2022 Best Value Philosophy & Religion Schools for a Master’s For Those Making $0-$30k

With all of the options students have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. Our mission at College Factual is to arm you with as much information as we can to help you make that decision. Our “Best Value Philosophy & Religion Schools for a Master’s For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.

Philosophy & Religion is the 850th most popular major in the country with 178 degrees awarded in 2019-2020.

At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 18 philosophy and religion graduates with average earnings and debt of $56,398 and $43,194 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. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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

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

Top 1 Best Value Master’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 Master’s For Those Making $0-$30k that were part of this year’s ranking, Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary landed the #1 spot on the list. This small school is located in Wake Forest, North Carolina, and it awarded 3 masters’s philosophy and religion degrees in 2019-2020.

SEBTS did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Philosophy & Religion Master’s Degree Schools” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at SEBTS are $5,830, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Read full report on Philosophy & Religion at SEBTS

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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