2023 Most Focused Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Philosophy & Religion in the Middle Atlantic Region
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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 “Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Philosophy & Religion Major in the Middle Atlantic Region” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.
In 2021-2022, 186 people earned their degree in philosophy & religion, making the major the 833rd most popular in the United States.
Across the Middle Atlantic region, there were 19 philosophy & religion graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 1 philosophy & religion graduates with average earnings and debt of $76,902 and $128,547 respectively.
The colleges and universities that top this list are recognized because their philosophy & religion program is one of the largest majors offered at the school.
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Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Philosophy & Religion Major in the Middle Atlantic Region
The colleges and universities below are the best for middle atlantic region doctor’s degree philosophy & religion students.
Top 1 Most Focused Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Philosophy & Religion in the Middle Atlantic Region
Out of the 1 schools in the Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Philosophy & Religion Major in the Middle Atlantic Region that were part of this year’s ranking, United Lutheran Seminary landed the #1 spot on the list. Located in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, this small private not-for-profit school awarded 1 diplomas to qualified doctorate’s philosophy & religion students in 2021-2022.
The undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of to 1 is a sign that students will have more opportunities to engage with their professors one-on-one. The low undergrad student loan default rate of 1.6% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%.
Read more about Philosophy & Religion at United Lutheran 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
- *Avg Salary and Avg 4-Year Grad Rate 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.
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