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2022 Best Value Sacred Music Schools in the Southwest Region For Those Making $0-$30k

9 Ranked Colleges
48 Degrees Awarded
$21,200 Avg Net Price*
Best Value Sacred Music Schools in the Southwest Region For Those Making $0-$30k

When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. One of our goals at College Factual is to give you as much information as we can - such as our “Best Value Sacred Music Schools in the Southwest Region For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking - to help you make that decision.

Sacred Music is the 281st most popular major in the country with 508 degrees awarded in 2019-2020. In 2017-2018, sacred music graduates who were awarded their degree in 2015-2017, earned an average of $31,900 and had an average of $33,289 in loans still to pay off.

Across the Southwest region, there were 48 sacred music graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value Sacred Music Schools in the Southwest Region For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking, we looked at 9 colleges that offer a degree in sacred music. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great sacred music programs and cost less that schools of similar quality.

To come up with these rankings, we looked at factors such as the cost to attend the school after aid is awarded and overall quality of the sacred music program at the school. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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Best Value Sacred Music Schools in the Southwest Region For Those Making $0-$30k

The colleges and universities below are the best for southwest region sacred music students whose families make $0-$30k.

Top 9 Best Value Colleges for Sacred Music (Income $0-$30k) in the Southwest Region

#1

University of St. Thomas

Houston, Texas

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of St. Thomas. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value Sacred Music Schools in the Southwest Region For Those Making $0-$30k. UST is a small private not-for-profit school situated in Houston, Texas. It awarded 9 ’s sacred music degrees in 2019-2020.

UST also made our “Best Sacred Music Schools in the Southwest Region” list, coming in at #4. The estimated yearly cost for University of St. Thomas is $16,969 for southwest region sacred music students whose families make $0-$30k.

Read full report on Sacred Music at UST

#2

Oral Roberts University

Tulsa, Oklahoma

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Oral Roberts University. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Sacred Music Schools in the Southwest Region For Those Making $0-$30k list. ORU is located in Tulsa, Oklahoma and, has a small student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 3 ’s sacred music degrees to qualified students.

ORU did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #6 on our “Best Sacred Music Schools in the Southwest Region” list. It costs about $17,078 for Southwest Region Sacred Music students whose families make $0-$30k per year to attend ORU.

Read more about Sacred Music at Oral Roberts University

Out of the 9 schools in the Best Value Sacred Music Schools in the Southwest Region For Those Making $0-$30k that were part of this year’s ranking, Hardin - Simmons University landed the #3 spot on the list. Abilene, Texas is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out ’s sacred music degrees to 1 students in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Hardin - Simmons, the school also landed the #7 spot in our “Best Sacred Music Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. The yearly cost to attend Hardin - Simmons is $16,627 for Southwest Region Sacred Music students whose families make $0-$30k.

Read full report on Sacred Music at Hardin - Simmons University

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Dallas Baptist University. It ranked #4 on our 2022 Best Value Sacred Music Schools in the Southwest Region For Those Making $0-$30k list. DBU is a small school located in Dallas, Texas that handed out 5 ’s sacred music degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at DBU, the school also landed the #3 spot in our “Best Sacred Music Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for DBU is $22,428 for southwest region sacred music students whose families make $0-$30k.

Full DBU Sacred Music Report

Out of the 9 schools in the Best Value Sacred Music Schools in the Southwest Region For Those Making $0-$30k that were part of this year’s ranking, Southwestern Christian University landed the #5 spot on the list. This small school is located in Bethany, Oklahoma, and it awarded 1 ’s sacred music degrees in 2019-2020.

SCU not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #8 on our “Best Sacred Music Schools in the Southwest Region” list. The yearly cost to attend SCU is $19,622 for Southwest Region Sacred Music students whose families make $0-$30k.

Read full report on Sacred Music at Southwestern Christian University

#6

Oklahoma Wesleyan University

Bartlesville, Oklahoma

Oklahoma Wesleyan University landed the #6 spot on the 2022 Best Value Sacred Music Schools in the Southwest Region For Those Making $0-$30k ranking. Bartlesville, Oklahoma is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out ’s sacred music degrees to 1 students in 2019-2020.

OKWU or OWU not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #5 on our “Best Sacred Music Schools in the Southwest Region” list. The yearly cost to attend Oklahoma Wesleyan University is $22,189 for Southwest Region Sacred Music students whose families make $0-$30k.

The impressive 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.

Read more about Sacred Music at OKWU or OWU

Southern Methodist University did quite well in the 2022 Best Value Sacred Music Schools in the Southwest Region For Those Making $0-$30k ranking, coming in at #7. This fairly large school is located in Dallas, Texas, and it awarded 4 ’s sacred music degrees in 2019-2020.

SMU did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Sacred Music Schools in the Southwest Region” list. The yearly cost to attend Southern Methodist University is $26,718 for southwest region sacred music students whose families make $0-$30k.

With a freshman retention rate of 90%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its students. The low student loan default rate of 4.3% 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 Sacred Music at Southern Methodist University

#8

Baylor University

Waco, Texas

Baylor University did quite well in the 2022 Best Value Sacred Music Schools in the Southwest Region For Those Making $0-$30k ranking, coming in at #8. Baylor University is located in Waco, Texas and, has a fairly large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 11 ’s sacred music degrees to qualified students.

Baylor also took the #2 spot in our “Best Sacred Music Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. The yearly cost to attend Baylor University is $26,726 for Southwest Region Sacred Music students whose families make $0-$30k.

The student loan default rate at the school is 3.7%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 91%.

Read more about Sacred Music at Baylor

#9

The King's University

Southlake, Texas

The King’s University ranked #9 on this year’s Best Value Sacred Music Schools in the Southwest Region For Those Making $0-$30k list. This small school is located in Southlake, Texas, and it awarded 5 ’s sacred music degrees in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our southwest region sacred music students whose families make $0-$30k list, TKU has also earned the #9 rank in our “Best Sacred Music Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. It costs about $22,438 for Southwest Region Sacred Music students whose families make $0-$30k per year to attend TKU.

The impressive student-to-faculty ratio of 10 to 1 means that students may have more opportunities to work more closely with their professors than they would at other schools.

Full TKU Sacred Music Report

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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