2023 Most Popular Associate Degree Colleges for Lay Ministry in the Southwest Region

When pursuing a degree in today’s world, students have many different options to choose from. At College Factual, we’re committed to helping you make that decision by providing information such as that found in our “Most Well Attended Lay Ministry Major in the Southwest Region for an Associate” ranking.

In 2020-2021, 504 people earned their degree in lay ministry, making the major the 630th most popular in the United States.

Across the Southwest region, there were 21 lay ministry graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the associate degree level specifically, there were 12 lay ministry graduates with average earnings and debt of $35,810 and $18,681 respectively.

This year’s “Most Well Attended Lay Ministry Major in the Southwest Region for an Associate” ranking looked at 2 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in lay ministry. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have one of the most popular lay ministry programs in the United States.

See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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Most Well Attended Lay Ministry Major in the Southwest Region for an Associate

The colleges and universities below are the best for southwest region associate degree lay ministry students.

Top 2 Most Popular Associate Degree Colleges for Lay Ministry in the Southwest Region

1

Southwestern Assemblies of God University
Waxahachie, Texas

Top 20% overall quality in Southwest

Out of the 2 schools in the Most Well Attended Lay Ministry Major in the Southwest Region for an Associate that were part of this year’s ranking, Southwestern Assemblies of God University landed the #1 spot on the list. This small school is located in Waxahachie, Texas, and it awarded 12 associates’s lay ministry degrees in 2020-2021.

Full Southwestern Assemblies of God University Lay Ministry Report

2

Howard Payne University
Brownwood, Texas

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Howard Payne University. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Most Well Attended Lay Ministry Major in the Southwest Region for an Associate list. This small school is located in Brownwood, Texas, and it awarded 0 associates’s lay ministry degrees in 2020-2021.

Since the school has a undergrad student-to-faculty ratio of 10 to 1, those pursuing a degree will have more opportunities to interact with their professors.

Full Howard Payne Lay Ministry Report

• Most Popular Associate Degree Colleges for Lay Ministry

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.