2022 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for General Philosophy & Religious Studies (Income $0-$30k) in the Southeast Region

It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. One of our goals at College Factual is to give you as much information as we can - such as our “Best Value Philosophy & Religion Schools for a Doctorate in the Southeast Region For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking - to help you make that decision.

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

This ranking identifies schools with high-quality philosophy and religious studies 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 religious studies program at the school and the cost of the school after aid is awarded among other things. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

One Size Does Not Fit All

The philosophy & religion school you choose to invest your time and money in matters. To help you make the decision that is right for you, we’ve developed a number of major-specific rankings, including this list of “Best Value Philosophy & Religion Schools for a Doctorate in the Southeast Region For Those Making $0-$30k”.

One of our other unique offerings is College Combat. This tool lets you build your own customized comparisons utilizing the factors that are most important to you. When you have some time, check it out - you may want to bookmark the link so you don’t forget it.

Best Value Philosophy & Religion Schools for a Doctorate in the Southeast Region For Those Making $0-$30k

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

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

#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 Doctorate in the Southeast Region For Those Making $0-$30k that were part of this year’s ranking, Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary landed the #1 spot on the list. Wake Forest, North Carolina is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out doctorate’s philosophy and religion degrees to 3 students in 2019-2020.

SEBTS did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best General Philosophy & Religious Studies 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.

Full Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary General Philosophy & Religious Studies Report

• Best Value Doctor’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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