2022 Best Value Colleges for General Philosophy & Religious Studies (Income $0-$30k) in the Middle Atlantic Region

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 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.

The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great philosophy and religious studies programs and cost less that 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 religious studies program at the school. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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Best Value Philosophy & Religion Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Making $0-$30k

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

Top 1 Best Value 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

$43,378 Average Early-Career Earnings

Out of the 1 schools in the Best Value Philosophy & Religion Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Making $0-$30k that were part of this year’s ranking, Colgate University landed the #1 spot on the list. Colgate University is a small private not-for-profit school situated in Hamilton, New York. It awarded 5 ’s philosophy and religion degrees in 2019-2020.

Colgate did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best General Philosophy & Religious Studies Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region” list. The yearly cost to attend Colgate University is $9,752 for middle atlantic region philosophy & religion students whose families make $0-$30k.

Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 94%. 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%. The student-to-faculty ratio of 9 to 1 is a sign that students will have more opportunities to engage with their professors one-on-one.

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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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