2022 Best Value Philosophy & Religion Schools for a Master’s in the Southeast Region For Those Making $48-$75k

With all of the options students have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. 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 Master’s in the Southeast Region For Those Making $48-$75k” ranking - to help you make that decision.

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.

Across the Southeast region, there were 66 philosophy and religious studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 4 philosophy and religious studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $53,950 and $43,286 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 for a Master’s in the Southeast Region For Those Making $48-$75k

The colleges and universities below are the best for southeast region master’s degree philosophy & religion students whose families make $48-$75k.

Top 1 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for General Philosophy & Religious Studies (Income $48-$75k) in the Southeast Region

#1

Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary

Wake Forest, North Carolina

#1 in overall quality

$5,830 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Philosophy & Religion Schools for a Master’s in the Southeast Region For Those Making $48-$75k list. Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary is a small private not-for-profit school situated in Wake Forest, North Carolina. It awarded 3 masters’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 Master’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at SEBTS are $5,830, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read full report on General Philosophy & Religious Studies at Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary

• Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for General Philosophy & Religious Studies (Income $48-$75k)

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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