2022 Best Value Divinity Studies Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $48-$75k

It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. College Factual has developed its “Best Value Divinity Studies Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $48-$75k” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.

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 bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 55 divinity/ministry graduates with average earnings and debt of $38,896 and $23,899 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Divinity Studies Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $48-$75k” ranking looked at 4 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in divinity/ministry. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent divinity/ministry programs, but they also 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. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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Best Value Divinity Studies Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $48-$75k

The colleges and universities below are the best for southwest region bachelor’s degree divinity studies students whose families make $48-$75k.

Top 4 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Divinity/Ministry (Income $48-$75k) in the Southwest Region

#1

Oral Roberts University

Tulsa, Oklahoma

#1 in overall quality

$25,145 Average Net Price

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Oral Roberts University. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Divinity Studies Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $48-$75k list. This small school is located in Tulsa, Oklahoma, and it awarded 35 bachelors’s divinity studies degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at ORU, the school also landed the #1 spot in our “Best Divinity/Ministry Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. The yearly cost to attend ORU is $25,145 for Southwest Region Bachelor’s Degree Divinity Studies students whose families make $48-$75k.

Full ORU Divinity/Ministry Report

#2

Hardin - Simmons University

Abilene, Texas

#2 in overall quality

$18,450 Average Net Price

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Hardin - Simmons University. The school came in at #2 for the Best Value Divinity Studies Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $48-$75k. Hardin - Simmons is a small private not-for-profit school situated in Abilene, Texas. It awarded 6 bachelors’s divinity studies degrees in 2019-2020.

Hardin - Simmons also took the #2 spot in our “Best Divinity/Ministry Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. It costs about $18,450 for southwest region bachelor’s degree divinity studies students whose families make $48-$75k per year to attend Hardin - Simmons University.

Read full report on Divinity/Ministry at Hardin - Simmons University

#3

Houston Baptist University

Houston, Texas

#3 in overall quality

$18,653 Average Net Price

Out of the 4 schools in the Best Value Divinity Studies Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $48-$75k that were part of this year’s ranking, Houston Baptist University landed the #3 spot on the list. Located in Houston, Texas, this small private not-for-profit school awarded 2 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s divinity studies students in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at HBU, the school also landed the #3 spot in our “Best Divinity/Ministry Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. It costs about $18,653 for southwest region bachelor’s degree divinity studies students whose families make $48-$75k per year to attend Houston Baptist University.

Read full report on Divinity/Ministry at HBU

#4

The King's University

Southlake, Texas

#4 in overall quality

$24,600 Average Net Price

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend The King’s University. The school came in at #4 for the Best Value Divinity Studies Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $48-$75k. Located in Southlake, Texas, this small private not-for-profit school awarded 3 degrees to qualified bachelors’s divinity studies students in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at TKU, the school also landed the #4 spot in our “Best Divinity/Ministry Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for TKU is $24,600 for Southwest Region Bachelor’s Degree Divinity Studies students whose families make $48-$75k.

Since the school has a student-to-faculty ratio of 10 to 1, those pursuing a degree will have more opportunities to interact with their professors.

Full The King’s University Divinity/Ministry Report

• Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Divinity/Ministry (Income $48-$75k)

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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