2022 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Philosophy & Religion (Income $30-$48k) in the Southeast Region

Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Best Value Philosophy & Religion Schools for a Doctorate in the Southeast Region For Those Making $30-$48k” ranking is part of that endeavor.

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

Across the Southeast region, there were 66 philosophy and religion graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 8 philosophy and religion graduates with average earnings and debt of $71,978 and $116,300 respectively.

Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent philosophy and religion programs, but they also cost less that schools of similar quality.

When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the philosophy and religion program at the school and the cost to attend the school once aid has been awarded. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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Since the program you select can have a significant impact on your future, we’ve developed a number of rankings, including this “Best Value Philosophy & Religion Schools for a Doctorate in the Southeast Region For Those Making $30-$48k” list, to help you choose the best school for you.

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Best Value Philosophy & Religion Schools for a Doctorate in the Southeast Region For Those Making $30-$48k

The colleges and universities below are the best for southeast region doctor’s degree philosophy & religion students whose families make $30-$48k.

Top 1 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Philosophy & Religion (Income $30-$48k) in the Southeast Region

#1

Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary

Wake Forest, North Carolina

#1 in overall quality

$5,830 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Philosophy & Religion Schools for a Doctorate in the Southeast Region For Those Making $30-$48k list. Located in Wake Forest, North Carolina, this small private not-for-profit school handed out 3 diplomas to qualified doctorate’s philosophy and religion students in 2019-2020.

SEBTS did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Philosophy & Religion Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at SEBTS are $5,830, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read full report on Philosophy & Religion at Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary

• Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Philosophy & Religion (Income $30-$48k)

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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