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2022 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Sacred Music in the Southwest Region

6 Ranked Colleges
20 Degrees Awarded
$24,600 Avg Net Price*
Best Value Sacred Music Schools for a Bachelor's in the Southwest Region

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 for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region” 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. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 20 sacred music graduates with average earnings and debt of $38,896 and $23,899 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Sacred Music Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region” ranking analyzed 6 colleges that offered a degree in sacred music. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality sacred music programs that also have a lower cost than schools of similar quality.

When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the sacred music 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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Best Value Sacred Music Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Sacred Music Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region.

Top 6 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Sacred Music in the Southwest Region

#1

Oklahoma Wesleyan University

Bartlesville, Oklahoma
#2 in overall quality

Out of the 6 schools in the Best Value Sacred Music Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Oklahoma Wesleyan University landed the #1 spot on the list. This small school is located in Bartlesville, Oklahoma, and it awarded 1 bachelors’s sacred music degrees in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our southwest region bachelor’s degree sacred music students list, OKWU or OWU has also earned the #2 rank in our “Best Sacred Music Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. The yearly cost to attend Oklahoma Wesleyan University is $25,246 for Southwest Region Bachelor’s Degree Sacred Music students.

Since the school has a student-to-faculty ratio of 9 to 1, those pursuing a degree will have more opportunities to interact with their professors.

Read full report on Sacred Music at Oklahoma Wesleyan University

#5 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Southwestern Christian University. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Sacred Music Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region list. SCU is a private not-for-profit institution located in Bethany, Oklahoma. The school has a small population, and it awarded 1 bachelors’s degrees in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our southwest region bachelor’s degree sacred music students list, SCU has also earned the #5 rank in our “Best Sacred Music Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. The yearly cost to attend SCU is $20,201 for Southwest Region Bachelor’s Degree Sacred Music students.

Read full report on Sacred Music at SCU

#3

Oral Roberts University

Tulsa, Oklahoma
#3 in overall quality

Out of the 6 schools in the Best Value Sacred Music Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Oral Roberts University landed the #3 spot on the list. This small school is located in Tulsa, Oklahoma, and it awarded 3 bachelors’s sacred music degrees in 2019-2020.

ORU not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #3 on our “Best Sacred Music Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list. It costs about $22,248 for southwest region bachelor’s degree sacred music students per year to attend ORU.

Full ORU Sacred Music Report

#4 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Hardin - Simmons University. It ranked #4 on our 2022 Best Value Sacred Music Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region list. Abilene, Texas is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out bachelors’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 #4 spot in our “Best Sacred Music Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. It costs about $19,509 for Southwest Region Bachelor’s Degree Sacred Music students per year to attend Hardin - Simmons University.

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#5

The King's University

Southlake, Texas
#6 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend The King’s University. The school came in at #5 for the Best Value Sacred Music Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region. TKU is a small school located in Southlake, Texas that handed out 3 bachelors’s sacred music degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at TKU, the school also landed the #6 spot in our “Best Sacred Music Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. It costs about $24,344 for southwest region bachelor’s degree sacred music students 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.

Read full report on Sacred Music at TKU

#6

Baylor University

Waco, Texas
#1 in overall quality

Baylor University came in at #6 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Sacred Music Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region ranking. Waco, Texas is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out bachelors’s sacred music degrees to 3 students in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our southwest region bachelor’s degree sacred music students list, Baylor has also earned the #1 rank in our “Best Sacred Music Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. It costs about $36,039 for Southwest Region Bachelor’s Degree Sacred Music students per year to attend Baylor University.

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%.

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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

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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