2022 Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Theological & Ministerial Studies in the Southwest Region

When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. 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 Theology Schools for an Associate in the Southwest Region” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.

Theological & Ministerial Studies is the 55th most popular major in the country with 15,051 degrees awarded in 2019-2020. In 2017-2018, theological and ministerial studies graduates who were awarded their degree in 2015-2017, earned an average of $36,911 and had an average of $41,597 in loans still to pay off.

Across the Southwest region, there were 1,124 theological and ministerial studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $39,650 and $42,687 respectively. At the associate degree level specifically, there were 9 theological and ministerial studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $33,605 and $16,886 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value Theology Schools for an Associate in the Southwest Region” ranking, we looked at 2 colleges that offer a degree in theological and ministerial studies. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great theological and ministerial studies programs and cost less that schools of similar quality.

To come up with these rankings, we looked at factors such as the cost to attend the school after aid is awarded and overall quality of the theological and ministerial studies program at the school. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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Best Value Theology Schools for an Associate in the Southwest Region

The colleges and universities below are the best for southwest region associate degree theology students.

Top 2 Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Theological & Ministerial Studies in the Southwest Region

#1

Oklahoma Wesleyan University

Bartlesville, Oklahoma

#1 in overall quality

$25,246 Average Net Price

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Oklahoma Wesleyan University. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Theology Schools for an Associate in the Southwest Region list. Oklahoma Wesleyan University is a small private not-for-profit school situated in Bartlesville, Oklahoma. It awarded 1 associates’s theology degrees in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our southwest region associate degree theology students list, OKWU or OWU has also earned the #1 rank in our “Best Theological & Ministerial Studies Associate Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for OKWU or OWU is $25,246 for southwest region associate degree theology students.

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.

Full OKWU or OWU Theological & Ministerial Studies Report

#2

The King's University

Southlake, Texas

#2 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 #2 on our 2022 Best Value Theology Schools for an Associate in the Southwest Region list. The King’s University is a private not-for-profit institution located in Southlake, Texas. The school has a small population, and it awarded 4 associates’s degrees in 2019-2020.

TKU also made our “Best Theological & Ministerial Studies Associate Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list, coming in at #2. It costs about $24,344 for southwest region associate degree theology students per year to attend TKU.

Since the school has a student-to-faculty ratio of 10 to 1, those pursuing a degree will have more opportunities to interact with their professors.

Full The King’s University Theological & Ministerial Studies Report

• Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Theological & Ministerial Studies

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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