2022 Best Value Divinity Studies Schools for an Associate in the Southwest Region For Those Making $0-$30k

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Divinity/Ministry is the 115th most popular major in the country with 6,905 degrees awarded in 2019-2020.

Across the Southwest region, there were 565 divinity/ministry graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the associate degree level specifically, there were 8 divinity/ministry graduates with average earnings and debt of $33,605 and $16,886 respectively.

The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great divinity/ministry programs and cost less that schools of similar quality.

When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the divinity/ministry program at the school and the cost to attend the school once aid has been awarded. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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Best Value Divinity Studies Schools for an Associate in the Southwest Region For Those Making $0-$30k

The colleges and universities below are the best for southwest region associate degree divinity studies students whose families make $0-$30k.

Top 1 Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Divinity/Ministry (Income $0-$30k) in the Southwest Region

#1

The King's University

Southlake, Texas

#1 in overall quality

$22,438 Average Net Price

Out of the 1 schools in the Best Value Divinity Studies Schools for an Associate in the Southwest Region For Those Making $0-$30k that were part of this year’s ranking, The King’s University landed the #1 spot on the list. Southlake, Texas is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out associates’s divinity studies degrees to 4 students in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at TKU, the school also landed the #1 spot in our “Best Divinity/Ministry Associate Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for The King’s University is $22,438 for Southwest Region Associate Degree Divinity Studies students whose families make $0-$30k.

The student-to-faculty ratio of 10 to 1 is a sign that students will have more opportunities to engage with their professors one-on-one.

Read more about Divinity/Ministry at TKU

• Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Divinity/Ministry (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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