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2023 Best Value Biblical Studies Schools in the Southwest Region

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

4 Colleges
$22,050 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$29,192 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Biblical Studies School for You

Biblical Studies is the #140 most popular major in the country with 1,052 degrees and certificates awarded in 2020-2021.

It's not easy to decide which program to enroll in when you have so many options available. You can choose a traditional brick and mortar school, or with the growth of online education, you can attend a school half-way across the country without even leaving your house. Also there are many trade schools that offer short-term programs that open up more career options.

The Best Value Biblical 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 4 schools in the Southwest Region to see which ones offered the best value programs for Bible students. The goal was to highlight schools with more affordable prices than others offering similar quality experiences.

Our ranking of value is based on the quality of a program as defined in our per sticker price dollar. Specifically, our score for quality is discounted by the published tuition and fees charged by the given college. This gives the cost per unit of quality for each college. The more quality your dollar buys, the better the value.

In our regional and nationwide rankings, out-of-state tution and fees are used in our calculations. For statewide rankings, we use average in-state tuition and fees.

2023 Best Value Biblical Studies Schools in the Southwest Region

The following schools top our list of the Best Value Biblical Studies Colleges.

Best Southwest Region Schools for Affordable Quality in Biblical Studies

#1

Grand Canyon University

Phoenix, AZ
$17,189 Average Tuition & Fees

Our analysis found Grand Canyon University to be the best value school for Biblical studies students who want to pursue a degree in the Southwest Region . Located in the large city of Phoenix, Grand Canyon University is a private for-profit college with a fairly large student population.

Grand Canyon University undergraduate students pay an average of $17,189 in tuition and fees each year.

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The excellent programs at Dallas Theological Seminary helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the best Biblical studies schools in the Southwest Region . Located in the city of Dallas, DTS Dallas is a private not-for-profit college with a small student population.

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$17,404 Average Tuition & Fees

The excellent programs at Southwestern Assemblies of God University helped the school earn the #3 place on this year’s ranking of the best Biblical studies schools in the Southwest Region . Southwestern Assemblies of God University is a small private not-for-profit school located in the suburb of Waxahachie.

Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Southwestern Assemblies of God University are $17,404 per year.

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$31,558 Average Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Oral Roberts University. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Best Value Biblical Studies Schools in the Southwest Region list. ORU is a small private not-for-profit school located in the city of Tulsa.

ORU undergraduate students pay an average of $31,558 in tuition and fees each year.

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Best Biblical Studies Colleges by State

Explore the best Biblical studies colleges for a specific state in the Southwest region.

State Degrees Awarded
Texas 170
Arizona 19
Oklahoma 3

One of 7 majors within the area of study, Biblical studies has other similar majors worth exploring.

Related Major Annual Graduates
Theological & Ministerial Studies 12,534
Pastoral Counseling & Specialized Ministries 1,624
Theology & Religious Vocations (Other) 777
Religious Education 687
Missionary Studies 423

Notes and References

*These averages are for the top 4 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).

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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