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2022 Best Value Philosophy & Religious Studies Schools for a Master’s in Michigan For Those Making $30-$48k

3 Ranked Colleges
39 Degrees Awarded
$35,800 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees*
Best Value Philosophy & Religious Studies Schools for a Master's in Michigan For Those Making $30-$48k

When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. One of our goals at College Factual is to give you as much information as we can - such as our “Best Value Philosophy & Religious Studies Schools for a Master’s in Michigan For Those Making $30-$48k” ranking - to help you make that decision.

Philosophy & Religious Studies is the 29th most popular major in the country with 20,201 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 $30,177 and had an average of $24,197 in loans still to pay off.

Across Michigan, there were 372 philosophy and religious studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $30,200 and $21,388 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 39 philosophy and religious studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $58,608 and $41,198 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Philosophy & Religious Studies Schools for a Master’s in Michigan For Those Making $30-$48k” ranking looked at 3 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in philosophy and religious studies. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality philosophy and religious studies programs that also have a lower cost than 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 philosophy and religious studies program at the school. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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Best Value Philosophy & Religious Studies Schools for a Master’s in Michigan For Those Making $30-$48k

The colleges and universities below are the best for michigan master’s degree philosophy & religious studies students whose families make $30-$48k.

Top 3 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Philosophy & Religious Studies (Income $30-$48k) in Michigan

Out of the 3 schools in the Best Value Philosophy & Religious Studies Schools for a Master’s in Michigan For Those Making $30-$48k that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Michigan - Ann Arbor landed the #1 spot on the list. Ann Arbor, Michigan is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s philosophy and religious studies degrees to 1 students in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at U-M, the school also landed the #0 spot in our “Best Philosophy & Religious Studies Master’s Degree Schools in Michigan” ranking. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at U-M are $49,548.

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#2

Eastern Michigan University

Ypsilanti, Michigan
#2 in overall quality

Out of the 3 schools in the Best Value Philosophy & Religious Studies Schools for a Master’s in Michigan For Those Making $30-$48k that were part of this year’s ranking, Eastern Michigan University landed the #2 spot on the list. Ypsilanti, Michigan is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s philosophy and religious studies degrees to 3 students in 2019-2020.

Eastern Michigan did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our “Best Philosophy & Religious Studies Master’s Degree Schools in Michigan” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at Eastern Michigan are $26,552, but some majors have different tuition rates.

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#3

Western Michigan University

Kalamazoo, Michigan
#1 in overall quality

Out of the 3 schools in the Best Value Philosophy & Religious Studies Schools for a Master’s in Michigan For Those Making $30-$48k that were part of this year’s ranking, Western Michigan University landed the #3 spot on the list. Western Michigan University is a fairly large public school situated in Kalamazoo, Michigan. It awarded 14 masters’s philosophy and religious studies degrees in 2019-2020.

WMU also made our “Best Philosophy & Religious Studies Master’s Degree Schools in Michigan” list, coming in at #1. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at Western Michigan University are $31,355.

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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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