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2022 Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Philosophy & Religious Studies in the Middle Atlantic Region

1 Ranked Colleges
965 Degrees Awarded
$21,900 Avg Net Price*
Best Value Philosophy & Religious Studies Schools for an Associate in the Middle Atlantic Region

When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. Our mission at College Factual is to arm you with as much information as we can to help you make that decision. Our “Best Value Philosophy & Religious Studies Schools for an Associate in the Middle Atlantic Region” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.

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 the Middle Atlantic region, there were 7,579 philosophy and religious studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $35,055 and $27,449 respectively. At the associate degree level specifically, there were 965 philosophy and religious studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $32,733 and $16,201 respectively.

The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great philosophy and religious studies programs and 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 philosophy and religious studies program at the school. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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Best Value Philosophy & Religious Studies Schools for an Associate in the Middle Atlantic Region

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Philosophy & Religious Studies Schools for an Associate in the Middle Atlantic Region.

Top 1 Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Philosophy & Religious Studies in the Middle Atlantic Region

#1

Cairn University

Langhorne, Pennsylvania
#1 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Cairn University. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Philosophy & Religious Studies Schools for an Associate in the Middle Atlantic Region list. Cairn is a small school located in Langhorne, Pennsylvania that handed out 1 associates’s philosophy and religious studies degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Cairn, the school also landed the #1 spot in our “Best Philosophy & Religious Studies Associate Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for Cairn University is $21,859 for Middle Atlantic Region Associate Degree Philosophy & Religious Studies students.

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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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