2023 Best Religious Studies Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Veterans in Texas
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Ranked Colleges
162
Degrees Awarded
$30,800
Avg Cost*
When it comes to choosing a college, veterans have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Most Veteran Friendly in Texas for Religion for a Bachelor’s” ranking is part of that endeavor.
In 2020-2021, 9,470 people earned their degree in religious studies, making the major the 90th most popular in the United States. In 2019-2020, religious studies graduates who were awarded their degree in 2017-2019, earned an average of $34,289 and had an average of $24,431 in loans still to pay off.
Across Texas, there were 309 religious studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $23,000 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 162 religious studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $39,932 and $25,894 respectively.
This year’s “Most Veteran Friendly in Texas for Religion for a Bachelor’s” ranking looked at 2 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in religious studies. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent religious studies programs, but they also offer a lot of support to veterans and active service members.
When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the religious studies program at the school, veteran affordability, and veteran satisfaction. See our ranking methodology to learn more.
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Most Veteran Friendly in Texas for Religion for a Bachelor’s
The following schools top our list of the Best “Most Veteran Friendly in Texas for Religion for a Bachelor’s”.
Top 2 Best Religious Studies Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Veterans in Texas
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend The University of Texas at Austin. The school came in at #1 for the Most Veteran Friendly in Texas for Religion for a Bachelor’s. UT Austin is a public institution located in Austin, Texas. The school has a large population, and it awarded 17 bachelors’s degrees in 2020-2021.
UT Austin also took the #1 spot in our “Best Religious Studies Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Texas” ranking.According to our most recent data, The University of Texas at Austin supports 50,476 students, and 7 of those are GI Bill® students, of which 1 are Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average tuition and fees award for the Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients was $2,893. On top of their other funding sources, 0 students qualified for the Yellow Ribbon Program. Eligible students may be able to receive credit for their military training.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of [DEFAULT_RATE_STRING]% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 97%.
[Read full report on veteran student life at UT Austin]](/colleges/the-university-of-texas-at-austin/student-life/veterans/)
Out of the 2 schools in the Most Veteran Friendly in Texas for Religion for a Bachelor’s that were part of this year’s ranking, University of North Texas landed the #2 spot on the list. University of North Texas is a large school located in Denton, Texas that handed out 6 bachelors’s religion degrees in 2020-2021.
UNT did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our “Best Religious Studies Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Texas” list.Of the 40,953 students enrolled at UNT, 2,038 were GI Bill® students, according to our most recent data. Out of that number, 1,138 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average tuition and fees award for the Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients was $9,999. During this same period, 0 students received funds through the Yellow Ribbon Program. Eligible students may be able to receive credit for their military training.
Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 85%.
[Read full report on veteran student life at UNT]](/colleges/university-of-north-texas/student-life/veterans/)
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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).
- Veteran-specific data can be found at the U.S. Department of Veteran Affairs.
- 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
- *Avg Salary and Avg 4-Year Grad Rate are for the top schools only.
- **GI Bill® student total includes all chapters of the GI Bill® program (e.g., Post-9/11, Montgomery GI Bill, Reserve Education Assistance Program, and Veteran Readiness and Employment)
- 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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