2023 Most Popular Religious Studies Schools in the Southwest Region
Finding the Best Religious Studies School for You
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The Most Popular Religious Studies Schools in the Southwest Region ranking is one of many tools that Grad Degree Search has developed to help you make your educational decision. This report analyzed 19 schools in the Southwest Region to see which ones were the most popular programs for students. To create this ranking we looked at how many students graduated from the Religious Studies program at each school on the list.
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2023 Most Popular Religious Studies Schools in the Southwest Region
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Top 10 Most Popular Religious Studies Schools
Our analysis found Wayland Baptist University to be the most popular school for religious studies students who want to pursue a degree in the Southwest Region . Wayland Baptist University is a small private not-for-profit school located in the remote town of Plainview.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Oklahoma Baptist University. The school came in at #2 on this year’s Most Popular Religious Studies Schools in the Southwest Region list. Located in the town of Shawnee, OBU is a private not-for-profit college with a small student population.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Rice University. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Most Popular Religious Studies Schools in the Southwest Region list. Rice is a medium-sized private not-for-profit school located in the large city of Houston.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend The University of Texas at Austin. The school came in at #4 on this year’s Most Popular Religious Studies Schools in the Southwest Region list. UT Austin is a very large public school located in the large city of Austin.
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The excellent programs at East Texas Baptist University helped the school earn the #4 place on this year’s ranking of the best religious studies schools in the Southwest Region . Located in the distant town of Marshall, East Texas Baptist University is a private not-for-profit college with a small student population.
Out of the 19 schools in the Southwest Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Southern Methodist University landed the # 4 spot on the list. SMU is a fairly large private not-for-profit school located in the large suburb of Dallas.
With a ranking of #7, Baylor University did quite well on this year’s most popular schools for religious studies students. Baylor is a fairly large private not-for-profit school located in the city of Waco.
Criswell College came in at #8 in this year’s edition of the Most Popular Religious Studies Schools in the Southwest Region ranking. Located in the city of Dallas, Criswell College is a private not-for-profit college with a small student population.
Brite Divinity School came in at #9 in this year’s edition of the Most Popular Religious Studies Schools in the Southwest Region ranking. Located in the large city of Fort Worth, Brite Divinity is a private not-for-profit college with a small student population.
Arizona State University - Tempe landed the #9 spot in the 2023 rankings for the most popular religious studies programs. ASU - Tempe is a fairly large public school located in the city of Tempe.
Best Religious Studies Colleges by State
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State | Degrees Awarded |
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Texas | 76 |
Arizona | 3 |
Oklahoma | 14 |
New Mexico | 0 |
Religious Studies Related Majors
Religious Studies is one of 3 different types of programs to choose from.
Majors Similar to Religion
Related Major | Annual Graduates |
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Philosophy | 1,220 |
Other Philosophy & Religious Studies | 106 |
General Philosophy & Religious Studies | 41 |
Notes and References
*These averages are for the top 19 schools only.
- 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 the rest 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).
- Credit for the banner image above goes to Sowlos.
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