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2023 Best Value Theology & Religious Vocations Graduate Certificate Schools in the Southwest Region

Identifying Quality Schools at More Affordable Prices

3 Colleges
$17,114 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$38,536 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Theology & Religious Vocations Graduate Certificate School for You

Out of all the majors we analyze each year, theology and religious vocations was ranked #12 in the country. In fact 17,287 degrees and certificates were handed out in 2020-2021.

There are lots of options to pick from today when trying to decide which program is right for you. 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.

Along with in-depth profiles of schools and the programs they offer, Grad Degree Search has created the Best Value Theology & Religious Vocations Graduate Certificate Schools in the Southwest Region to help you in your search for the best school for you. This report analyzed 3 schools in the Southwest Region to see which ones offered the best value graduate certificate programs for theology and religious vocations students. The goal was to highlight schools with more affordable prices than others offering similar quality experiences.

When determining this ranking, we place a high emphasis on the school's quality as well as its sticker price. Even though a college may be affordable, it may not offer value. More specifically, we discount our quality score by the published tuition and fees charged by a school. This gives the cost per unit of quality for each college. The value is determined by how much quality your dollar buys.

Our calculations use out-of-state tuition and fees in our nationwide and regional rankings. Average in-state tuition and fees are used for our statewide rankings.

2023 Best Value Theology & Religious Vocations Graduate Certificate Schools in the Southwest Region

Check out the theology and religious vocations graduate certificate programs at these schools if you want to get the best value for your educational dollar.

Best Southwest Region Schools for Affordable Quality for a Postbaccalaureate Certificates in Theology & Religious Vocations

#1

Grand Canyon University

Phoenix, AZ

Our 2023 rankings named Grand Canyon University the best value school in the Southwest Region for theology and religious vocations students working on their graduate certificate. Grand Canyon University is a fairly large private for-profit school located in the city of Phoenix.

Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at Grand Canyon University are $11,538 per year.

Full Theology & Religious Vocations at Grand Canyon University Report

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Dallas Theological Seminary. The school came in at #2 on this year’s Best Value Theology & Religious Vocations Graduate Certificate Schools in the Southwest Region list. DTS Dallas is a small private not-for-profit school located in the city of Dallas.

DTS Dallas graduate students pay an average of $18,533 in tuition and fees each year.

Read full report on Theology & Religious Vocations at Dallas Theological Seminary

A rank of #3 on this year’s list means Dallas Baptist University is a great value for theology and religious vocations students working on their graduate certificate. Located in the large city of Dallas, DBU is a private not-for-profit school with a small student population.

DBU graduate students pay an average of $21,272 in tuition and fees each year.

Full Theology & Religious Vocations at Dallas Baptist University Report

Best Theology & Religious Vocations Colleges by State

Explore the best theology and religious vocations schools for a specific state in the Southwest region.

State Degrees Awarded
Arizona 231
Texas 1,187
Oklahoma 147
New Mexico 0

Theology & Religious Vocations Majors to Study

Major Annual Graduates
Theological & Ministerial Studies 12,534
Pastoral Counseling & Specialized Ministries 1,624
Biblical Studies 1,052
Theology & Religious Vocations (Other) 777
Religious Education 687
Missionary Studies 423
Sacred Music 167
Religious Institution Administration and Law 23

Related Major Annual Graduates
Visual & Performing Arts 18,379
English Language & Literature 9,566
Foreign Languages & Linguistics 4,163
Philosophy & Religious Studies 3,136
Liberal Arts / Sciences & Humanities 2,680

Notes and References

*These averages are for the top 3 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 Daderot.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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