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2022 Best Value Religious Music Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $30-$48k

5 Ranked Colleges
17 Degrees Awarded
$21,500 Avg Net Price*
Best Value Religious Music Schools for a Bachelor's in the Southwest Region For Those Making $30-$48k

When pursuing a degree in today’s world, students have many different options to choose from. At College Factual, we’re committed to helping you make that decision by providing information such as that found in our “Best Value Religious Music Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $30-$48k” ranking.

Religious/Sacred Music is the 613th most popular major in the country with 481 degrees awarded in 2019-2020.

Across the Southwest region, there were 43 religious/sacred music graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 17 religious/sacred music graduates with average earnings and debt of $38,896 and $23,899 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value Religious Music Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $30-$48k” ranking, we looked at 5 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.

When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the religious/sacred music 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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Best Value Religious Music Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $30-$48k

The colleges and universities below are the best for southwest region bachelor’s degree religious music students whose families make $30-$48k.

Top 5 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Religious/Sacred Music (Income $30-$48k) in the Southwest Region

#1

Oral Roberts University

Tulsa, Oklahoma
#3 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Oral Roberts University. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value Religious Music Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $30-$48k. ORU is a small private not-for-profit school situated in Tulsa, Oklahoma. It awarded 3 bachelors’s religious music degrees in 2019-2020.

ORU not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #3 on our “Best Religious/Sacred Music Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list. It costs about $20,104 for Southwest Region Bachelor’s Degree Religious Music students whose families make $30-$48k per year to attend ORU.

Read more about Religious/Sacred Music at Oral Roberts University

#4 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Hardin - Simmons University. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Religious Music Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $30-$48k list. Hardin - Simmons University is a small school located in Abilene, Texas that handed out 1 bachelors’s religious music degrees in 2019-2020.

Hardin - Simmons did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #4 on our “Best Religious/Sacred Music Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list. The estimated yearly cost for Hardin - Simmons is $16,811 for southwest region bachelor’s degree religious music students whose families make $30-$48k.

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#5 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Southwestern Christian University. It ranked #3 on our 2022 Best Value Religious Music Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $30-$48k list. Southwestern Christian University is a private not-for-profit institution located in Bethany, Oklahoma. The school has a small population, and it awarded 1 bachelors’s degrees in 2019-2020.

SCU also made our “Best Religious/Sacred Music Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list, coming in at #5. The yearly cost to attend Southwestern Christian University is $18,075 for Southwest Region Bachelor’s Degree Religious Music students whose families make $30-$48k.

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#4

Oklahoma Wesleyan University

Bartlesville, Oklahoma
#2 in overall quality

Out of the 5 schools in the Best Value Religious Music Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $30-$48k that were part of this year’s ranking, Oklahoma Wesleyan University landed the #4 spot on the list. Oklahoma Wesleyan University is a private not-for-profit institution located in Bartlesville, Oklahoma. The school has a small population, and it awarded 1 bachelors’s degrees in 2019-2020.

OKWU or OWU not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #2 on our “Best Religious/Sacred Music Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list. It costs about $22,472 for southwest region bachelor’s degree religious music students whose families make $30-$48k per year to attend OKWU or OWU.

With a student-to-faculty ratio of 9 to 1, it’s easy to see that the school is committed to helping their undergraduates succeed.

Read full report on Religious/Sacred Music at OKWU or OWU

#5

Baylor University

Waco, Texas
#1 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Baylor University. It ranked #5 on our 2022 Best Value Religious Music Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $30-$48k list. This fairly large school is located in Waco, Texas, and it awarded 3 bachelors’s religious music degrees in 2019-2020.

Baylor also made our “Best Religious/Sacred Music Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list, coming in at #1. The yearly cost to attend Baylor University is $29,849 for Southwest Region Bachelor’s Degree Religious Music students whose families make $30-$48k.

The school has an impressive student loan default rate. It’s only 3.7%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 91%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.

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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).
  • 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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