2022 Best Value Philosophy & Religious Studies Schools for an Associate in the Southeast Region

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In 2019-2020, 20,201 people earned their degree in philosophy and religious studies, making the major the 29th most popular in the United States. 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 Southeast region, there were 3,880 philosophy and religious studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $28,792 and $24,156 respectively. At the associate degree level specifically, there were 141 philosophy and religious studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $31,631 and $18,547 respectively.

Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent philosophy and religious studies programs, but they also cost less that schools of similar quality.

When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the 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 Philosophy & Religious Studies Schools for an Associate in the Southeast Region

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

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

#1

Liberty University

Lynchburg, Virginia

#1 in overall quality

$28,903 Average Net Price

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Liberty University. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Philosophy & Religious Studies Schools for an Associate in the Southeast Region list. This large school is located in Lynchburg, Virginia, and it awarded 94 associates’s philosophy and religious studies degrees in 2019-2020.

Liberty University did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Philosophy & Religious Studies Associate Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” list. The yearly cost to attend Liberty University is $28,903 for Southeast Region Associate Degree Philosophy & Religious Studies students.

Read more about Philosophy & Religious Studies at Liberty University

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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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