by our College Data Analytics Team
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 “Most Well Attended Youth Ministry Major in the Southwest Region for a Bachelor’s” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.
Youth Ministry is the 616th most popular major in the country with 434 degrees awarded in 2020-2021.
Across the Southwest region, there were 45 youth ministry graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 17 youth ministry graduates with average earnings and debt of $40,112 and $26,227 respectively.
For this year’s “Most Well Attended Youth Ministry Major in the Southwest Region for a Bachelor’s” ranking, we looked at 7 colleges that offer a degree in youth ministry. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have one of the most popular youth ministry programs in the United States.
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When choosing the right school for you, it’s important to arm yourself with all the facts you can. To that end, we’ve created a number of major-specific rankings, including this “Most Well Attended Youth Ministry Major in the Southwest Region for a Bachelor’s” list to help you make the college decision.
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The colleges and universities below are the best for southwest region bachelor’s degree youth ministry students.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Lubbock Christian University. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Most Well Attended Youth Ministry Major in the Southwest Region for a Bachelor’s list. Located in Lubbock, Texas, this small private not-for-profit school handed out 7 degrees to qualified bachelors’s youth ministry students in 2020-2021.
Read full report on Youth Ministry at Lubbock Christian University
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Southwestern Assemblies of God University. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Most Well Attended Youth Ministry Major in the Southwest Region for a Bachelor’s list. Southwestern Assemblies of God University is a private not-for-profit institution located in Waxahachie, Texas. The school has a small population, and it awarded 3 bachelors’s degrees in 2020-2021.
Full Southwestern Assemblies of God University Youth Ministry Report
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Howard Payne University. The school came in at #2 for the Most Well Attended Youth Ministry Major in the Southwest Region for a Bachelor’s. Howard Payne University is a small school located in Brownwood, Texas that handed out 3 bachelors’s youth ministry degrees in 2020-2021.
With a undergrad student-to-faculty ratio of 10 to 1, it’s easy to see that the school is committed to helping their undergraduates succeed.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Oklahoma Baptist University. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Most Well Attended Youth Ministry Major in the Southwest Region for a Bachelor’s list. Oklahoma Baptist University is a small private not-for-profit school situated in Shawnee, Oklahoma. It awarded 2 bachelors’s youth ministry degrees in 2020-2021.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 4.0% 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%.
Read full report on Youth Ministry at Oklahoma Baptist University
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Randall University. It ranked #5 on our 2023 Most Well Attended Youth Ministry Major in the Southwest Region for a Bachelor’s list. Randall University is located in Moore, Oklahoma and, has a small student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 1 bachelors’s youth ministry degrees to qualified students.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend East Texas Baptist University. The school came in at #5 for the Most Well Attended Youth Ministry Major in the Southwest Region for a Bachelor’s. This small school is located in Marshall, Texas, and it awarded 1 bachelors’s youth ministry degrees in 2020-2021.
Southern Nazarene University ranked #7 on this year’s Most Well Attended Youth Ministry Major in the Southwest Region for a Bachelor’s list. Southern Nazarene University is located in Bethany, Oklahoma and, has a small student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 0 bachelors’s youth ministry degrees to qualified students.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 4.2%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Read full report on Youth Ministry at Southern Nazarene University
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