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

With all of the options students have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. Our mission at College Factual is to arm you with as much information as we can to help you make that decision. Our “Best Value Religious Music Schools for a Master’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $75-$110k” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.

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 master’s degree level specifically, there were 24 religious/sacred music graduates with average earnings and debt of $53,078 and $37,227 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Religious Music Schools for a Master’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $75-$110k” ranking analyzed 4 colleges that offered a degree in religious/sacred music. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality religious/sacred music programs that also have a lower cost than 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. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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

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

Top 4 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Religious/Sacred Music (Income $75-$110k) in the Southwest Region

#1

University of St. Thomas

Houston, Texas

#3 in overall quality

$21,634 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 4 schools in the Best Value Religious Music Schools for a Master’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $75-$110k that were part of this year’s ranking, University of St. Thomas landed the #1 spot on the list. This small school is located in Houston, Texas, and it awarded 9 masters’s religious music degrees in 2019-2020.

UST not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #3 on our “Best Religious/Sacred Music Master’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 University of St. Thomas are $21,634.

Read full report on Religious/Sacred Music at University of St. Thomas

#2

Dallas Baptist University

Dallas, Texas

#2 in overall quality

$20,204 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 4 schools in the Best Value Religious Music Schools for a Master’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $75-$110k that were part of this year’s ranking, Dallas Baptist University landed the #2 spot on the list. Dallas Baptist University is a small school located in Dallas, Texas that handed out 5 masters’s religious music degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at DBU, the school also landed the #2 spot in our “Best Religious/Sacred Music Master’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at DBU are $20,204.

Read more about Religious/Sacred Music at Dallas Baptist University

#3

Southern Methodist University

Dallas, Texas

$47,478 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 4 schools in the Best Value Religious Music Schools for a Master’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $75-$110k that were part of this year’s ranking, Southern Methodist University landed the #3 spot on the list. SMU is a fairly large school located in Dallas, Texas that handed out 3 masters’s religious music degrees in 2019-2020.

SMU did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #0 on our “Best Religious/Sacred Music Master’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at SMU are $47,478, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read full report on Religious/Sacred Music at SMU

#4

Baylor University

Waco, Texas

#1 in overall quality

$36,936 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Baylor University. The school came in at #4 for the Best Value Religious Music Schools for a Master’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $75-$110k. Baylor is a fairly large school located in Waco, Texas that handed out 7 masters’s religious music degrees in 2019-2020.

Baylor also took the #1 spot in our “Best Religious/Sacred Music Master’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Baylor University are $36,936, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Read full report on Religious/Sacred Music at Baylor University

• Best Value Master’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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