2025 Best Religion/Religious Studies Schools in the Southwest Region
3Colleges in the Southwest Region
192Religion Degrees Awarded
If you plan on majoring in religion/religious studies, you won't be alone since the degree program is ranked #189 in the country in terms of popularity. So, you have a fair amount of options to choose from when looking for a school.
College Factual looked at 3 colleges and universities when compiling its 2025 Best Religion/Religious Studies Schools in the Southwest Region ranking. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 192 degrees in religion/religious studies annually.
Choosing a Great Religion/Religious Studies School
Your choice of religion/religious studies school matters, so we have put together these rankings to help you make your decision. In order to come up with a best overall ranking for religion/religious studies schools, we combine our degree-level rankings, weighting them by the number of degrees awarded at each level.
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.
Since the program you select can have a significant impact on your future, we've developed a number of rankings, including this Best Religion/Religious Studies Schools in the Southwest Region list, to help you choose the best school for you.
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Best Schools for Religion/Religious Studies in the Southwest Region
The schools below may not offer all types of religion degrees so you may want to filter by degree level first. However, they are great for the degree levels they do offer.
Baylor University is one of the finest schools in the United States for getting a degree in religion/religious studies. Located in the midsize city of Waco, Baylor is a private not-for-profit university with a very large student population. This university ranks 6th out of 115 schools for overall quality in the state of Texas.
There were roughly 37 religion/religious studies students who graduated with this degree at Baylor in the most recent data year.
University of Arizona is a great option for students interested in a degree in religion/religious studies. University of Arizona is a very large public university located in the large city of Tucson. A Best Colleges rank of #110 out of 2,152 schools nationwide means University of Arizona is a great university overall.
There were about 15 religion/religious studies students who graduated with this degree at University of Arizona in the most recent data year.
Arizona State University - Skysong is one of the finest schools in the United States for getting a degree in religion/religious studies. ASU - Skysong is a very large public university located in the city of Scottsdale. This university ranks 8th out of 26 schools for overall quality in the state of Arizona.
There were approximately 16 religion/religious studies students who graduated with this degree at ASU - Skysong in the most recent data year.
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 religion/religious studies school matters, so we have put together these rankings to help you make your decision. In order to come up with a best overall ranking for religion/religious studies schools, we combine our degree-level rankings, weighting them by the number of degrees awarded at each level.
