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

It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. 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 Virginia” 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 Virginia, there were 1,217 philosophy and religious studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 21 philosophy and religious studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value Philosophy & Religious Studies Schools for a Master’s in Virginia” ranking, we looked at 2 colleges that offer 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.

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. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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Best Value Philosophy & Religious Studies Schools for a Master’s in Virginia

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

Top 2 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Philosophy & Religious Studies in Virginia

#1

University of Virginia - Main Campus

Charlottesville, Virginia

#1 in overall quality

$32,394 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Virginia - Main Campus. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value Philosophy & Religious Studies Schools for a Master’s in Virginia. University of Virginia - Main Campus is a public institution located in Charlottesville, Virginia. The school has a large population, and it awarded 10 masters’s degrees in 2019-2020.

University of Virginia did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Philosophy & Religious Studies Master’s Degree Schools in Virginia” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at University of Virginia are $32,394, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read more about Philosophy & Religious Studies at University of Virginia - Main Campus

#2

Liberty University

Lynchburg, Virginia

#2 in overall quality

$8,349 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Liberty University. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Philosophy & Religious Studies Schools for a Master’s in Virginia list. Liberty University is located in Lynchburg, Virginia and, has a large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 3 masters’s philosophy and religious studies degrees to qualified students.

Liberty University did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our “Best Philosophy & Religious Studies Master’s Degree Schools in Virginia” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at Liberty University are $8,349, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read full report on Philosophy & Religious Studies at Liberty 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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