2022 Best Value Religious Vocations Schools for a Doctorate in the Southwest Region

It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. College Factual has developed its “Best Value Religious Vocations Schools for a Doctorate in the Southwest Region” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.

In 2019-2020, 1,274 people earned their degree in theology and religious vocations (other), making the major the 221st most popular in the United States. In 2017-2018, theology and religious vocations (other) graduates who were awarded their degree in 2015-2017, earned an average of $40,430 and had an average of $40,848 in loans still to pay off.

Across the Southwest region, there were 128 theology and religious vocations (other) graduates with average earnings and debt of $36,500 and $38,750 respectively. At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 6 theology and religious vocations (other) graduates with average earnings and debt of $71,970 and $95,025 respectively.

This ranking identifies schools with high-quality theology and religious vocations (other) programs that also have a lower cost than schools of similar quality.

When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the theology and religious vocations (other) program at the school and the cost to attend the school once aid has been awarded. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we’ve developed the “Best Value Religious Vocations Schools for a Doctorate in the Southwest Region” ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.

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Best Value Religious Vocations Schools for a Doctorate in the Southwest Region

The colleges and universities below are the best for southwest region doctor’s degree religious vocations students.

Top 1 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Theology & Religious Vocations (Other) in the Southwest Region

#1

Austin Presbyterian Theological Seminary

Austin, Texas

#1 in overall quality

$14,530 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Austin Presbyterian Theological Seminary. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value Religious Vocations Schools for a Doctorate in the Southwest Region. This small school is located in Austin, Texas, and it awarded 3 doctorate’s religious vocations degrees in 2019-2020.

Austin Seminary did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Theology & Religious Vocations (Other) Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at Austin Presbyterian Theological Seminary are $14,530, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read full report on Theology & Religious Vocations (Other) at Austin Seminary

• Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Theology & Religious Vocations (Other)

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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