2025 Best Philosophy & Religious Studies Bachelor's Degree Schools in Massachusetts

You'll be studying one of the lesser sought-after majors if you pursue a Bachelor's Degree in philosophy & religious studies. It is ranked #25 out of 38 major degree programs in terms of popularity. As such, your educational options may be more limited than if you were in a more popular field.

For its 2025 ranking, College Factual looked at 2 schools in Massachusetts to determine which ones were the best for philosophy & religious studies students pursuing a bachelor's degree. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 497 bachelor's degrees in philosophy & religious studies during the 2022-2023 academic year.

What's on this page: * Our Methodology

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Average Earnings

To determine the overall quality of a graduate school, one factor we look at is the average early-career salary of those receiving their bachelor's degree from the school. This is because one of the main reasons people pursue their bachelor's degree is to enable themselves to find better-paying positions.

Other Factors We Consider

The metrics below are just some of the other metrics that we use to determine our rankings.

• Major Focus - How much a school focuses on philosophy & religious studies students vs. other majors.
• Major Demand - How many other philosophy & religious studies students want to attend this school to pursue a bachelor's degree.
• Educational Resources - How many resources are allocated to students. These resources may include educational expenditures per student, number of students per instructor, and graduation rate among other things.
• Student Debt - How much debt philosophy & religious studies students go into to obtain their bachelor's degree and how well they are able to pay back that debt.
• Accreditation - Whether a school is regionally accredited and/or accredited by a recognized philosophy & religious studies related body.

Our complete ranking methodology documents in more detail how we consider these factors to identify the best schools for philosophy & religious studies students working on their bachelor's degree.

More Ways to Rank Philosophy & Religious Studies Schools

When choosing the right school for you, it's important to arm yourself with all the facts you can. To that end, we've created a number of major-specific rankings, including this Best Philosophy & Religious Studies Bachelor's Degree Schools in Massachusetts list to help you make the college decision.

In addition to College Factual's rankings, you may want to take a look at College Combat, our unique tool that lets you pit your favorite schools head-to-head and compare how they rate on factors that most interest you. When you have some time, check it out - you may want to bookmark the link so you don't forget it.

Best Schools for Bachelor’s Students to Study Philosophy & Religious Studies in Massachusetts

Below you'll see a list of the best colleges and universities for pursuing a bachelor's degree in philosophy & religious studies.

Top Massachusetts Schools for a Bachelor's in Philosophy & Religious Studies

1

Boston College
Chestnut Hill, MA

Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type

80 Annual Graduates

Boston College is a wonderful option for individuals pursuing a bachelor's degree in philosophy & religious studies. Located in the city of Chestnut Hill, Boston College is a private not-for-profit college with a large student population.More information about a bachelor’s in philosophy & religious studies from Boston College

2

Boston University
Boston, MA

Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type

65 Annual Graduates

Boston University is a good option for students pursuing a bachelor's degree in philosophy & religious studies. Located in the large city of Boston, Boston U is a private not-for-profit university with a very large student population.More information about a bachelor’s in philosophy & religious studies from Boston University

Best Philosophy & Religious Studies Colleges in the New England Region

Explore all the Best Philosophy & Religious Studies Schools in the New England Area or other specific states within that region.

State	Colleges	Degrees Awarded
New Hampshire	32	43
Vermont	32	59
Maine	32	55
Rhode Island	32	72
Connecticut	31	152

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Philosophy & Religious Studies Majors to Study

Major	Annual Graduates
Philosophy	419
Religious Studies	78

Majors Similar to Philosophy & Religious Studies

Related Major	Annual Graduates
Social Sciences	6,544
Communication & Journalism	2,407
English Language & Literature	1,368
History	1,022
Foreign Languages & Linguistics	787
Liberal Arts / Sciences & Humanities	625
Area, Ethnic, Culture, & Gender Studies	530
Family, Consumer & Human Sciences	273
Theology & Religious Vocations	66

Notes and References

• The bars on the spread charts above show the distribution of the schools on this list +/- one standard deviation from the mean.
• 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). More about our data sources and methodologies.