by our College Data Analytics Team
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 “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Philosophy & Religion Major in the Southeast Region” ranking - to help you make that decision.
In 2021-2022, 186 people earned their degree in general philosophy & religious studies, making the major the 320th most popular in the United States. In , general philosophy & religious studies graduates who were awarded their degree in , earned an average of $0 and had an average of $46,341 in loans still to pay off.
Across the Southeast region, there were 70 general philosophy & religious studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 8 general philosophy & religious studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $55,462 and $43,311 respectively.
This year’s “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Philosophy & Religion Major in the Southeast Region” ranking looked at 3 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in general philosophy & religious studies. This a ranking of the schools where the largest percentage of students has enrolled in general philosophy & religious studies.
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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 “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Philosophy & Religion Major in the Southeast Region”.
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The following schools top our list of the Best “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Philosophy & Religion Major in the Southeast Region”.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Philosophy & Religion Major in the Southeast Region list. SBTS is located in Louisville, Kentucky and, has a small student population. In 2021-2022, this school awarded 6 masters’s philosophy & religion degrees to qualified students.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Hampton University. The school came in at #2 for the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Philosophy & Religion Major in the Southeast Region. Hampton, Virginia is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out masters’s philosophy & religion degrees to 0 students in 2021-2022.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 3.8% 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%.
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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary. The school came in at #3 for the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Philosophy & Religion Major in the Southeast Region. Wake Forest, North Carolina is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out masters’s philosophy & religion degrees to 2 students in 2021-2022.
The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 86%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. The impressive undergraduate 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.
Full Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary General Philosophy & Religious Studies Report
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