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2022 Best Vallue Religion Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making Over $110k

7 Ranked Colleges
188 Degrees Awarded
$23,700 Avg Net Price*
Best Vallue Religion Schools for a Bachelor's in the Southwest Region For Those Making Over $110k

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In 2019-2020, 3,832 people earned their degree in religion/religious studies, making the major the 173rd most popular in the United States.

Across the Southwest region, there were 247 religion/religious studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 188 religion/religious studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $38,896 and $23,899 respectively.

This year’s “Best Vallue Religion Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making Over $110k” ranking looked at 7 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in religion/religious studies. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent religion/religious studies programs, but they also 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 religion/religious studies program at the school. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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Best Vallue Religion Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making Over $110k

The colleges and universities below are the best for southwest region bachelor’s degree religion students whose families make more than $110k.

Top 8 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Religion/Religious Studies (Income Over $110k) in the Southwest Region

#3 in overall quality

Out of the 7 schools in the Best Vallue Religion Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making Over $110k that were part of this year’s ranking, Arizona State University - Tempe landed the #1 spot on the list. This large school is located in Tempe, Arizona, and it awarded 9 bachelors’s religion degrees in 2019-2020.

ASU - Tempe did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #3 on our “Best Religion/Religious Studies Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list. The yearly cost to attend Arizona State University - Tempe is $11,706 for Southwest Region Bachelor’s Degree Religion students whose families make more than $110k.

Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 86%.

Read more about Religion/Religious Studies at Arizona State University - Tempe

#1 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend The University of Texas at Austin. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Vallue Religion Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making Over $110k list. Located in Austin, Texas, this large public school handed out 6 degrees to qualified bachelors’s religion students in 2019-2020.

UT Austin did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Religion/Religious Studies Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list. The estimated yearly cost for UT Austin is $18,023 for Southwest Region Bachelor’s Degree Religion students whose families make more than $110k.

With a freshman retention rate of 97%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its students. The school has an impressive student loan default rate. It’s only 2.7%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

Full The University of Texas at Austin Religion/Religious Studies Report

#3

University of Houston

Houston, Texas
#5 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Houston. The school came in at #3 for the Best Vallue Religion Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making Over $110k. Houston, Texas is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s religion degrees to 9 students in 2019-2020.

UH also made our “Best Religion/Religious Studies Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list, coming in at #5. The yearly cost to attend UH is $12,838 for Southwest Region Bachelor’s Degree Religion students whose families make more than $110k.

The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 86%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.

Full University of Houston Religion/Religious Studies Report

#4

University of Arizona

Tucson, Arizona
#7 in overall quality

Out of the 7 schools in the Best Vallue Religion Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making Over $110k that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Arizona landed the #4 spot on the list. University of Arizona is a public institution located in Tucson, Arizona. The school has a large population, and it awarded 9 bachelors’s degrees in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our southwest region bachelor’s degree religion students whose families make more than $110k list, University of Arizona has also earned the #7 rank in our “Best Religion/Religious Studies Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. It costs about $15,016 for Southwest Region Bachelor’s Degree Religion students whose families make more than $110k per year to attend University of Arizona.

The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 85%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.

Full University of Arizona Religion/Religious Studies Report

#4 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Arizona State University - Skysong. The school came in at #4 for the Best Vallue Religion Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making Over $110k. Scottsdale, Arizona is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s religion degrees to 18 students in 2019-2020.

ASU - Skysong not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #4 on our “Best Religion/Religious Studies Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list. The yearly cost to attend ASU - Skysong is $13,971 for Southwest Region Bachelor’s Degree Religion students whose families make more than $110k.

Full ASU - Skysong Religion/Religious Studies Report

#6 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of North Texas. It ranked #5 on our 2022 Best Vallue Religion Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making Over $110k list. University of North Texas is a large school located in Denton, Texas that handed out 5 bachelors’s religion degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at UNT, the school also landed the #6 spot in our “Best Religion/Religious Studies Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. The yearly cost to attend University of North Texas is $15,086 for southwest region bachelor’s degree religion students whose families make more than $110k.

Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 85%.

Full UNT Religion/Religious Studies Report

#6

University of New Mexico - Main Campus

Albuquerque, New Mexico
#8 in overall quality

With a ranking of #6, University of New Mexico - Main Campus did quite well on the 2022 Best Vallue Religion Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making Over $110k list. Albuquerque, New Mexico is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s religion degrees to 6 students in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at UNM, the school also landed the #8 spot in our “Best Religion/Religious Studies Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. The yearly cost to attend University of New Mexico - Main Campus is $14,446 for southwest region bachelor’s degree religion students whose families make more than $110k.

Read more about Religion/Religious Studies at UNM

#7

Baylor University

Waco, Texas
#2 in overall quality

With a ranking of #7, Baylor University did quite well on the 2022 Best Vallue Religion Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making Over $110k list. Baylor is a fairly large private not-for-profit school situated in Waco, Texas. It awarded 35 bachelors’s religion degrees in 2019-2020.

Baylor also made our “Best Religion/Religious Studies Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list, coming in at #2. It costs about $36,039 for Southwest Region Bachelor’s Degree Religion students whose families make more than $110k per year to attend Baylor.

The student loan default rate at the school is 3.7%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 91%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.

Full Baylor Religion/Religious Studies Report

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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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