2022 Best Value Philosophy & Religion Schools for a Master’s For Those Making $75-$110k

With all of the options students have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. Our mission at College Factual is to arm you with as much information as we can to help you make that decision. Our “Best Value Philosophy & Religion Schools for a Master’s For Those Making $75-$110k” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.

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.

At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 18 philosophy and religious studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $56,398 and $43,194 respectively.

Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent philosophy and religious studies programs, but they also 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. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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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 Master’s For Those Making $75-$110k”.

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Best Value Philosophy & Religion Schools for a Master’s For Those Making $75-$110k

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

Top 1 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for General Philosophy & Religious Studies (Income $75-$110k)

#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 Master’s 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 private not-for-profit school situated in Wake Forest, North Carolina. It awarded 3 masters’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 Master’s Degree Schools” 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 full report on General Philosophy & Religious Studies at SEBTS

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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