2022 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for General Philosophy & Religious Studies (Income $30-$48k)

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In 2019-2020, 178 people earned their degree in philosophy and religious studies, making the major the 320th most popular in the United States. 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.

At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 128 philosophy and religious studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $38,303 and $24,501 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value Philosophy & Religion Schools for a Bachelor’s For Those Making $30-$48k” ranking, we looked at 3 colleges that offer a degree in philosophy and religious studies. 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.

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 For Those Making $30-$48k

The colleges and universities below are the best for bachelor’s degree philosophy & religion students whose families make $30-$48k.

Top 3 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for General Philosophy & Religious Studies (Income $30-$48k)

#1

Colgate University

Hamilton, New York

#2 in overall quality

$8,958 Average Net Price

Out of the 3 schools in the Best Value Philosophy & Religion Schools for a Bachelor’s For Those Making $30-$48k that were part of this year’s ranking, Colgate University landed the #1 spot on the 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.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Colgate, the school also landed the #2 spot in our “Best General Philosophy & Religious Studies Bachelor’s Degree Schools” ranking. It costs about $8,958 for Bachelor’s Degree Philosophy & Religion students whose families make $30-$48k per year to attend Colgate.

The impressive student-to-faculty ratio of 9 to 1 means that students may have more opportunities to work more closely with their professors than they would at other schools. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 94%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. The student loan default rate at the school is 2.4%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.

Full Colgate University General Philosophy & Religious Studies Report

#2

Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary

Wake Forest, North Carolina

#1 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Philosophy & Religion Schools for a Bachelor’s For Those Making $30-$48k list. SEBTS is a small school located in Wake Forest, North Carolina that handed out 4 bachelors’s philosophy and religion degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at SEBTS, the school also landed the #1 spot in our “Best General Philosophy & Religious Studies Bachelor’s Degree Schools” ranking.

The impressive student-to-faculty ratio of 10 to 1 means that students may have more opportunities to work more closely with their professors than they would at other schools.

Full Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary General Philosophy & Religious Studies Report

#3

Central Washington University

Ellensburg, Washington

#3 in overall quality

$11,423 Average Net Price

$29,685 Average Early-Career Earnings

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Central Washington University. It ranked #3 on our 2022 Best Value Philosophy & Religion Schools for a Bachelor’s For Those Making $30-$48k list. This fairly large school is located in Ellensburg, Washington, and it awarded 14 bachelors’s philosophy and religion degrees in 2019-2020.

CWU also took the #3 spot in our “Best General Philosophy & Religious Studies Bachelor’s Degree Schools” ranking. It costs about $11,423 for Bachelor’s Degree Philosophy & Religion students whose families make $30-$48k per year to attend CWU.

Full Central Washington University General Philosophy & Religious Studies Report

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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