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2023 Most Focused Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Divinity/Ministry in the Southwest Region

7 Ranked Colleges
66 Degrees Awarded
$23,400 Avg Cost*
Schools for a Bachelor's Highly Focused on Divinity Studies Major 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 bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 66 divinity/ministry graduates with average earnings and debt of $40,130 and $22,381 respectively.

For this year’s “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Divinity Studies Major in the Southwest Region” ranking, we looked at 7 colleges that offer a degree in divinity/ministry. That schools that top this list have a program in divinity/ministry in which the largest percentage of students at the school are enrolled.

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Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Divinity Studies Major in the Southwest Region

The following schools top our list of the Best “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Divinity Studies Major in the Southwest Region”.

Top 7 Most Focused Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Divinity/Ministry in the Southwest Region

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Christ Mission College
San Antonio, Texas

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 a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Divinity Studies Major in the Southwest Region. Located in San Antonio, Texas, this small private not-for-profit school handed out 3 degrees to qualified bachelors’s divinity studies students in 2021-2022.

With a undergrad student-to-faculty ratio of 9 to 1, it’s easy to see that the school is committed to helping their undergraduates succeed.

Read more about Divinity/Ministry at Christ Mission College

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The King's University
Southlake, Texas

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend The King’s University. The school came in at #2 for the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Divinity Studies Major in the Southwest Region. Located in Southlake, Texas, this small private not-for-profit school handed out 5 degrees to qualified bachelors’s divinity studies students in 2021-2022.

The impressive undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 10 to 1 means that students may have more opportunities to work more closely with their professors than they would at other schools. The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 1.0%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

Full TKU Divinity/Ministry Report

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Out of the 7 schools in the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Divinity Studies Major in the Southwest Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Oral Roberts University landed the #3 spot on the list. ORU is located in Tulsa, Oklahoma and, has a medium-sized student population. In 2021-2022, this school awarded 53 bachelors’s divinity studies degrees to qualified students.

The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 85%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. The low undergrad student loan default rate of 1.5% 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%.

Full Oral Roberts University Divinity/Ministry Report

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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Hardin - Simmons University. The school came in at #4 for the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Divinity Studies Major in the Southwest Region. Hardin - Simmons University is a small private not-for-profit school situated in Abilene, Texas. It awarded 12 bachelors’s divinity studies degrees in 2021-2022.

The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 2.5%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.

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Howard Payne University
Brownwood, Texas

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Howard Payne University. It ranked #5 on our 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Divinity Studies Major in the Southwest Region list. Howard Payne University is located in Brownwood, Texas and, has a small student population. In 2021-2022, this school awarded 2 bachelors’s divinity studies degrees to qualified students.

With a undergrad student-to-faculty ratio of 10 to 1, it’s easy to see that the school is committed to helping their undergraduates succeed. The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 4.2%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

Read full report on Divinity/Ministry at Howard Payne

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Bacone College
Muskogee, Oklahoma

Bacone College landed the #6 spot on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Divinity Studies Major in the Southwest Region ranking. Bacone College is a small school located in Muskogee, Oklahoma that handed out 0 bachelors’s divinity studies degrees in 2021-2022.

Full Bacone College Divinity/Ministry Report

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Houston Baptist University ranked #6 on this year’s Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Divinity Studies Major in the Southwest Region list. This small school is located in Houston, Texas, and it awarded 3 bachelors’s divinity studies degrees in 2021-2022.

The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 1.0%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

Full HBU Divinity/Ministry Report

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