2023 Best Divinity/Ministry Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Veterans in Texas
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Ranked Colleges
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Degrees Awarded
$26,900
Avg Cost*
Veterans have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. At College Factual, we’re committed to helping you make that decision by providing information such as that found in our “Most Veteran Friendly in Texas for Divinity Studies for a Doctorate” ranking.
Divinity/Ministry is the 113th most popular major in the country with 7,238 degrees awarded in 2020-2021.
Across Texas, there were 417 divinity/ministry graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively.
This year’s “Most Veteran Friendly in Texas for Divinity Studies for a Doctorate” ranking analyzed 2 colleges that offered a degree in divinity/ministry. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent divinity/ministry programs, but they also offer a lot of support to veterans and active service members.
To come up with these rankings, we looked at factors such as veteran satisfaction, veteran affordability, and overall quality of the divinity/ministry program at the school. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.
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When choosing the right school for you, it’s important to arm yourself with all the facts you can. To that end, we’ve created a number of major-specific rankings, including this “Most Veteran Friendly in Texas for Divinity Studies for a Doctorate” list to help you make the college decision.
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Most Veteran Friendly in Texas for Divinity Studies for a Doctorate
The colleges and universities below are the best for texas doctor’s degree vets studying divinity studies.
Top 2 Best Divinity/Ministry Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Veterans in Texas
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Dallas Theological Seminary. The school came in at #1 for the Most Veteran Friendly in Texas for Divinity Studies for a Doctorate. DTS Dallas is a private not-for-profit institution located in Dallas, Texas. The school has a small population, and it awarded 23 doctorate’s degrees in 2020-2021.
As a testament to the quality of education offered at DTS Dallas, the school also landed the #1 spot in our “Best Divinity/Ministry Doctor’s Degree Schools in Texas” ranking.According to our most recent data, Dallas Theological Seminary supports 2,447 students, and 25 of those are GI Bill® students, of which 22 are Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average Post-9/11 GI Bill® award for tuition and fees at the school was $3,919. On top of their other funding sources, 0 students qualified for the Yellow Ribbon Program.
With a undergrad student-to-faculty ratio of to 1, it’s easy to see that the school is committed to helping their undergraduates succeed. The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is [DEFAULT_RATE_STRING]%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
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Out of the 2 schools in the Most Veteran Friendly in Texas for Divinity Studies for a Doctorate that were part of this year’s ranking, Hardin - Simmons University landed the #2 spot on the list. Abilene, Texas is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out doctorate’s divinity studies degrees to 5 students in 2020-2021.
Hardin - Simmons also made our “Best Divinity/Ministry Doctor’s Degree Schools in Texas” list, coming in at #3.Our most recent data shows that 125 of the 2,128 students enrolled at Hardin - Simmons University were GI Bill® students, of which 66 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average tuition and fees award for the Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients was $11,160. During this same period, 4 students qualified for the Yellow Ribbon Program.
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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).
- Veteran-specific data can be found at the U.S. Department of Veteran Affairs.
- 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
- *Avg Salary and Avg 4-Year Grad Rate are for the top schools only.
- **GI Bill® student total includes all chapters of the GI Bill® program (e.g., Post-9/11, Montgomery GI Bill, Reserve Education Assistance Program, and Veteran Readiness and Employment)
- 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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