2021 Best Philosophy & Religious Studies Colleges for Non-Traditional Students in the New England Region
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Finding the Best Philosophy & Religious Studies Schools for Non-Traditional Students
For this year's Best Philosophy & Religious Studies Colleges for Non-Traditional Students in the New England Region ranking, we looked at 2 colleges that offer a bachelor's in philosophy & religious studies. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent philosophy & religious studies programs, but they also offer a lot of support to non-traditional students.
To come up with these rankings, we looked at factors such as affordability, and overall quality of the philosophy & religious studies program at the school. See our ranking methodology to learn more.
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2021 Best Philosophy & Religious Studies Schools for Non-Traditional Students in the New England Region
The following schools top our list of the Best Philosophy & Religious Studies Colleges for Non-Traditional Students.
Best Philosophy & Religious Studies Schools for Non-Traditional Students
Boston College has taken the #1 spot in this year's philosophy & religious studies ranking for non-traditional students. Located in the city of Chestnut Hill, Boston College is a private not-for-profit school with a large student population. In addition to being on our best for non-traditional students list, Boston College has also earned the #1 rank in our Best Colleges for Philosophy & Religious Studies in the New England Region ranking.
The student loan default rate at Boston College is lower than is typical, just 0.5% of students default in three years. There are approximately 6,590 students at Boston College that take at least one class online. About 1,916 of the students at Boston College are attending part time.
Our rankings recognize University of Massachusetts - Boston as the #2 school in this year's rankings. UMass Boston is a large public school located in the large city of Boston. In addition to being on our best for non-traditional students list, UMass Boston has also earned the #2 rank in our Best Colleges for Philosophy & Religious Studies in the New England Region ranking.
The school has a low student loan default rate of 2.0%. Approximately 2,088 students take at least one class online at UMass Boston. 4,332 students are part time.
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 the rest 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).