2022 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Philosophy & Religious Studies in Louisiana

With all of the options students have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. College Factual has developed its “Best Value Philosophy & Religious Studies Schools for a Doctorate in Louisiana” 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 Louisiana, there were 133 philosophy and religious studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $24,800 and $19,835 respectively. At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 4 philosophy and religious studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $79,594 and $127,014 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.

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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Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we’ve developed the “Best Value Philosophy & Religious Studies Schools for a Doctorate in Louisiana” ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.

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

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

Top 1 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Philosophy & Religious Studies in Louisiana

#1

Tulane University of Louisiana

New Orleans, Louisiana

#1 in overall quality

$61,176 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Tulane University of Louisiana. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Philosophy & Religious Studies Schools for a Doctorate in Louisiana list. Tulane is a fairly large private not-for-profit school situated in New Orleans, Louisiana. It awarded 4 doctorate’s philosophy and religious studies degrees in 2019-2020.

Tulane did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Philosophy & Religious Studies Doctor’s Degree Schools in Louisiana” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at Tulane are $61,176, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Read more about Philosophy & Religious Studies at Tulane

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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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