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2022 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Other Philosophy & Religious Studies (Income $0-$30k)

5 Ranked Colleges
202 Degrees Awarded
$11,800 Avg Net Price*
Best Value Other Philosophy & Religious Studies Schools for a Bachelor's For Those Making $0-$30k

When pursuing a degree in today’s world, students have many different options to choose from. 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 Other Philosophy & Religious Studies Schools for a Bachelor’s For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking is part of that endeavor.

Other Philosophy & Religious Studies is the 690th most popular major in the country with 304 degrees awarded in 2019-2020.

At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 202 other philosophy and religious studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $38,303 and $24,501 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value Other Philosophy & Religious Studies Schools for a Bachelor’s For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking, we looked at 5 colleges that offer a degree in other philosophy and religious studies. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality other philosophy and religious studies programs that also have a lower cost than schools of similar quality.

When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the other philosophy and religious studies program at the school and the cost to attend the school once aid has been awarded. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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Best Value Other Philosophy & Religious Studies Schools for a Bachelor’s For Those Making $0-$30k

The colleges and universities below are the best for bachelor’s degree other philosophy & religious studies students whose families make $0-$30k.

Top 5 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Other Philosophy & Religious Studies (Income $0-$30k)

#2 in overall quality

Out of the 5 schools in the Best Value Other Philosophy & Religious Studies Schools for a Bachelor’s For Those Making $0-$30k that were part of this year’s ranking, Columbia University in the City of New York landed the #1 spot on the list. Columbia is a large private not-for-profit school situated in New York, New York. It awarded 16 bachelors’s other philosophy and religious studies degrees in 2019-2020.

Columbia also took the #2 spot in our “Best Other Philosophy & Religious Studies Bachelor’s Degree Schools” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for Columbia is $8,916 for Bachelor’s Degree Other Philosophy & Religious Studies students whose families make $0-$30k.

Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 95%. The student loan default rate at the school is 2.1%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. The student-to-faculty ratio of 6 to 1 is a sign that students will have more opportunities to engage with their professors one-on-one.

Full Columbia University in the City of New York Other Philosophy & Religious Studies Report

#2

University of Notre Dame

Notre Dame, Indiana
#3 in overall quality

Out of the 5 schools in the Best Value Other Philosophy & Religious Studies Schools for a Bachelor’s For Those Making $0-$30k that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Notre Dame landed the #2 spot on the list. Notre Dame is a fairly large school located in Notre Dame, Indiana that handed out 4 bachelors’s other philosophy and religious studies degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Notre Dame, the school also landed the #3 spot in our “Best Other Philosophy & Religious Studies Bachelor’s Degree Schools” ranking. It costs about $12,498 for Bachelor’s Degree Other Philosophy & Religious Studies students whose families make $0-$30k per year to attend University of Notre Dame.

Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 97%. The school has an impressive student loan default rate. It’s only 0.7%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. 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.

Read full report on Other Philosophy & Religious Studies at Notre Dame

#3

James Madison University

Harrisonburg, Virginia
#1 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend James Madison University. The school came in at #3 for the Best Value Other Philosophy & Religious Studies Schools for a Bachelor’s For Those Making $0-$30k. James Madison University is located in Harrisonburg, Virginia and, has a large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 26 bachelors’s other philosophy and religious studies degrees to qualified students.

JMU not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #1 on our “Best Other Philosophy & Religious Studies Bachelor’s Degree Schools” list. It costs about $14,196 for bachelor’s degree other philosophy & religious studies students whose families make $0-$30k per year to attend James Madison University.

Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 89%. The student loan default rate at the school is 2.3%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.

Read full report on Other Philosophy & Religious Studies at JMU

#4

San Francisco State University

San Francisco, California
#4 in overall quality

Out of the 5 schools in the Best Value Other Philosophy & Religious Studies Schools for a Bachelor’s For Those Making $0-$30k that were part of this year’s ranking, San Francisco State University landed the #4 spot on the list. This large school is located in San Francisco, California, and it awarded 9 bachelors’s other philosophy and religious studies degrees in 2019-2020.

SFSU also made our “Best Other Philosophy & Religious Studies Bachelor’s Degree Schools” list, coming in at #4. The estimated yearly cost for San Francisco State University is $11,123 for bachelor’s degree other philosophy & religious studies students whose families make $0-$30k.

Read full report on Other Philosophy & Religious Studies at SFSU

#5

University of North Carolina at Wilmington

Wilmington, North Carolina
#5 in overall quality

Out of the 5 schools in the Best Value Other Philosophy & Religious Studies Schools for a Bachelor’s For Those Making $0-$30k that were part of this year’s ranking, University of North Carolina at Wilmington landed the #5 spot on the list. University of North Carolina at Wilmington is located in Wilmington, North Carolina and, has a fairly large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 15 bachelors’s other philosophy and religious studies degrees to qualified students.

UNCW also made our “Best Other Philosophy & Religious Studies Bachelor’s Degree Schools” list, coming in at #5. The yearly cost to attend University of North Carolina at Wilmington is $12,229 for bachelor’s degree other philosophy & religious studies students whose families make $0-$30k.

The low student loan default rate of 3.9% 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%.

Read more about Other Philosophy & Religious Studies at University of North Carolina at Wilmington

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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.

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