2022 Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Divinity/Ministry (Income $75-$110k) in the Southwest Region

Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. College Factual has developed its “Best Value Divinity Studies Schools for an Associate in the Southwest Region For Those Making $75-$110k” ranking as one item you can use to help make this 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 associate degree level specifically, there were 8 divinity/ministry graduates with average earnings and debt of $33,605 and $16,886 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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Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we’ve developed the “Best Value Divinity Studies Schools for an Associate in the Southwest Region For Those Making $75-$110k” ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.

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Best Value Divinity Studies Schools for an Associate in the Southwest Region For Those Making $75-$110k

The colleges and universities below are the best for southwest region associate degree divinity studies students whose families make $75-$110k.

Top 1 Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Divinity/Ministry (Income $75-$110k) in the Southwest Region

#1

The King's University

Southlake, Texas

#1 in overall quality

$26,141 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 $75-$110k 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.

In addition to being on our southwest region associate degree divinity studies students whose families make $75-$110k list, TKU has also earned the #1 rank in our “Best Divinity/Ministry Associate Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. It costs about $26,141 for Southwest Region Associate Degree Divinity Studies students whose families make $75-$110k per year to attend TKU.

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.

Read full report on Divinity/Ministry at TKU

• Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Divinity/Ministry (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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