When it comes to popularity, a master's degree in theology & religious vocations (other) sits in the middle of the road, ranking #147 out of 343 majors in the country. So, you may have to do some digging around to find quality schools that offer the degree program. This list can help with that.
College Factual looked at 2 colleges and universities when compiling its 2025 Best Theology & Religious Vocations (Other) Master's Degree Schools in the Southwest Region ranking. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 180 master's degrees in theology & religious vocations (other) during the 2022-2023 academic year.
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Average Early-Career Salaries
Average early-career salary of those graduating with their master's degree is one indicator we use in our analysis to find the schools that offer the highest-quality education. After all, your master's degree won't mean much if it doesn't help you find a job that will help you earn a living.
Other Factors We Consider
In addition to the above, you should consider some of the following factors:
Major Focus - How much a school focuses on theology & religious vocations (other) students vs. other majors.
Major Demand - How many other theology & religious vocations (other) students want to attend this school to pursue a master's degree.
Educational Resources - The amount of money and other resources allocated to students while they are pursuing their degree. These resources include such things as number of students per instructor and education expenditures per student.
Student Debt - How much debt theology & religious vocations (other) students go into to obtain their master's degree and how well they are able to pay back that debt.
Accreditation - Whether a school is regionally accredited and/or accredited by a recognized theology & religious vocations (other) related body.
Our complete ranking methodology documents in more detail how we consider these factors to identify the best schools for theology & religious vocations (other) students working on their master's degree.
More Ways to Rank Theology & Religious Vocations (Other) Schools
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 Best Theology & Religious Vocations (Other) Master's Degree Schools in the Southwest Region list to help you make the college decision.
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Theology & Religious Vocations (Other) Related Rankings by Major
One of 7 majors within the Theology & Religious Vocations area of study, Theology & Religious Vocations (Other) has other similar majors worth exploring.
The bars on the spread charts above show the distribution of the schools on this list +/- one standard deviation from the mean.
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.
by our College Data Analytics Team
