2022 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Philosophy & Religion (Income $0-$30k)

With all of the options students have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. College Factual has developed its “Best Value Philosophy & Religion Schools for a Doctorate For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.

In 2019-2020, 178 people earned their degree in philosophy and religion, making the major the 850th most popular in the United States.

At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 17 philosophy and religion graduates with average earnings and debt of $72,680 and $116,043 respectively.

This ranking identifies schools with high-quality philosophy and religion programs that also have a lower cost than schools of similar quality.

Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the philosophy and religion program at the school and the cost of the school after aid is awarded among other things. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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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 Value Philosophy & Religion Schools for a Doctorate For Those Making $0-$30k” list to help you make the college decision.

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Best Value Philosophy & Religion Schools for a Doctorate For Those Making $0-$30k

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Philosophy & Religion Schools for a Doctorate For Those Making $0-$30k.

Top 1 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Philosophy & Religion (Income $0-$30k)

#1

Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary

Wake Forest, North Carolina

#1 in overall quality

$5,830 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 1 schools in the Best Value Philosophy & Religion Schools for a Doctorate For Those Making $0-$30k that were part of this year’s ranking, Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary landed the #1 spot on the list. Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary is located in Wake Forest, North Carolina and, has a small student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 3 doctorate’s philosophy and religion degrees to qualified students.

SEBTS did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Philosophy & Religion Doctor’s Degree Schools” list. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at SEBTS are $5,830.

Full Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary Philosophy & Religion Report

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).
• 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

• *Average salary, average net price, and average tuition and fees are for the top schools only.
• 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

• Credit for the banner image above goes to Fyodor Bronnikov.

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