2022 Best Value Religious Ed Schools in the Southwest Region For Those Making $30-$48k

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In 2019-2020, 1,336 people earned their degree in religious education, making the major the 215th most popular in the United States. In 2017-2018, religious education graduates who were awarded their degree in 2015-2017, earned an average of $28,663 and had an average of $31,603 in loans still to pay off.

Across the Southwest region, there were 449 religious education graduates with average earnings and debt of $33,180 and $41,327 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value Religious Ed Schools in the Southwest Region For Those Making $30-$48k” ranking, we looked at 2 colleges that offer a degree in religious education. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent religious education 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 religious education program at the school. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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Best Value Religious Ed Schools in the Southwest Region For Those Making $30-$48k

The colleges and universities below are the best for southwest region religious ed students whose families make $30-$48k.

Top 2 Best Value Colleges for Religious Education (Income $30-$48k) in the Southwest Region

#1

Grand Canyon University

Phoenix, Arizona

#3 in overall quality

$18,704 Average Net Price

$44,802 Average Early-Career Earnings

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Grand Canyon University. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Religious Ed Schools in the Southwest Region For Those Making $30-$48k list. Grand Canyon University is a large school located in Phoenix, Arizona that handed out 350 ’s religious ed degrees in 2019-2020.

Grand Canyon University also took the #3 spot in our “Best Religious Education Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. It costs about $18,704 for Southwest Region Religious Ed students whose families make $30-$48k per year to attend Grand Canyon University.

Full Grand Canyon University Religious Education Report

#2

Dallas Baptist University

Dallas, Texas

#2 in overall quality

$24,831 Average Net Price

$39,022 Average Early-Career Earnings

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Dallas Baptist University. The school came in at #2 for the Best Value Religious Ed Schools in the Southwest Region For Those Making $30-$48k. Dallas Baptist University is a small school located in Dallas, Texas that handed out 32 ’s religious ed degrees in 2019-2020.

DBU not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #2 on our “Best Religious Education Schools in the Southwest Region” list. The yearly cost to attend Dallas Baptist University is $24,831 for Southwest Region Religious Ed students whose families make $30-$48k.

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• Best Value Colleges for Religious Education (Income $30-$48k)

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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