2023 Best Religious Education Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Veterans in the Southwest Region
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Ranked Colleges
304
Degrees Awarded
$29,926
Avg Salary
It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for veterans. At College Factual, we’re committed to helping you make that decision by providing information such as that found in our “Most Veteran Friendly in the Southwest Region for Religious Ed for a Bachelor’s” ranking.
In 2020-2021, 1,417 people earned their degree in religious education, making the major the 216th most popular in the United States. In 2019-2020, religious education graduates who were awarded their degree in 2017-2019, earned an average of $30,694 and had an average of $27,203 in loans still to pay off.
Across the Southwest region, there were 466 religious education graduates with average earnings and debt of $35,606 and $31,934 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 304 religious education graduates with average earnings and debt of $40,112 and $26,227 respectively.
This year’s “Most Veteran Friendly in the Southwest Region for Religious Ed for a Bachelor’s” ranking looked at 2 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in religious education. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality religious education programs as well as strong veteran support.
Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the religious education program at the school, veteran affordability, and veteran population. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.
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When choosing the right school for you, it’s important to arm yourself with all the facts you can. To that end, we’ve created a number of major-specific rankings, including this “Most Veteran Friendly in the Southwest Region for Religious Ed for a Bachelor’s” list to help you make the college decision.
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Most Veteran Friendly in the Southwest Region for Religious Ed for a Bachelor’s
The following schools top our list of the Best “Most Veteran Friendly in the Southwest Region for Religious Ed for a Bachelor’s”.
Top 2 Best Religious Education Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Veterans in the Southwest Region
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Grand Canyon University. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Most Veteran Friendly in the Southwest Region for Religious Ed for a Bachelor’s list. This large school is located in Phoenix, Arizona, and it awarded 274 bachelors’s religious ed degrees in 2020-2021.
Grand Canyon University also took the #1 spot in our “Best Religious Education Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking.According to our most recent data, Grand Canyon University supports 103,427 students, and 7,172 of those are GI Bill® students, of which 4,951 are Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average Post-9/11 GI Bill® award for tuition and fees at the school was $5,970. On top of their other funding sources, 5 students qualified for the Yellow Ribbon Program. Eligible students may be able to receive credit for their military training.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is [DEFAULT_RATE_STRING]%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
[Read full report on veteran student life at Grand Canyon University]](/colleges/grand-canyon-university/student-life/veterans/)
Out of the 2 schools in the Most Veteran Friendly in the Southwest Region for Religious Ed for a Bachelor’s that were part of this year’s ranking, Dallas Baptist University landed the #2 spot on the list. DBU is a small school located in Dallas, Texas that handed out 20 bachelors’s religious ed degrees in 2020-2021.
As a testament to the quality of education offered at DBU, the school also landed the #2 spot in our “Best Religious Education Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking.Of the 4,247 students enrolled at DBU, 200 were GI Bill® students, according to our most recent data. Out of that number, 150 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average tuition and fees award for the Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients was $14,924. In addition to receiving other benefits, 39 students received funds through the Yellow Ribbon Program. Eligible students may be able to receive credit for their military training.
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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).
- Veteran-specific data can be found at the U.S. Department of Veteran Affairs.
- 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
- *Avg Salary and Avg 4-Year Grad Rate are for the top schools only.
- **GI Bill® student total includes all chapters of the GI Bill® program (e.g., Post-9/11, Montgomery GI Bill, Reserve Education Assistance Program, and Veteran Readiness and Employment)
- 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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