2022 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Religious/Sacred Music (Income $48-$75k)

Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. College Factual has developed its “Best Value Religious Music Schools for a Doctorate For Those Making $48-$75k” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.

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

At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 36 religious/sacred music graduates with average earnings and debt of $72,680 and $116,043 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Religious Music Schools for a Doctorate For Those Making $48-$75k” ranking looked at 4 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in religious/sacred music. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent religious/sacred music 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/sacred music program at the school. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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Best Value Religious Music Schools for a Doctorate For Those Making $48-$75k

The colleges and universities below are the best for doctor’s degree religious music students whose families make $48-$75k.

Top 4 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Religious/Sacred Music (Income $48-$75k)

#1

University of Notre Dame

Notre Dame, Indiana

#1 in overall quality

$57,522 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Notre Dame. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Religious Music Schools for a Doctorate For Those Making $48-$75k list. Notre Dame, Indiana is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out doctorate’s religious music degrees to 3 students in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Notre Dame, the school also landed the #1 spot in our “Best Religious/Sacred Music Doctor’s Degree Schools” ranking. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at University of Notre Dame are $57,522.

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#2

Liberty University

Lynchburg, Virginia

#2 in overall quality

$8,349 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 4 schools in the Best Value Religious Music Schools for a Doctorate For Those Making $48-$75k that were part of this year’s ranking, Liberty University landed the #2 spot on the list. This large school is located in Lynchburg, Virginia, and it awarded 24 doctorate’s religious music degrees in 2019-2020.

Liberty University not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #2 on our “Best Religious/Sacred Music Doctor’s Degree Schools” list. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at Liberty University are $8,349.

Read full report on Religious/Sacred Music at Liberty University

#3

Southern Methodist University

Dallas, Texas

#3 in overall quality

$47,478 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 4 schools in the Best Value Religious Music Schools for a Doctorate For Those Making $48-$75k that were part of this year’s ranking, Southern Methodist University landed the #3 spot on the list. SMU is a fairly large private not-for-profit school situated in Dallas, Texas. It awarded 1 doctorate’s religious music degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at SMU, the school also landed the #3 spot in our “Best Religious/Sacred Music Doctor’s Degree Schools” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Southern Methodist University are $47,478, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read full report on Religious/Sacred Music at Southern Methodist University

#4

Baylor University

Waco, Texas

#4 in overall quality

$36,936 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 4 schools in the Best Value Religious Music Schools for a Doctorate For Those Making $48-$75k that were part of this year’s ranking, Baylor University landed the #4 spot on the list. Located in Waco, Texas, this fairly large private not-for-profit school handed out 1 diplomas to qualified doctorate’s religious music students in 2019-2020.

Baylor also made our “Best Religious/Sacred Music Doctor’s Degree Schools” list, coming in at #4. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at Baylor are $36,936.

Read more about Religious/Sacred Music at Baylor University

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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