2025 Best Religious Studies Schools in the Southwest Region
4Colleges in the Southwest Region
362Religion Degrees Awarded
$31,389Avg Early-Career Salary
Religious Studies is above average in terms of popularity with it being the #90 most popular degree program in the country. This means you won't have too much trouble finding schools that offer the degree.
College Factual reviewed 4 schools in the Southwest Region to determine which ones were the best for degree seekers in the field of religious studies. Combined, these schools handed out 362 degrees in religious studies to qualified students.
Your choice of religious studies school matters, so we have put together these rankings to help you make your decision. We derive our Best Overall Religious Studies School rankings by rolling up our degree-level rankings after weighting them by the number of degrees awarded at each school.
In order to find the schools that are the best fit for you, you may want to filter to one of the degree levels below.
When choosing the right school for you, it's important to arm yourself with all the facts you can. To that end, we've created a number of major-specific rankings, including this Best Religious Studies Schools in the Southwest Region list to help you make the college decision.
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Best Schools for Religious Studies in the Southwest Region
If you aren't interested in a particular degree level and want to know which schools are the overall best at delivering an education for the religion degrees they offer, see the list below.
It's difficult to beat Baylor University if you wish to pursue a degree in religious studies. Located in the medium-sized city of Waco, Baylor is a private not-for-profit university with a very large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #150 out of 2,152 colleges nationwide means Baylor is a great university overall.
There were roughly 37 religious studies students who graduated with this degree at Baylor in the most recent year we have data available. Soon after graduation, religion degree recipients generally make about $31,672 in their early careers.
University of Arizona is one of the finest schools in the country for getting a degree in religious studies. University of Arizona is a very large public university located in the city of Tucson. A Best Colleges rank of #110 out of 2,152 colleges nationwide means University of Arizona is a great university overall.
There were roughly 21 religious studies students who graduated with this degree at University of Arizona in the most recent data year.
Southwestern Assemblies of God University is a wonderful option for students pursuing a degree in religious studies. Southwestern Assemblies of God University is a small private not-for-profit university located in the suburb of Waxahachie. This university ranks 32nd out of 115 colleges for overall quality in the state of Texas.
There were approximately 94 religious studies students who graduated with this degree at Southwestern Assemblies of God University in the most recent data year. Students who receive their degree from the religion program make around $31,593 in their early career salary.
Every student who is interested in religious studies has to take a look at Arizona State University - Skysong. ASU - Skysong is a fairly large public university located in the medium-sized city of Scottsdale. This university ranks 8th out of 26 schools for overall quality in the state of Arizona.
There were roughly 16 religious studies students who graduated with this degree at ASU - Skysong in the most recent year we have data available.
The bars on the spread charts above show the distribution of the schools on this list +/- one standard deviation from the mean.
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 the rest 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).
Your choice of religious studies school matters, so we have put together these rankings to help you make your decision. We derive our Best Overall Religious Studies School rankings by rolling up our degree-level rankings after weighting them by the number of degrees awarded at each school.
