2022 Best Value Other Philosophy & Religious Studies Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region For Those Making $48-$75k

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In 2019-2020, 304 people earned their degree in other philosophy and religious studies, making the major the 690th most popular in the United States.

Across the Southeast region, there were 117 other philosophy and religious studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 113 other philosophy and religious studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $36,277 and $25,415 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value Other Philosophy & Religious Studies Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region For Those Making $48-$75k” ranking, we looked at 2 colleges that offer a degree in other philosophy and religious studies. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent other philosophy and religious studies programs, but they also 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 other philosophy and religious studies program at the school. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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Best Value Other Philosophy & Religious Studies Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region For Those Making $48-$75k

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

Top 2 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Other Philosophy & Religious Studies (Income $48-$75k) in the Southeast Region

#1

James Madison University

Harrisonburg, Virginia

#1 in overall quality

$19,843 Average Net Price

Out of the 2 schools in the Best Value Other Philosophy & Religious Studies Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region For Those Making $48-$75k that were part of this year’s ranking, James Madison University landed the #1 spot on the list. Located in Harrisonburg, Virginia, this large public school awarded 26 degrees to qualified bachelors’s other philosophy and religious studies students in 2019-2020.

JMU did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Other Philosophy & Religious Studies Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” list. The yearly cost to attend James Madison University is $19,843 for Southeast Region Bachelor’s Degree Other Philosophy & Religious Studies students whose families make $48-$75k.

The school has an impressive student loan default rate. It’s only 2.3%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 89%.

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#2

University of North Carolina at Wilmington

Wilmington, North Carolina

#2 in overall quality

$19,592 Average Net Price

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of North Carolina at Wilmington. The school came in at #2 for the Best Value Other Philosophy & Religious Studies Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region For Those Making $48-$75k. This fairly large school is located in Wilmington, North Carolina, and it awarded 15 bachelors’s other philosophy and religious studies degrees in 2019-2020.

UNCW did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our “Best Other Philosophy & Religious Studies Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” list. It costs about $19,592 for Southeast Region Bachelor’s Degree Other Philosophy & Religious Studies students whose families make $48-$75k per year to attend UNCW.

The student loan default rate at the school is 3.9%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.

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• Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Other 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.

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