Religious/Sacred Music is about average in terms of popularity for degree programs. That is, it ranks #603 out of the 1506 majors across the country that we analyze each year. So, you may have to do some digging around to find quality schools that offer the degree program. This list can help with that.
College Factual reviewed 3 schools in Texas to determine which ones were the best for degree seekers in the field of religious/sacred music. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 34 degrees in religious/sacred music during the 2020-2021 academic year.
Your choice of religious/sacred music school matters, so we have put together these rankings to help you make your decision. For our Best Overall Religious/Sacred Music School rankings, we roll up the results of our degree-level rankings, weighted by the number of degrees awarded at that level.
You may want to choose one of the degree levels below to find the schools of most interest to you.
When choosing the right school for you, it's important to arm yourself with all the facts you can. To that end, we've created a number of major-specific rankings, including this Best Religious/Sacred Music Schools in Texas list to help you make the college decision.
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The schools below may not offer all types of religious music degrees so you may want to filter by degree level first. However, they are great for the degree levels they do offer.
It is difficult to beat Southern Methodist University if you want to pursue a degree in religious/sacred music. Located in the large suburb of Dallas, SMU is a private not-for-profit university with a fairly large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #73 out of 2,217 schools nationwide means SMU is a great university overall.
There were roughly 4 religious/sacred music students who graduated with this degree at SMU in the most recent data year.
Baylor University is a great choice for students interested in a degree in religious/sacred music. Baylor is a very large private not-for-profit university located in the medium-sized city of Waco. This university ranks 7th out of 115 schools for overall quality in the state of Texas.
There were approximately 8 religious/sacred music students who graduated with this degree at Baylor in the most recent year we have data available.
Any student who is interested in religious/sacred music has to check out Dallas Baptist University. DBU is a small private not-for-profit university located in the large city of Dallas. This university ranks 52nd out of 115 schools for overall quality in the state of Texas.
There were about 9 religious/sacred music students who graduated with this degree at DBU in the most recent data year.
The bars on the spread charts above show the distribution of the schools on this list +/- one standard deviation from the mean.
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 the rest of our data about colleges.
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Your choice of religious/sacred music school matters, so we have put together these rankings to help you make your decision. For our Best Overall Religious/Sacred Music School rankings, we roll up the results of our degree-level rankings, weighted by the number of degrees awarded at that level.
