2022 Best Value Philosophy & Religious Studies Schools for a Bachelor’s in Oregon

When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. College Factual has developed its “Best Value Philosophy & Religious Studies Schools for a Bachelor’s in Oregon” ranking as one item you can use to help make this 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 Oregon, there were 183 philosophy and religious studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $21,450 and $21,565 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 169 philosophy and religious studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Philosophy & Religious Studies Schools for a Bachelor’s in Oregon” ranking analyzed 2 colleges that offered a degree in philosophy and religious studies. 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.

Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the philosophy and religious studies program at the school and the cost of the school after aid is awarded among other things. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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Best Value Philosophy & Religious Studies Schools for a Bachelor’s in Oregon

The colleges and universities below are the best for oregon bachelor’s degree philosophy & religious studies students.

Top 2 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Philosophy & Religious Studies in Oregon

#1

University of Oregon

Eugene, Oregon

#1 in overall quality

$16,461 Average Net Price

Out of the 2 schools in the Best Value Philosophy & Religious Studies Schools for a Bachelor’s in Oregon that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Oregon landed the #1 spot on the list. Eugene, Oregon is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s philosophy and religious studies degrees to 37 students in 2019-2020.

UO not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #1 on our “Best Philosophy & Religious Studies Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Oregon” list. It costs about $16,461 for Oregon Bachelor’s Degree Philosophy & Religious Studies students per year to attend University of Oregon.

The low student loan default rate of 4.2% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%.

Read more about Philosophy & Religious Studies at UO

#2

Portland State University

Portland, Oregon

#2 in overall quality

$13,040 Average Net Price

Out of the 2 schools in the Best Value Philosophy & Religious Studies Schools for a Bachelor’s in Oregon that were part of this year’s ranking, Portland State University landed the #2 spot on the list. Portland, Oregon is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s philosophy and religious studies degrees to 37 students in 2019-2020.

Portland State University not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #2 on our “Best Philosophy & Religious Studies Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Oregon” list. It costs about $13,040 for oregon bachelor’s degree philosophy & religious studies students per year to attend Portland State 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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