2023 Most Veteran Friendly in the Southwest Region for Relgious Ed for a Bachelor’s
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Ranked Colleges
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Degrees Awarded
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Avg Cost*
Veterans have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. One of our goals at College Factual is to give you as much information as we can - such as our “Most Veteran Friendly in the Southwest Region for Relgious Ed for a Bachelor’s” ranking - to help you make that decision.
Religious Education is the 358th most popular major in the country with 1,417 degrees awarded in 2020-2021.
Across the Southwest region, there were 466 religious education graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 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.
For this year’s “Most Veteran Friendly in the Southwest Region for Relgious Ed for a Bachelor’s” ranking, we looked at 2 colleges that offer a degree in religious education. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality religious education programs as well as strong veteran support.
Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the religious education program at the school, veteran affordability, and veteran population. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.
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The relgious 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 “Most Veteran Friendly in the Southwest Region for Relgious Ed for a Bachelor’s”.
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Most Veteran Friendly in the Southwest Region for Relgious Ed for a Bachelor’s
The colleges and universities below are the best for southwest region bachelor’s degree vets studying relgious ed.
Top 2 Best Religious Education Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Veterans in the Southwest Region
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Grand Canyon University. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Most Veteran Friendly in the Southwest Region for Relgious Ed for a Bachelor’s list. Grand Canyon University is a private for-profit institution located in Phoenix, Arizona. The school has a large population, and it awarded 274 bachelors’s degrees in 2020-2021.
Grand Canyon University also took the #1 spot in our “Best Religious Education Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking.Of the 103,427 students enrolled at Grand Canyon University, 7,172 were GI Bill® students, according to our most recent data. Out of that number, 4,951 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average Post-9/11 GI Bill® award for tuition and fees at the school was $5,970. During this same period, 5 students qualified for the Yellow Ribbon Program. Students may be able to receive credit for their military training, depending on their background.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is [DEFAULT_RATE_STRING]%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
[Read full report on veteran student life at Grand Canyon University]](/colleges/grand-canyon-university/student-life/veterans/)
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Dallas Baptist University. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Most Veteran Friendly in the Southwest Region for Relgious Ed for a Bachelor’s list. Dallas Baptist University is a small school located in Dallas, Texas that handed out 20 bachelors’s relgious ed degrees in 2020-2021.
As a testament to the quality of education offered at DBU, the school also landed the #2 spot in our “Best Religious Education Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking.Of the 4,247 students enrolled at Dallas Baptist University, 200 were GI Bill® students, according to our most recent data. Out of that number, 150 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average Post-9/11 GI Bill® award for tuition and fees at the school was $14,924. On top of their other funding sources, 39 students received funds through the Yellow Ribbon Program. Dallas Baptist University does offer credit for military training for eligible 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).
- Veteran-specific data can be found at the U.S. Department of Veteran Affairs.
- 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
- *Avg Salary and Avg 4-Year Grad Rate are for the top schools only.
- **GI Bill® student total includes all chapters of the GI Bill® program (e.g., Post-9/11, Montgomery GI Bill, Reserve Education Assistance Program, and Veteran Readiness and Employment)
- 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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