2022 Best Value Theology Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region
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Theology is the 131st most popular major in the country with 5,846 degrees awarded in 2019-2020.
Across the Southwest region, there were 233 theology graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 66 theology graduates with average earnings and debt of $38,896 and $23,899 respectively.
This year’s “Best Value Theology Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region” ranking analyzed 5 colleges that offered a degree in theology. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great theology programs and cost less that schools of similar quality.
Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the theology program at the school and the cost of the school after aid is awarded among other things. See our ranking methodology to learn more.
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Best Value Theology Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region
The colleges and universities below are the best for southwest region bachelor’s degree theology students.
Top 5 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Theology in the Southwest Region
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Oral Roberts University. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Theology Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region list. Located in Tulsa, Oklahoma, this small private not-for-profit school handed out 5 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s theology students in 2019-2020.
ORU also made our “Best Theology Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list, coming in at #2. The estimated yearly cost for Oral Roberts University is $22,248 for Southwest Region Bachelor’s Degree Theology students.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of St. Thomas. The school came in at #2 for the Best Value Theology Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region. UST is a small private not-for-profit school situated in Houston, Texas. It awarded 8 bachelors’s theology degrees in 2019-2020.
UST did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #3 on our “Best Theology Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list. The estimated yearly cost for University of St. Thomas is $18,476 for Southwest Region Bachelor’s Degree Theology students.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Houston Baptist University. The school came in at #3 for the Best Value Theology Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region. Houston Baptist University is a small private not-for-profit school situated in Houston, Texas. It awarded 1 bachelors’s theology degrees in 2019-2020.
HBU also made our “Best Theology Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list, coming in at #4. The estimated yearly cost for Houston Baptist University is $19,962 for Southwest Region Bachelor’s Degree Theology students.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend The King’s University. It ranked #4 on our 2022 Best Value Theology Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region list. The King’s University is a small private not-for-profit school situated in Southlake, Texas. It awarded 7 bachelors’s theology degrees in 2019-2020.
As a testament to the quality of education offered at TKU, the school also landed the #5 spot in our “Best Theology Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. The yearly cost to attend The King’s University is $24,344 for southwest region bachelor’s degree theology 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.
Out of the 5 schools in the Best Value Theology Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Dallas landed the #5 spot on the list. UD is a small private not-for-profit school situated in Irving, Texas. It awarded 6 bachelors’s theology degrees in 2019-2020.
UD not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #1 on our “Best Theology Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list. It costs about $21,655 for Southwest Region Bachelor’s Degree Theology students per year to attend UD.
The school has an impressive student loan default rate. It’s only 2.6%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
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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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