A degree in religious studies is more popular than many other degrees. In fact, it ranks #90 out of 395 on popularity of all such degrees in the nation. As a result, there are many college that offer the degree, making your choice of school a hard one.
College Factual reviewed 2 schools in Texas to determine which ones were the best for degree seekers in the field of religious studies. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 282 degrees in religious studies annually.
The religion school you choose to invest your time and money in matters. To help you make the decision that is right for you, we've developed a number of major-specific rankings, including this list of the Best Religious Studies Schools in Texas.
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Although we recommend filtering by degree level first, you can view the list below to see which schools give the educational experience for the religion degree levels they offer.
Any student pursuing a degree in religious studies has to check out Baylor University. Baylor is a fairly large private not-for-profit university located in the medium-sized city of Waco.
Students who graduate with their degree from the religion program state that they receive average early career earnings of $31,672.
Southwestern Assemblies of God University is one of the finest schools in the United States for getting a degree in religious studies. Located in the large suburb of Waxahachie, Southwestern Assemblies of God University is a private not-for-profit university with a small student population.
After graduation, religion degree recipients generally earn about $31,593 at the beginning of their careers.
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).