2022 Best Value Religious Music Schools for a Doctorate in the Southwest Region For Those Making $75-$110k

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

Across the Southwest region, there were 43 religious/sacred music graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 2 religious/sacred music graduates with average earnings and debt of $71,970 and $95,025 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Religious Music Schools for a Doctorate in the Southwest Region For Those Making $75-$110k” ranking looked at 2 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.

Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the religious/sacred music program at the school and the cost of the school after aid is awarded among other things. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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Best Value Religious Music Schools for a Doctorate in the Southwest Region For Those Making $75-$110k

The colleges and universities below are the best for southwest region doctor’s degree religious music students whose families make $75-$110k.

Top 2 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Religious/Sacred Music (Income $75-$110k) in the Southwest Region

#1

Southern Methodist University

Dallas, Texas

#1 in overall quality

$47,478 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Southern Methodist University. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value Religious Music Schools for a Doctorate in the Southwest Region For Those Making $75-$110k. SMU is a private not-for-profit institution located in Dallas, Texas. The school has a fairly large population, and it awarded 1 doctorate’s degrees in 2019-2020.

SMU not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #1 on our “Best Religious/Sacred Music Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at SMU are $47,478, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Full Southern Methodist University Religious/Sacred Music Report

#2

Baylor University

Waco, Texas

#2 in overall quality

$36,936 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Baylor University. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Religious Music Schools for a Doctorate in the Southwest Region For Those Making $75-$110k list. Waco, Texas 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 1 students in 2019-2020.

Baylor not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #2 on our “Best Religious/Sacred Music Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at Baylor are $36,936.

Read full report on Religious/Sacred Music at Baylor

• Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Religious/Sacred Music (Income $75-$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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