2024 Best Value Colleges for Religious Education in the Southwest Region
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Ranked Colleges
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Degrees Awarded
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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 Relgious Ed Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.
In 2020-2021, 1,417 people earned their degree in religious education, making the major the 358th most popular in the United States.
Across the Southwest region, there were 466 religious education graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively.
This year’s “Best Value Relgious Ed Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking looked at 3 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in religious education. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great religious education programs and 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. See our ranking methodology to learn more.
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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 “Best Value Relgious Ed Schools in the Southwest Region” list to help you make the college decision.
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Best Value Relgious Ed Schools in the Southwest Region
The colleges and universities below are the best for southwest region relgious ed students.
Top 3 Best Value Colleges for Religious Education in the Southwest Region
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Grand Canyon University. It ranked #1 on our 2024 Best Value Relgious Ed Schools in the Southwest Region list. Located in Phoenix, Arizona, this large private for-profit school handed out 400 diplomas to qualified ’s relgious ed students in 2020-2021.
Grand Canyon University also made our “Best Religious Education Schools in the Southwest Region” list, coming in at #1. The yearly cost to attend Grand Canyon University is $20,585 for Southwest Region Relgious Ed students.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 5.0%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Read more about Religious Education at Grand Canyon University
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 Relgious Ed Schools in the Southwest Region. This small school is located in Dallas, Texas, and it awarded 28 ’s relgious ed degrees in 2020-2021.
DTS Dallas not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #2 on our “Best Religious Education Schools in the Southwest Region” list.
With a undergrad student-to-faculty ratio of to 1, it’s easy to see that the school is committed to helping their undergraduates succeed. The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 0.7%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Read full report on Religious Education at Dallas Theological Seminary
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Dallas Baptist University. The school came in at #3 for the Best Value Relgious Ed Schools in the Southwest Region. Dallas, Texas is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out ’s relgious ed degrees to 27 students in 2020-2021.
DBU also took the #3 spot in our “Best Religious Education Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for DBU is $25,301 for southwest region relgious ed students.
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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
- *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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