2022 Best Value Religious Ed Schools for a Master’s in the Southwest Region

When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. College Factual has developed its “Best Value Religious Ed Schools for a Master’s in the Southwest Region” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.

In 2019-2020, 1,336 people earned their degree in religious education, making the major the 215th most popular in the United States. In 2017-2018, religious education graduates who were awarded their degree in 2015-2017, earned an average of $28,663 and had an average of $31,603 in loans still to pay off.

Across the Southwest region, there were 449 religious education graduates with average earnings and debt of $33,180 and $41,327 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 139 religious education graduates with average earnings and debt of $53,078 and $37,227 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Religious Ed Schools for a Master’s in the Southwest Region” ranking looked at 2 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in religious education. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent religious education programs, but they also cost less that schools of similar quality.

Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the religious education program at the school and the cost of the school after aid is awarded among other things. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

One Size Does Not Fit All

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

We’ve created a tool called College Combat that lets you create your own customized comparisons based on the factors that matter the most to you. When you have some time, check it out - you may want to bookmark the link so you don’t forget it.

Best Value Religious Ed Schools for a Master’s in the Southwest Region

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

Top 2 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Religious Education in the Southwest Region

#1

Grand Canyon University

Phoenix, Arizona

#2 in overall quality

$11,436 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

$43,612 Average Early-Career Earnings

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Grand Canyon University. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value Religious Ed Schools for a Master’s in the Southwest Region. Grand Canyon University is a large private for-profit school situated in Phoenix, Arizona. It awarded 83 masters’s religious ed degrees in 2019-2020.

Grand Canyon University did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our “Best Religious Education Master’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at Grand Canyon University are $11,436, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read full report on Religious Education at Grand Canyon University

#2

Dallas Theological Seminary

Dallas, Texas

#1 in overall quality

$18,430 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

$38,649 Average Early-Career Earnings

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Dallas Theological Seminary. The school came in at #2 for the Best Value Religious Ed Schools for a Master’s in the Southwest Region. This small school is located in Dallas, Texas, and it awarded 47 masters’s religious ed degrees in 2019-2020.

DTS Dallas did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Religious Education Master’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at DTS Dallas are $18,430, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Read more about Religious Education at DTS Dallas

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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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