2022 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Religious Education (Income Over $110k) in the Southwest Region

With all of the options students have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Best Vallue Religious Ed Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making Over $110k” ranking is part of that endeavor.

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. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 310 religious education graduates with average earnings and debt of $38,896 and $23,899 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Vallue Religious Ed Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making Over $110k” 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.

When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the religious education program at the school and the cost to attend the school once aid has been awarded. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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The religious ed 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 “Best Vallue Religious Ed Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making Over $110k”.

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

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Vallue Religious Ed Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making Over $110k.

Top 2 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Religious Education (Income Over $110k) in the Southwest Region

#1

Grand Canyon University

Phoenix, Arizona

#2 in overall quality

$21,020 Average Net Price

$31,890 Average Early-Career Earnings

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Grand Canyon University. The school came in at #1 for the Best Vallue Religious Ed Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making Over $110k. Phoenix, Arizona is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The private for-profit school handed out bachelors’s religious ed degrees to 267 students in 2019-2020.

Grand Canyon University did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our “Best Religious Education Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list. The estimated yearly cost for Grand Canyon University is $21,020 for Southwest Region Bachelor’s Degree Religious Ed students whose families make more than $110k.

Read full report on Religious Education at Grand Canyon University

#2

Dallas Baptist University

Dallas, Texas

#1 in overall quality

$26,387 Average Net Price

$38,289 Average Early-Career Earnings

Out of the 2 schools in the Best Vallue Religious Ed Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making Over $110k that were part of this year’s ranking, Dallas Baptist University landed the #2 spot on the list. Dallas Baptist University is a small school located in Dallas, Texas that handed out 23 bachelors’s religious ed degrees in 2019-2020.

DBU also took the #1 spot in our “Best Religious Education Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for Dallas Baptist University is $26,387 for Southwest Region Bachelor’s Degree Religious Ed students whose families make more than $110k.

Full DBU Religious Education Report

• Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Religious Education (Income Over $110k)

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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