2022 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Divinity/Ministry (Income $48-$75k) in the Southwest Region

It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. One of our goals at College Factual is to give you as much information as we can - such as our “Best Value Divinity Studies Schools for a Doctorate in the Southwest Region For Those Making $48-$75k” ranking - to help you make that decision.

In 2019-2020, 6,905 people earned their degree in divinity/ministry, making the major the 115th most popular in the United States.

Across the Southwest region, there were 565 divinity/ministry graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 40 divinity/ministry graduates with average earnings and debt of $71,970 and $95,025 respectively.

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. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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

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

Top 1 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Divinity/Ministry (Income $48-$75k) in the Southwest Region

#1

Hardin - Simmons University

Abilene, Texas

#2 in overall quality

$14,320 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 1 schools in the Best Value Divinity Studies Schools for a Doctorate in the Southwest Region For Those Making $48-$75k that were part of this year’s ranking, Hardin - Simmons University landed the #1 spot on the list. Hardin - Simmons University is located in Abilene, Texas and, has a small student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 5 doctorate’s divinity studies degrees to qualified students.

Hardin - Simmons did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our “Best Divinity/Ministry Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at Hardin - Simmons University are $14,320, but some majors have different tuition rates.

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• Best Value Doctor’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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