2023 Most Focused Associate Degree Colleges for Divinity/Ministry in the Southwest Region
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Divinity/Ministry is the 113th most popular major in the country with 6,777 degrees awarded in 2021-2022.
Across the Southwest region, there were 480 divinity/ministry graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the associate degree level specifically, there were 5 divinity/ministry graduates with average earnings and debt of $36,470 and $15,074 respectively.
For this year’s “Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Divinity Studies Major in the Southwest Region” ranking, we looked at 2 colleges that offer a degree in divinity/ministry. The colleges and universities that top this list are recognized because their divinity/ministry program is one of the largest majors offered at the school.
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Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Divinity Studies Major in the Southwest Region
The colleges and universities below are the best for southwest region associate degree divinity studies students.
Top 2 Most Focused Associate Degree Colleges for Divinity/Ministry in the Southwest Region
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Christ Mission College. The school came in at #1 for the Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Divinity Studies Major in the Southwest Region. This small school is located in San Antonio, Texas, and it awarded 3 associates’s divinity studies degrees in 2021-2022.
The undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 9 to 1 is a sign that students will have more opportunities to engage with their professors one-on-one.
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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend The King’s University. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Divinity Studies Major in the Southwest Region 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 5 students in 2021-2022.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 1.0% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%. Since the school has a undergrad student-to-faculty ratio of 10 to 1, those pursuing a degree will have more opportunities to interact with their professors.
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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%.
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- *Avg Salary and Avg 4-Year Grad Rate 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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