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2022 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Religious/Sacred Music (Income $0-$30k) in the Southwest Region

5 Ranked Colleges
17 Degrees Awarded
$20,400 Avg Net Price*
Best Value Religious Music Schools for a Bachelor's in the Southwest Region For Those Making $0-$30k

With all of the options students have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. At College Factual, we’re committed to helping you make that decision by providing information such as that found in our “Best Value Religious Music Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking.

In 2019-2020, 481 people earned their degree in religious/sacred music, making the major the 613th most popular in the United States.

Across the Southwest region, there were 43 religious/sacred music graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 17 religious/sacred music graduates with average earnings and debt of $38,896 and $23,899 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Religious Music Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking looked at 5 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in religious/sacred music. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality religious/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 religious/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 Religious Music Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $0-$30k

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Religious Music Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $0-$30k.

Top 5 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Religious/Sacred Music (Income $0-$30k) in the Southwest Region

#1

Oral Roberts University

Tulsa, Oklahoma
#3 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Oral Roberts University. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Religious Music Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $0-$30k list. Tulsa, Oklahoma is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out bachelors’s religious music degrees to 3 students in 2019-2020.

ORU also made our “Best Religious/Sacred Music Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list, coming in at #3. The yearly cost to attend Oral Roberts University is $17,078 for southwest region bachelor’s degree religious music students whose families make $0-$30k.

Full ORU Religious/Sacred Music Report

#4 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Hardin - Simmons University. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Religious Music Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $0-$30k list. Located in Abilene, Texas, this small private not-for-profit school handed out 1 degrees to qualified bachelors’s religious music students in 2019-2020.

Hardin - Simmons also took the #4 spot in our “Best Religious/Sacred Music Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for Hardin - Simmons University is $16,627 for southwest region bachelor’s degree religious music students whose families make $0-$30k.

Full Hardin - Simmons University Religious/Sacred Music Report

#5 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Southwestern Christian University. It ranked #3 on our 2022 Best Value Religious Music Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $0-$30k list. Southwestern Christian University is a small private not-for-profit school situated in Bethany, Oklahoma. It awarded 1 bachelors’s religious music degrees in 2019-2020.

SCU also took the #5 spot in our “Best Religious/Sacred Music Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for SCU is $19,622 for Southwest Region Bachelor’s Degree Religious Music students whose families make $0-$30k.

Read full report on Religious/Sacred Music at Southwestern Christian University

#4

Oklahoma Wesleyan University

Bartlesville, Oklahoma
#2 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Oklahoma Wesleyan University. The school came in at #4 for the Best Value Religious Music Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $0-$30k. OKWU or OWU is a private not-for-profit institution located in Bartlesville, 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 religious music students whose families make $0-$30k list, OKWU or OWU has also earned the #2 rank in our “Best Religious/Sacred Music Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. It costs about $22,189 for Southwest Region Bachelor’s Degree Religious Music students whose families make $0-$30k per year to attend Oklahoma Wesleyan University.

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 full report on Religious/Sacred Music at OKWU or OWU

#5

Baylor University

Waco, Texas
#1 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Baylor University. It ranked #5 on our 2022 Best Value Religious Music Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $0-$30k list. Baylor is a fairly large private not-for-profit school situated in Waco, Texas. It awarded 3 bachelors’s religious music degrees in 2019-2020.

Baylor not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #1 on our “Best Religious/Sacred Music Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list. It costs about $26,726 for southwest region bachelor’s degree religious music students whose families make $0-$30k per year to attend Baylor.

With a freshman retention rate of 91%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its students. The low student loan default rate of 3.7% 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 full report on Religious/Sacred Music at Baylor University

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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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