2023 Most Well Attended Religious Vocations Major in the Southwest Region for a Master’s

It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Most Well Attended Religious Vocations Major in the Southwest Region for a Master’s” ranking is part of that endeavor.

In 2020-2021, 1,166 people earned their degree in theology and religious vocations (other), making the major the 228th most popular in the United States. In 2019-2020, theology and religious vocations (other) graduates who were awarded their degree in 2017-2019, earned an average of $39,580 and had an average of $31,756 in loans still to pay off.

Across the Southwest region, there were 120 theology and religious vocations (other) graduates with average earnings and debt of $30,772 and $27,023 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 51 theology and religious vocations (other) graduates with average earnings and debt of $56,204 and $0 respectively.

This year’s “Most Well Attended Religious Vocations Major in the Southwest Region for a Master’s” ranking looked at 6 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in theology and religious vocations (other). This ranking identifies schools that graduate the most students in theology and religious vocations (other).

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Most Well Attended Religious Vocations Major in the Southwest Region for a Master’s

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

Top 6 Most Popular Master’s Degree Colleges for Theology & Religious Vocations (Other) in the Southwest Region

1

Baptist Missionary Association Theological Seminary
Jacksonville, Texas

Out of the 6 schools in the Most Well Attended Religious Vocations Major in the Southwest Region for a Master’s that were part of this year’s ranking, Baptist Missionary Association Theological Seminary landed the #1 spot on the list. Jacksonville, Texas is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out masters’s religious vocations degrees to 16 students in 2020-2021.

With a undergrad student-to-faculty ratio of 2 to 1, it’s easy to see that the school is committed to helping their undergraduates succeed.

Full Baptist Missionary Association Theological Seminary Theology & Religious Vocations (Other) Report

2

Oral Roberts University
Tulsa, Oklahoma

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Oral Roberts University. The school came in at #2 for the Most Well Attended Religious Vocations Major in the Southwest Region for a Master’s. Oral Roberts University is a private not-for-profit institution located in Tulsa, Oklahoma. The school has a small population, and it awarded 15 masters’s degrees in 2020-2021.

Read full report on Theology & Religious Vocations (Other) at Oral Roberts University

3

Southwestern Christian University
Bethany, Oklahoma

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Southwestern Christian University. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Most Well Attended Religious Vocations Major in the Southwest Region for a Master’s list. Southwestern Christian University is a small private not-for-profit school situated in Bethany, Oklahoma. It awarded 11 masters’s religious vocations degrees in 2020-2021.

Full Southwestern Christian University Theology & Religious Vocations (Other) Report

4

Dallas Theological Seminary
Dallas, Texas

#15 overall quality in Southwest

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Dallas Theological Seminary. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Most Well Attended Religious Vocations Major in the Southwest Region for a Master’s list. DTS Dallas is a small private not-for-profit school situated in Dallas, Texas. It awarded 5 masters’s religious vocations degrees in 2020-2021.

The low undergrad student loan default rate of 0.7% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%. The undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of to 1 is a sign that students will have more opportunities to engage with their professors one-on-one.

Read more about Theology & Religious Vocations (Other) at DTS Dallas

5

University of St. Thomas
Houston, Texas

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of St. Thomas. It ranked #5 on our 2023 Most Well Attended Religious Vocations Major in the Southwest Region for a Master’s list. University of St. Thomas is a small private not-for-profit school situated in Houston, Texas. It awarded 3 masters’s religious vocations degrees in 2020-2021.

The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 3.7%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

Read more about Theology & Religious Vocations (Other) at UST

6

Episcopal Theological Seminary of the Southwest
Austin, Texas

Episcopal Theological Seminary of the Southwest ranked #6 on this year’s Most Well Attended Religious Vocations Major in the Southwest Region for a Master’s list. Episcopal Theological Seminary of the Southwest is a small school located in Austin, Texas that handed out 1 masters’s religious vocations degrees in 2020-2021.

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

Read full report on Theology & Religious Vocations (Other) at Episcopal Theological Seminary of the Southwest

• Most Popular Master’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

• *Avg Salary and Avg 4-Year Grad Rate 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.