2022 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Religious Education (Income $48-$75k) in the Southwest Region

With all of the options students have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Best Value Relgious Ed Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $48-$75k” ranking is part of that endeavor.

Religious Education is the 351st most popular major in the country with 1,336 degrees awarded in 2019-2020.

Across the Southwest region, there were 449 religious education graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 310 religious education graduates with average earnings and debt of $38,896 and $23,899 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value Relgious Ed Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $48-$75k” ranking, we looked at 2 colleges that offer a degree 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.

When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the religious education program at the school and the cost to attend the school once aid has been awarded. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we’ve developed the “Best Value Relgious Ed Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $48-$75k” ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.

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Best Value Relgious Ed Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $48-$75k

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Relgious Ed Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $48-$75k.

Top 2 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Religious Education (Income $48-$75k) in the Southwest Region

#1

Grand Canyon University

Phoenix, Arizona

#2 in overall quality

$21,380 Average Net Price

Out of the 2 schools in the Best Value Relgious Ed Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $48-$75k that were part of this year’s ranking, Grand Canyon University landed the #1 spot on the list. Phoenix, Arizona is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The private for-profit school handed out bachelors’s relgious ed degrees to 267 students in 2019-2020.

Grand Canyon University also made our “Best Religious Education Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list, coming in at #2. The estimated yearly cost for Grand Canyon University is $21,380 for Southwest Region Bachelor’s Degree Relgious Ed students whose families make $48-$75k.

Full Grand Canyon University Religious Education Report

#2

Dallas Baptist University

Dallas, Texas

#1 in overall quality

$26,055 Average Net Price

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Dallas Baptist University. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Relgious Ed Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $48-$75k list. This small school is located in Dallas, Texas, and it awarded 23 bachelors’s relgious ed degrees in 2019-2020.

DBU not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #1 on our “Best Religious Education Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list. It costs about $26,055 for Southwest Region Bachelor’s Degree Relgious Ed students whose families make $48-$75k per year to attend DBU.

Full DBU Religious Education Report

• Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Religious Education (Income $48-$75k)

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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