2022 Best Value Philosophy & Religion Schools for a Master’s For Those Getting Aid

When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. 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 Getting Aid” 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.

To come up with these rankings, we looked at factors such as the cost to attend the school after aid is awarded and overall quality of the philosophy and religion program at the school. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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Best Value Philosophy & Religion Schools for a Master’s For Those Getting Aid

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Philosophy & Religion Schools for a Master’s For Those Getting Aid.

Top 1 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Philosophy & Religion (With Aid)

#1

Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary

Wake Forest, North Carolina

#1 in overall quality

$5,830 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value Philosophy & Religion Schools for a Master’s For Those Getting Aid. Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary is a small private not-for-profit school situated in Wake Forest, North Carolina. 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 Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary are $5,830, but some majors have different tuition rates.

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

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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