2022 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Philosophy in Georgia (With Aid)

It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. College Factual has developed its “Best Value Philosophy Schools for a Doctorate in Georgia For Those Getting Aid” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.

Philosophy is the 81st most popular major in the country with 10,015 degrees awarded in 2019-2020. In 2017-2018, philosophy graduates who were awarded their degree in 2015-2017, earned an average of $29,067 and had an average of $22,199 in loans still to pay off.

Across Georgia, there were 196 philosophy graduates with average earnings and debt of $28,300 and $23,599 respectively. At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 9 philosophy graduates with average earnings and debt of $66,934 and $102,100 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Philosophy Schools for a Doctorate in Georgia For Those Getting Aid” ranking looked at 2 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in philosophy. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality philosophy 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 philosophy program at the school and the cost to attend the school once aid has been awarded. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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Best Value Philosophy Schools for a Doctorate in Georgia For Those Getting Aid

The colleges and universities below are the best for georgia doctor’s degree philosophy students with aid.

Top 2 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Philosophy in Georgia (With Aid)

#1

University of Georgia

Athens, Georgia

#2 in overall quality

$27,476 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Georgia. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Philosophy Schools for a Doctorate in Georgia For Those Getting Aid list. Located in Athens, Georgia, this large public school handed out 3 degrees to qualified doctorate’s philosophy students in 2019-2020.

UGA also made our “Best Philosophy Doctor’s Degree Schools in Georgia” list, coming in at #2. Average graduate tuition and fees at UGA are $27,476, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read more about Philosophy at UGA

#2

Emory University

Atlanta, Georgia

#1 in overall quality

$44,676 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 2 schools in the Best Value Philosophy Schools for a Doctorate in Georgia For Those Getting Aid that were part of this year’s ranking, Emory University landed the #2 spot on the list. Emory University is a private not-for-profit institution located in Atlanta, Georgia. The school has a fairly large population, and it awarded 6 doctorate’s degrees in 2019-2020.

Emory did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Philosophy Doctor’s Degree Schools in Georgia” list. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at Emory University are $44,676.

Read more about Philosophy at Emory

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• Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Philosophy (With Aid)

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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