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2022 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Religious/Sacred Music (Income $48-$75k) in the Southwest Region

5 Ranked Colleges
17 Degrees Awarded
Best Value Religious Music Schools for a Bachelor's in the Southwest Region For Those Making $48-$75k

When pursuing a degree in today’s world, students have many different options to choose from. 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 $48-$75k” ranking.

Religious/Sacred Music is the 613th most popular major in the country with 481 degrees awarded in 2019-2020.

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 $48-$75k” ranking analyzed 5 colleges that offered a degree in religious/sacred music. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great religious/sacred music programs and cost less that schools of similar quality.

Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the religious/sacred music program at the school and the cost of the school after aid is awarded among other things. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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Best Value Religious Music Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $48-$75k

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 $48-$75k.

Top 5 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Religious/Sacred Music (Income $48-$75k) in the Southwest Region

#4 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Hardin - Simmons University. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Religious Music Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $48-$75k list. Hardin - Simmons University is a private not-for-profit institution located in Abilene, Texas. The school has a small population, and it awarded 1 bachelors’s degrees in 2019-2020.

Hardin - Simmons also made our “Best Religious/Sacred Music Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list, coming in at #4. The estimated yearly cost for Hardin - Simmons is $18,450 for southwest region bachelor’s degree religious music students whose families make $48-$75k.

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#2

Oral Roberts University

Tulsa, Oklahoma
#3 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Oral Roberts University. The school came in at #2 for the Best Value Religious Music Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $48-$75k. 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 $25,145 for Southwest Region Bachelor’s Degree Religious Music students whose families make $48-$75k.

Read more about Religious/Sacred Music at ORU

#5 in overall quality

Out of the 5 schools in the Best Value Religious Music Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $48-$75k that were part of this year’s ranking, Southwestern Christian University landed the #3 spot on the list. Located in Bethany, Oklahoma, this small private not-for-profit school awarded 1 degrees to qualified bachelors’s religious music students in 2019-2020.

SCU did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #5 on our “Best Religious/Sacred Music Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list. The yearly cost to attend Southwestern Christian University is $19,876 for Southwest Region Bachelor’s Degree Religious Music students whose families make $48-$75k.

Full SCU Religious/Sacred Music Report

#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 $48-$75k. 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 $48-$75k 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. The estimated yearly cost for OKWU or OWU is $24,660 for Southwest Region Bachelor’s Degree Religious Music students whose families make $48-$75k.

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.

Full OKWU or OWU Religious/Sacred Music Report

#5

Baylor University

Waco, Texas
#1 in overall quality

Out of the 5 schools in the Best Value Religious Music Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $48-$75k that were part of this year’s ranking, Baylor University landed the #5 spot on the list. Baylor University 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 also took the #1 spot in our “Best Religious/Sacred Music Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. It costs about $31,343 for southwest region bachelor’s degree religious music students whose families make $48-$75k per year to attend Baylor University.

Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 91%. 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%.

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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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