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

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

When pursuing a degree in today’s world, students have many different options to choose from. One of our goals at College Factual is to give you as much information as we can - such as our “Best Value Religious Music Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region” ranking - to help you make that decision.

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.

For this year’s “Best Value Religious Music Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region” ranking, we looked at 5 colleges that offer 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.

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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The religious music 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 “Best Value Religious Music Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region”.

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Best Value Religious Music Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region

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

Top 5 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Religious/Sacred Music in the Southwest Region

#1

Oklahoma Wesleyan University

Bartlesville, Oklahoma
#2 in overall quality

Out of the 5 schools in the Best Value Religious 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 religious music degrees in 2019-2020.

OKWU or OWU not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #2 on our “Best Religious/Sacred Music Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list. It costs about $25,246 for southwest region bachelor’s degree religious music students per year to attend Oklahoma Wesleyan University.

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 Religious/Sacred Music at Oklahoma Wesleyan University

#5 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Southwestern Christian University. The school came in at #2 for the Best Value Religious Music Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region. SCU is located in Bethany, Oklahoma and, has a small student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 1 bachelors’s religious music degrees to qualified students.

SCU not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #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 $20,201 for southwest region bachelor’s degree religious music students.

Read more about Religious/Sacred Music at SCU

#3

Oral Roberts University

Tulsa, Oklahoma
#3 in overall quality

Out of the 5 schools in the Best Value Religious 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. ORU is a small school located in Tulsa, Oklahoma that handed out 3 bachelors’s religious music degrees in 2019-2020.

ORU also made our “Best Religious/Sacred Music Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list, coming in at #3. It costs about $22,248 for southwest region bachelor’s degree religious music students per year to attend ORU.

Full Oral Roberts University Religious/Sacred Music Report

#4 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Hardin - Simmons University. The school came in at #4 for the Best Value Religious Music Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region. Located in Abilene, Texas, this small private not-for-profit school handed out 1 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s religious music students in 2019-2020.

Hardin - Simmons did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #4 on our “Best Religious/Sacred Music Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list. The yearly cost to attend Hardin - Simmons is $19,509 for Southwest Region Bachelor’s Degree Religious Music students.

Full Hardin - Simmons Religious/Sacred Music Report

#5

Baylor University

Waco, Texas
#1 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Baylor University. The school came in at #5 for the Best Value Religious Music Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region. 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 made our “Best Religious/Sacred Music Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list, coming in at #1. The estimated yearly cost for Baylor University is $36,039 for southwest region bachelor’s degree religious music students.

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%.

Read more about 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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