairly large public university located in the city of Tucson. A Best Colleges rank of #133 out of 2,217 schools nationwide means University of Arizona is a great university overall.
There were about 11 religious studies students who graduated with this degree at University of Arizona in the most recent year we have data available.
Any student who is interested in religious studies needs to take a look at Arizona State University - Tempe. Located in the midsize city of Tempe, ASU - Tempe is a public university with a very large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #119 out of 2,217 schools nationwide means ASU - Tempe is a great university overall.
There were roughly 31 religious studies students who graduated with this degree at ASU - Tempe in the most recent data year. After graduating, religion degree recipients generally earn around $32,014 at the beginning of their careers.
Any student who is interested in religious studies has to take a look at Arizona State University - Skysong. ASU - Skysong is a very large public university located in the city of Scottsdale. This university ranks 8th out of 26 colleges for overall quality in the state of Arizona.
There were roughly 25 religious studies students who graduated with this degree at ASU - Skysong in the most recent year we have data available. Soon after graduation, religion degree recipients usually make an average of $32,014 in their early careers.
UH is a very large public university located in the city of Houston. This university ranks 10th out of 115 colleges for overall quality in the state of Texas.
There were roughly 5 religious studies students who graduated with this degree at UH in the most recent data year.
UNT is a very large public university located in the medium-sized city of Denton. This university ranks 14th out of 115 schools for overall quality in the state of Texas.
There were roughly 6 religious studies students who graduated with this degree at UNT in the most recent year we have data available.
Located in the large city of Albuquerque, UNM is a public university with a fairly large student population. This university ranks 1st out of 23 schools for overall quality in the state of New Mexico.
There were about 5 religious studies students who graduated with this degree at UNM in the most recent data year.
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).
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Your choice of religious studies school matters, so we have put together these rankings to help you make your decision. We derive our Best Overall Religious Studies School rankings by rolling up our degree-level rankings after weighting them by the number of degrees awarded at each school.
