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2022 Best Value Bible Schools for a Bachelor’s in Texas

8 Ranked Colleges
152 Degrees Awarded
$23,000 Avg Net Price*
Best Value Bible Schools for a Bachelor's in Texas

With all of the options students have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. College Factual has developed its “Best Value Bible Schools for a Bachelor’s in Texas” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.

Biblical Studies is the 141st most popular major in the country with 4,250 degrees awarded in 2019-2020. In 2017-2018, Biblical studies graduates who were awarded their degree in 2015-2017, earned an average of $27,768 and had an average of $24,104 in loans still to pay off.

Across Texas, there were 445 Biblical studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $28,200 and $23,277 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 152 Biblical studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value Bible Schools for a Bachelor’s in Texas” ranking, we looked at 8 colleges that offer a degree in Biblical studies. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality Biblical studies programs that also have a lower cost than schools of similar quality.

Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the Biblical studies program at the school and the cost of the school after aid is awarded among other things. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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Best Value Bible Schools for a Bachelor’s in Texas

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Bible Schools for a Bachelor’s in Texas.

Top 8 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Biblical Studies in Texas

#1

Criswell College

Dallas, Texas

Out of the 8 schools in the Best Value Bible Schools for a Bachelor’s in Texas that were part of this year’s ranking, Criswell College landed the #1 spot on the list. Located in Dallas, Texas, this small private not-for-profit school awarded 6 degrees to qualified bachelors’s Bible students in 2019-2020.

Criswell College also made our “Best Biblical Studies Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Texas” list, coming in at #2. The yearly cost to attend Criswell College is $14,137 for Texas Bachelor’s Degree Bible students.

The impressive student-to-faculty ratio of 7 to 1 means that students may have more opportunities to work more closely with their professors than they would at other schools.

Read more about Biblical Studies at Criswell College

#1 in overall quality

Out of the 8 schools in the Best Value Bible Schools for a Bachelor’s in Texas that were part of this year’s ranking, Lubbock Christian University landed the #2 spot on the list. Lubbock, Texas is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out bachelors’s Bible degrees to 2 students in 2019-2020.

LCU not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #1 on our “Best Biblical Studies Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Texas” list. It costs about $24,128 for texas bachelor’s degree bible students per year to attend Lubbock Christian University.

Read full report on Biblical Studies at Lubbock Christian University

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Southwestern Assemblies of God University. The school came in at #3 for the Best Value Bible Schools for a Bachelor’s in Texas. Waxahachie, Texas is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out bachelors’s Bible degrees to 16 students in 2019-2020.

Southwestern Assemblies of God University also made our “Best Biblical Studies Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Texas” list, coming in at #5. The estimated yearly cost for Southwestern Assemblies of God University is $24,982 for Texas Bachelor’s Degree Bible students.

Full Southwestern Assemblies of God University Biblical Studies Report

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Dallas Baptist University. It ranked #4 on our 2022 Best Value Bible Schools for a Bachelor’s in Texas list. Dallas Baptist University is a small private not-for-profit school situated in Dallas, Texas. It awarded 16 bachelors’s Bible degrees in 2019-2020.

DBU not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #3 on our “Best Biblical Studies Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Texas” list. It costs about $26,387 for Texas Bachelor’s Degree Bible students per year to attend DBU.

Full DBU Biblical Studies Report

#7 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Hardin - Simmons University. It ranked #5 on our 2022 Best Value Bible Schools for a Bachelor’s in Texas list. Abilene, Texas is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out bachelors’s Bible degrees to 6 students in 2019-2020.

Hardin - Simmons did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #7 on our “Best Biblical Studies Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Texas” list. The yearly cost to attend Hardin - Simmons is $19,509 for texas bachelor’s degree bible students.

Read full report on Biblical Studies at Hardin - Simmons University

#6 in overall quality

Houston Baptist University came in at #6 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Bible Schools for a Bachelor’s in Texas ranking. This small school is located in Houston, Texas, and it awarded 6 bachelors’s Bible degrees in 2019-2020.

HBU not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #6 on our “Best Biblical Studies Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Texas” list. The yearly cost to attend Houston Baptist University is $19,962 for texas bachelor’s degree bible students.

Read more about Biblical Studies at HBU

With a ranking of #7, Abilene Christian University did quite well on the 2022 Best Value Bible Schools for a Bachelor’s in Texas list. Abilene, Texas is the setting for this medium-sized institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out bachelors’s Bible degrees to 7 students in 2019-2020.

Abilene Christian also made our “Best Biblical Studies Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Texas” list, coming in at #4. The estimated yearly cost for Abilene Christian is $26,809 for texas bachelor’s degree bible students.

Read more about Biblical Studies at Abilene Christian

#8 in overall quality

Dallas Christian College landed the #8 spot on the 2022 Best Value Bible Schools for a Bachelor’s in Texas ranking. Dallas Christian College is a private not-for-profit institution located in Dallas, Texas. The school has a small population, and it awarded 23 bachelors’s degrees in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our texas bachelor’s degree bible students list, Dallas Christian College has also earned the #8 rank in our “Best Biblical Studies Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Texas” ranking. It costs about $28,261 for Texas Bachelor’s Degree Bible students per year to attend Dallas Christian College.

With a student-to-faculty ratio of 9 to 1, it’s easy to see that the school is committed to helping their undergraduates succeed.

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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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