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

Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. College Factual has developed its “Best Value Philosophy & Religious Studies Schools for a Doctorate in Iowa” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.

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 Iowa, there were 211 philosophy and religious studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $26,870 respectively. At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 11 philosophy and religious studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $71,469 and $117,729 respectively.

This ranking identifies schools with high-quality philosophy and religious studies programs that also have a lower cost than 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 a Doctorate in Iowa

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

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

#1

University of Iowa

Iowa City, Iowa

#1 in overall quality

$27,613 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Iowa. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Philosophy & Religious Studies Schools for a Doctorate in Iowa list. Iowa is located in Iowa City, Iowa and, has a large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 7 doctorate’s philosophy and religious studies degrees to qualified students.

Iowa also took the #1 spot in our “Best Philosophy & Religious Studies Doctor’s Degree Schools in Iowa” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at University of Iowa are $27,613, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read full report on Philosophy & Religious Studies at University of Iowa

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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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