2022 Best Value Philosophy & Religious Studies Schools for a Doctorate in Massachusetts

When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Best Value Philosophy & Religious Studies Schools for a Doctorate in Massachusetts” ranking is part of that endeavor.

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 Massachusetts, there were 727 philosophy and religious studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $34,300 and $21,904 respectively. At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 44 philosophy and religious studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $73,213 and $99,210 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value Philosophy & Religious Studies Schools for a Doctorate in Massachusetts” ranking, we looked at 2 colleges that offer a degree in philosophy and religious studies. 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.

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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The philosophy & religious studies school you choose to invest your time and money in matters. To help you make the decision that is right for you, we’ve developed a number of major-specific rankings, including this list of “Best Value Philosophy & Religious Studies Schools for a Doctorate in Massachusetts”.

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Best Value Philosophy & Religious Studies Schools for a Doctorate in Massachusetts

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Philosophy & Religious Studies Schools for a Doctorate in Massachusetts.

Top 3 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Philosophy & Religious Studies in Massachusetts

#1

University of Massachusetts Amherst

Amherst, Massachusetts

#3 in overall quality

$32,341 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Massachusetts Amherst. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Philosophy & Religious Studies Schools for a Doctorate in Massachusetts list. Amherst, Massachusetts is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out doctorate’s philosophy and religious studies degrees to 4 students in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at UMass Amherst, the school also landed the #3 spot in our “Best Philosophy & Religious Studies Doctor’s Degree Schools in Massachusetts” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at University of Massachusetts Amherst are $32,341, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Full UMass Amherst Philosophy & Religious Studies Report

#1

Boston College

Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts

#1 in overall quality

$31,930 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 2 schools in the Best Value Philosophy & Religious Studies Schools for a Doctorate in Massachusetts that were part of this year’s ranking, Boston College landed the #1 spot on the list. Boston College is a fairly large school located in Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts that handed out 7 doctorate’s philosophy and religious studies degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Boston College, the school also landed the #1 spot in our “Best Philosophy & Religious Studies Doctor’s Degree Schools in Massachusetts” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Boston College are $31,930, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Full Boston College Philosophy & Religious Studies Report

#2

Boston University

Boston, Massachusetts

#2 in overall quality

$57,666 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 2 schools in the Best Value Philosophy & Religious Studies Schools for a Doctorate in Massachusetts that were part of this year’s ranking, Boston University landed the #2 spot on the list. Boston, Massachusetts is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out doctorate’s philosophy and religious studies degrees to 13 students in 2019-2020.

Boston U also made our “Best Philosophy & Religious Studies Doctor’s Degree Schools in Massachusetts” list, coming in at #2. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at Boston U are $57,666.

Read full report on Philosophy & Religious Studies at Boston 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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