2024 Best Religion/Religious Studies Schools in the Southwest Region
6Colleges in the Southwest Region
237Religion Degrees Awarded
If you plan on majoring in religion/religious studies, you won't be alone since the degree program is ranked #189 in the country in terms of popularity. So, you have a fair amount of options to choose from when looking for a school.
In 2024, College Factual analyzed 6 schools in order to identify the top ones for its Best Religion/Religious Studies Schools in the Southwest Region ranking. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 237 degrees in religion/religious studies during the 2020-2021 academic year.
Choosing a Great Religion/Religious Studies School
Your choice of religion/religious studies school matters, so we have put together these rankings to help you make your decision. In order to come up with a best overall ranking for religion/religious studies schools, we combine our degree-level rankings, weighting them by the number of degrees awarded at each level.
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.
Since the program you select can have a significant impact on your future, we've developed a number of rankings, including this Best Religion/Religious Studies Schools in the Southwest Region list, to help you choose the best school for you.
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Best Schools for Religion/Religious Studies in the Southwest Region
The schools below may not offer all types of religion degrees so you may want to filter by degree level first. However, they are great for the degree levels they do offer.
The University of Texas at Austin is one of the best schools in the United States for getting a degree in religion/religious studies. 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 colleges nationwide means UT Austin is a great university overall.
There were roughly 25 religion/religious studies students who graduated with this degree at UT Austin in the most recent data year.
University of Arizona is a wonderful choice for students pursuing a degree in religion/religious studies. University of Arizona is a very large public university located in the large city of Tucson. A Best Colleges rank of #133 out of 2,217 colleges nationwide means University of Arizona is a great university overall.
There were about 9 religion/religious studies students who graduated with this degree at University of Arizona in the most recent year we have data available.
Arizona State University - Tempe is one of the finest schools in the country for getting a degree in religion/religious studies. Located in the 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 colleges nationwide means ASU - Tempe is a great university overall.
There were about 9 religion/religious studies students who graduated with this degree at ASU - Tempe in the most recent year we have data available.
Arizona State University - Skysong is one of the best schools in the country for getting a degree in religion/religious studies. ASU - Skysong is a fairly large public university located in the medium-sized city of Scottsdale. This university ranks 8th out of 26 schools for overall quality in the state of Arizona.
There were approximately 25 religion/religious studies students who graduated with this degree at ASU - Skysong in the most recent year we have data available.
UH is a fairly 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 about 5 religion/religious studies students who graduated with this degree at UH in the most recent year we have data available.
UNT is a fairly 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 approximately 6 religion/religious studies students who graduated with this degree at UNT in the most recent data year.
Located in the large city of Albuquerque, UNM is a public university with a very large student population. This university ranks 1st out of 23 colleges for overall quality in the state of New Mexico.
There were approximately 5 religion/religious studies students who graduated with this degree at UNM in the most recent year we have data available.
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 religion/religious studies school matters, so we have put together these rankings to help you make your decision. In order to come up with a best overall ranking for religion/religious studies schools, we combine our degree-level rankings, weighting them by the number of degrees awarded at each level.
