by our College Data Analytics Team
It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. At College Factual, we’re committed to helping you make that decision by providing information such as that found in our “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Religious Ed Major in the Southwest Region” ranking.
In 2020-2021, 1,417 people earned their degree in religious education, making the major the 216th most popular in the United States. In 2019-2020, religious education graduates who were awarded their degree in 2017-2019, earned an average of $30,694 and had an average of $27,203 in loans still to pay off.
Across the Southwest region, there were 466 religious education graduates with average earnings and debt of $35,606 and $31,934 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 304 religious education graduates with average earnings and debt of $40,112 and $26,227 respectively.
This year’s “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Religious Ed Major in the Southwest Region” ranking looked at 9 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in religious education. This a ranking of the schools where the largest percentage of students has enrolled in religious education.
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The religious ed school you choose to invest your time and money in matters. To help you make the decision that is right for you, we’ve developed a number of major-specific rankings, including this list of “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Religious Ed Major in the Southwest Region”.
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The following schools top our list of the Best “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Religious Ed Major in the Southwest Region”.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Randall University. The school came in at #1 for the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Religious Ed Major in the Southwest Region. Randall University is a small school located in Moore, Oklahoma that handed out 1 bachelors’s religious ed degrees in 2020-2021.
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Out of the 9 schools in the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Religious Ed Major in the Southwest Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Dallas Baptist University landed the #2 spot on the list. Dallas, Texas is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out bachelors’s religious ed degrees to 20 students in 2020-2021.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Grand Canyon University. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Religious Ed Major in the Southwest Region list. This large school is located in Phoenix, Arizona, and it awarded 274 bachelors’s religious ed degrees in 2020-2021.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 5.0% 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%.
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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Howard Payne University. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Religious Ed Major in the Southwest Region list. Brownwood, Texas is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out bachelors’s religious ed degrees to 2 students 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.
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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Concordia University, Texas. The school came in at #5 for the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Religious Ed Major in the Southwest Region. Concordia University, Texas is located in Lakeway, Texas and, has a small student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 6 bachelors’s religious ed degrees to qualified students.
With a ranking of #6, Wayland Baptist University did quite well on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Religious Ed Major in the Southwest Region list. Wayland Baptist University is located in Plainview, Texas and, has a small student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 1 bachelors’s religious ed degrees to qualified students.
The impressive undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 9 to 1 means that students may have more opportunities to work more closely with their professors than they would at other schools.
Oklahoma Baptist University did quite well in the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Religious Ed Major in the Southwest Region ranking, coming in at #7. This small school is located in Shawnee, Oklahoma, and it awarded 0 bachelors’s religious ed 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%.
Southern Nazarene University ranked #7 on this year’s Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Religious Ed Major in the Southwest Region list. SNU is a small private not-for-profit school situated in Bethany, Oklahoma. It awarded 0 bachelors’s religious ed degrees in 2020-2021.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 4.2% 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 more about Religious Education at Southern Nazarene University
With a ranking of #7, Oklahoma Christian University did quite well on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Religious Ed Major in the Southwest Region list. Oklahoma Christian University is a small school located in Edmond, Oklahoma that handed out 0 bachelors’s religious ed degrees in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 4.8%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
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