2023 Best Theology Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Veterans in the Southwest Region

Veterans have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. One of our goals at College Factual is to give you as much information as we can - such as our “Most Veteran Friendly in the Southwest Region for Theology for a Bachelor’s” ranking - to help you make that decision.

Theology is the 127th most popular major in the country with 6,253 degrees awarded in 2020-2021.

Across the Southwest region, there were 221 theology graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 60 theology graduates with average earnings and debt of $40,112 and $26,227 respectively.

This year’s “Most Veteran Friendly in the Southwest Region for Theology for a Bachelor’s” ranking looked at 2 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in theology. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality theology programs as well as strong veteran support.

Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the theology program at the school, veteran affordability, and veteran population. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we’ve developed the “Most Veteran Friendly in the Southwest Region for Theology for a Bachelor’s” ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.

In addition to our rankings, you can take two colleges and compare them based on the criteria that matters most to you in our unique tool, College Combat. When you have some time, check it out - you may want to bookmark the link so you don’t forget it.

Most Veteran Friendly in the Southwest Region for Theology for a Bachelor’s

The following schools top our list of the Best “Most Veteran Friendly in the Southwest Region for Theology for a Bachelor’s”.

Top 2 Best Theology Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Veterans in the Southwest Region

1

Oral Roberts University
Tulsa, Oklahoma

135 GI Bill® Students**

#1 in overall quality

$10,157 Average GI Bill® Award

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Oral Roberts University. The school came in at #1 for the Most Veteran Friendly in the Southwest Region for Theology for a Bachelor’s. This small school is located in Tulsa, Oklahoma, and it awarded 9 bachelors’s theology degrees in 2020-2021.

ORU also took the #1 spot in our “Best Theology Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking.Our most recent data shows that 135 of the 4,317 students enrolled at ORU were GI Bill® students, of which 76 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average Post-9/11 GI Bill® award for tuition and fees at the school was $10,157. During this same period, 4 students qualified for the Yellow Ribbon Program. Students may be able to receive credit for their military training, depending on their background.

Full ORU Veteran Student Life Report

2

The King's University
Southlake, Texas

44 GI Bill® Students**

#2 in overall quality

$7,516 Average GI Bill® Award

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 Most Veteran Friendly in the Southwest Region for Theology for a Bachelor’s. The King’s University is a private not-for-profit institution located in Southlake, Texas. The school has a small population, and it awarded 5 bachelors’s degrees in 2020-2021.

TKU not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #2 on our “Best Theology Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list.Among the 666 students enrolled at TKU, 44 are GI Bill® students, according to our most recent data. Out of that number, 33 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average Post-9/11 GI Bill® award for tuition and fees at the school was $7,516. In addition to receiving other benefits, 0 students received scholarships through the Yellow Ribbon Program.

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.

[Read full report on veteran student life at The King’s University]](/colleges/kings-university/student-life/veterans/)

• Best Theology Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Veterans

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

Footnotes

• *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.

Credits

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