2022 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Philosophy & Religious Studies in Connecticut

When pursuing a degree in today’s world, students have many different options to choose from. 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 Master’s in Connecticut” 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 Connecticut, there were 268 philosophy and religious studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 75 philosophy and religious studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $61,793 and $40,407 respectively.

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.

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 a Master’s in Connecticut

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Philosophy & Religious Studies Schools for a Master’s in Connecticut.

Top 1 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Philosophy & Religious Studies in Connecticut

#1

Hartford Seminary

Hartford, Connecticut

#1 in overall quality

$14,194 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Hartford Seminary. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value Philosophy & Religious Studies Schools for a Master’s in Connecticut. Hartford Seminary is located in Hartford, Connecticut and, has a small student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 11 masters’s philosophy and religious studies degrees to qualified students.

Hartford Seminary also took the #1 spot in our “Best Philosophy & Religious Studies Master’s Degree Schools in Connecticut” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Hartford Seminary are $14,194, but some majors have different tuition rates.

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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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