2022 Best Value Philosophy & Religion Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Making $0-$30k

When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. 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 Bachelor’s in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking is part of that endeavor.

General Philosophy & Religious Studies is the 320th most popular major in the country with 178 degrees awarded in 2019-2020. In 2017-2018, philosophy and religious studies graduates who were awarded their degree in 2015-2017, earned an average of $0 and had an average of $0 in loans still to pay off.

Across the Middle Atlantic region, there were 34 philosophy and religious studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 25 philosophy and religious studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $39,278 and $24,587 respectively.

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

Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the philosophy and religious studies 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 Bachelor’s in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Making $0-$30k

The colleges and universities below are the best for middle atlantic region bachelor’s degree philosophy & religion students whose families make $0-$30k.

Top 1 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for General Philosophy & Religious Studies (Income $0-$30k) in the Middle Atlantic Region

#1

Colgate University

Hamilton, New York

#1 in overall quality

$9,752 Average Net Price

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Colgate University. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Philosophy & Religion Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Making $0-$30k list. Hamilton, New York is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out bachelors’s philosophy and religion degrees to 5 students in 2019-2020.

Colgate did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best General Philosophy & Religious Studies Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region” list. It costs about $9,752 for Middle Atlantic Region Bachelor’s Degree Philosophy & Religion students whose families make $0-$30k per year to attend Colgate.

The low student loan default rate of 2.4% 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%. With a student-to-faculty ratio of 9 to 1, it’s easy to see that the school is committed to helping their undergraduates succeed. With a freshman retention rate of 94%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its students.

Read full report on General Philosophy & Religious Studies at Colgate University

• Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for General Philosophy & Religious Studies (Income $0-$30k)

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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