2024 Best Religious Education Schools in the Southwest Region
2Colleges in the Southwest Region
466Religious Ed Degrees Awarded
$35,606Avg Early-Career Salary
Religious Education is about average in terms of popularity for degree programs. That is, it ranks #216 out of the 395 majors across the country that we analyze each year. As such, the degree program isn't offered at every college in the United States, but there are schools that do have a program in the field that are top-notch when it comes to quality.
College Factual looked at 2 colleges and universities when compiling its 2024 Best Religious Education Schools in the Southwest Region ranking. Combined, these schools handed out 466 degrees in religious education to qualified students.
Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we've developed the Best Religious Education Schools in the Southwest Region ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.
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Best Schools for Religious Education in the Southwest Region
Although we recommend filtering by degree level first, you can view the list below to see which schools give the educational experience for the religious ed degree levels they offer.
Grand Canyon University is one of the best schools in the United States for getting a degree in religious education. Located in the large city of Phoenix, Grand Canyon University is a private for-profit university with a fairly large student population.
There were about 400 religious education students who graduated with this degree at Grand Canyon University in the most recent data year. Soon after graduating, religious ed degree recipients generally make an average of $36,663 in the first five years of their career.
Dallas Theological Seminary is one of the finest schools in the United States for getting a degree in religious education. DTS Dallas is a small private not-for-profit school located in the city of Dallas.
There were approximately 28 religious education students who graduated with this degree at DTS Dallas in the most recent year we have data available. Those religious education students who get their degree from Dallas Theological Seminary make $4,668 more than the typical religious ed student.
Every student who is interested in religious education has to check out Dallas Baptist University. DBU is a small private not-for-profit university located in the large city of Dallas.
There were roughly 27 religious education students who graduated with this degree at DBU in the most recent data year. Soon after graduation, religious ed degree recipients generally earn an average of $35,897 in the first five years of their career.
The bars on the spread charts above show the distribution of the schools on this list +/- one standard deviation from the mean.
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 the rest 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).
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