2022 Best Value Divinity Studies Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region

Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. Our mission at College Factual is to arm you with as much information as we can to help you make that decision. Our “Best Value Divinity Studies Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.

Divinity/Ministry is the 115th most popular major in the country with 6,905 degrees awarded in 2019-2020.

Across the Southwest region, there were 565 divinity/ministry graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 55 divinity/ministry graduates with average earnings and debt of $38,896 and $23,899 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value Divinity Studies Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region” ranking, we looked at 4 colleges that offer a degree in divinity/ministry. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality divinity/ministry programs that also have a lower cost than schools of similar quality.

Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the divinity/ministry 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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The divinity studies 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 Divinity Studies Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region”.

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Best Value Divinity Studies Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region

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

Top 4 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Divinity/Ministry in the Southwest Region

#1

Oral Roberts University

Tulsa, Oklahoma

#1 in overall quality

$22,248 Average Net Price

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Oral Roberts University. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Divinity Studies Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region list. Oral Roberts University is a private not-for-profit institution located in Tulsa, Oklahoma. The school has a small population, and it awarded 35 bachelors’s degrees in 2019-2020.

ORU also made our “Best Divinity/Ministry Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list, coming in at #1. The estimated yearly cost for Oral Roberts University is $22,248 for Southwest Region Bachelor’s Degree Divinity Studies students.

Full ORU Divinity/Ministry Report

#2

Hardin - Simmons University

Abilene, Texas

#2 in overall quality

$19,509 Average Net Price

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Hardin - Simmons University. The school came in at #2 for the Best Value Divinity Studies Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region. Hardin - Simmons University is located in Abilene, Texas and, has a small student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 6 bachelors’s divinity studies degrees to qualified students.

Hardin - Simmons did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our “Best Divinity/Ministry Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list. The yearly cost to attend Hardin - Simmons University is $19,509 for southwest region bachelor’s degree divinity studies students.

Read more about Divinity/Ministry at Hardin - Simmons University

#3

Houston Baptist University

Houston, Texas

#3 in overall quality

$19,962 Average Net Price

Out of the 4 schools in the Best Value Divinity Studies Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Houston Baptist University landed the #3 spot on the list. This small school is located in Houston, Texas, and it awarded 2 bachelors’s divinity studies degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at HBU, the school also landed the #3 spot in our “Best Divinity/Ministry Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. It costs about $19,962 for southwest region bachelor’s degree divinity studies students per year to attend Houston Baptist University.

Full HBU Divinity/Ministry Report

#4

The King's University

Southlake, Texas

#4 in overall quality

$24,344 Average Net Price

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend The King’s University. It ranked #4 on our 2022 Best Value Divinity Studies Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region list. Southlake, Texas is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out bachelors’s divinity studies degrees to 3 students in 2019-2020.

TKU also took the #4 spot in our “Best Divinity/Ministry Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for The King’s University is $24,344 for southwest region bachelor’s degree divinity studies students.

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 Divinity/Ministry at TKU

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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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