2022 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Religious/Sacred Music (Income $0-$30k) in Texas

Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Best Value Religious Music Schools for a Bachelor’s in Texas For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking is part of that endeavor.

In 2019-2020, 481 people earned their degree in religious/sacred music, making the major the 613th most popular in the United States.

Across Texas, there were 35 religious/sacred music graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 9 religious/sacred music graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value Religious Music Schools for a Bachelor’s in Texas For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking, we looked at 2 colleges that offer a degree in religious/sacred music. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great religious/sacred music programs and 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/sacred music program at the school. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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Best Value Religious Music Schools for a Bachelor’s in Texas For Those Making $0-$30k

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Religious Music Schools for a Bachelor’s in Texas For Those Making $0-$30k.

Top 2 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Religious/Sacred Music (Income $0-$30k) in Texas

#1

Hardin - Simmons University

Abilene, Texas

#2 in overall quality

$16,627 Average Net Price

Out of the 2 schools in the Best Value Religious Music Schools for a Bachelor’s in Texas For Those Making $0-$30k that were part of this year’s ranking, Hardin - Simmons University landed the #1 spot on the list. Located in Abilene, Texas, this small private not-for-profit school handed out 1 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s religious music students in 2019-2020.

Hardin - Simmons also made our “Best Religious/Sacred Music Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Texas” list, coming in at #2. It costs about $16,627 for Texas Bachelor’s Degree Religious Music students whose families make $0-$30k per year to attend Hardin - Simmons University.

Read more about Religious/Sacred Music at Hardin - Simmons University

#2

Baylor University

Waco, Texas

#1 in overall quality

$26,726 Average Net Price

Out of the 2 schools in the Best Value Religious Music Schools for a Bachelor’s in Texas For Those Making $0-$30k that were part of this year’s ranking, Baylor University landed the #2 spot on the list. Baylor is a fairly large school located in Waco, Texas that handed out 3 bachelors’s religious music degrees in 2019-2020.

Baylor not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #1 on our “Best Religious/Sacred Music Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Texas” list. The yearly cost to attend Baylor University is $26,726 for Texas Bachelor’s Degree Religious Music students whose families make $0-$30k.

The low student loan default rate of 3.7% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%. With a freshman retention rate of 91%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its students.

Read more about Religious/Sacred Music at Baylor University

• Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Religious/Sacred Music (Income $0-$30k) in the Southwest Region
• Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Religious/Sacred Music (Income $0-$30k)

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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