2022 Best Value Divinity Studies Schools for a Doctorate in the Southwest Region

When pursuing a degree in today’s world, students have many different options to choose from. College Factual has developed its “Best Value Divinity Studies Schools for a Doctorate in the Southwest Region” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.

In 2019-2020, 6,905 people earned their degree in divinity/ministry, making the major the 115th most popular in the United States.

Across the Southwest region, there were 565 divinity/ministry graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 40 divinity/ministry graduates with average earnings and debt of $71,970 and $95,025 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value Divinity Studies Schools for a Doctorate in the Southwest Region” ranking, we looked at 2 colleges that offer a degree in divinity/ministry. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent divinity/ministry programs, but they also cost less that 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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Best Value Divinity Studies Schools for a Doctorate in the Southwest Region

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

Top 3 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Divinity/Ministry in the Southwest Region

#1

Dallas Theological Seminary

Dallas, Texas

#1 in overall quality

$18,430 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 2 schools in the Best Value Divinity Studies Schools for a Doctorate in the Southwest Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Dallas Theological Seminary landed the #1 spot on the list. DTS Dallas is a small school located in Dallas, Texas that handed out 30 doctorate’s divinity studies degrees in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our southwest region doctor’s degree divinity studies students list, DTS Dallas has also earned the #1 rank in our “Best Divinity/Ministry Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at DTS Dallas are $18,430, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read more about Divinity/Ministry at DTS Dallas

#2

Hardin - Simmons University

Abilene, Texas

#2 in overall quality

$14,320 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Hardin - Simmons University. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Divinity Studies Schools for a Doctorate in the Southwest Region list. Located in Abilene, Texas, this small private not-for-profit school handed out 5 diplomas to qualified doctorate’s divinity studies students in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our southwest region doctor’s degree divinity studies students list, Hardin - Simmons has also earned the #2 rank in our “Best Divinity/Ministry Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at Hardin - Simmons are $14,320.

Read more about Divinity/Ministry at Hardin - Simmons

#3

Brite Divinity School

Fort Worth, Texas

#2 in overall quality

$20,220 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Brite Divinity School. It ranked #3 on our 2022 Best Value Divinity Studies Schools for a Doctorate in the Southwest Region list. Located in Fort Worth, Texas, this small private not-for-profit school handed out 1 diplomas to qualified doctorate’s divinity studies students in 2019-2020.

Brite Divinity not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #2 on our “Best Divinity/Ministry Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at Brite Divinity are $20,220.

Full Brite Divinity School Divinity/Ministry Report

• Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Divinity/Ministry

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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