2022 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for General Philosophy & Religious Studies (Income $75-$110k) in the Southeast Region

Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. 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 Doctorate in the Southeast Region For Those Making $75-$110k” 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 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.

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. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we’ve developed the “Best Value Philosophy & Religion Schools for a Doctorate in the Southeast Region For Those Making $75-$110k” ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.

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Best Value Philosophy & Religion Schools for a Doctorate in the Southeast Region For Those Making $75-$110k

The colleges and universities below are the best for southeast region doctor’s degree philosophy & religion students whose families make $75-$110k.

Top 1 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for General Philosophy & Religious Studies (Income $75-$110k) 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 $75-$110k that were part of this year’s ranking, Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary landed the #1 spot on the list. Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary is a small school located in Wake Forest, North Carolina that handed out 3 doctorate’s philosophy and religion degrees in 2019-2020.

SEBTS not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #1 on our “Best General Philosophy & Religious Studies Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” list. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at SEBTS are $5,830.

Read more about General Philosophy & Religious Studies at SEBTS

• Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for General Philosophy & Religious Studies (Income $75-$110k)

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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