2025 Best Philosophy & Religious Studies Schools in Illinois
4Colleges in Illinois
590Philosophy & Religious Studies Degrees Awarded
$32,872Avg Early-Career Salary
Philosophy & Religious Studies degree programs are on the lower end of the spectrum in terms of popularity. In fact, the major ranks #28 out of the 38 majors we look at each year. While this may limit the number of schools that offer the degree program, there are still top-quality ones to be found.
For its 2025 ranking, College Factual looked at 4 schools in Illinois to determine which ones were the best for philosophy & religious studies students pursuing a degree. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 590 degrees in philosophy & religious studies annually.
Choosing a Great Philosophy & Religious Studies School
Your choice of philosophy & religious studies school matters, so we have put together these rankings to help you make your decision. In order to come up with a best overall ranking for philosophy & religious studies schools, we combine our degree-level rankings, weighting them by the number of degrees awarded at each level.
In order to find the schools that are the best fit for you, you may want to filter to one of the degree levels below.
Pick Your Philosophy & Religious Studies Degree Level
Since the program you select can have a significant impact on your future, we've developed a number of rankings, including this Best Philosophy & Religious Studies Schools in Illinois list, to help you choose the best school for you.
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Best Schools for Philosophy & Religious Studies in Illinois
If you aren't interested in a particular degree level and want to know which schools are the overall best at delivering an education for the philosophy & religious studies degrees they offer, see the list below.
Top Illinois Schools in Philosophy & Religious Studies
University of Chicago is a great decision for students pursuing a degree in philosophy & religious studies. UChicago is a fairly large private not-for-profit university located in the city of Chicago. A Best Colleges rank of #3 out of 2,152 colleges nationwide means UChicago is a great university overall.
There were approximately 86 philosophy & religious studies students who graduated with this degree at UChicago in the most recent data year.
Loyola University Chicago is a great option for students pursuing a degree in philosophy & religious studies. Loyola Chicago is a fairly large private not-for-profit university located in the large city of Chicago. This university ranks 4th out of 85 colleges for overall quality in the state of Illinois.
There were about 34 philosophy & religious studies students who graduated with this degree at Loyola Chicago in the most recent year we have data available.
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign is a good option for students interested in a degree in philosophy & religious studies. UIUC is a fairly large public university located in the small city of Champaign. A Best Colleges rank of #41 out of 2,152 schools nationwide means UIUC is a great university overall.
There were about 35 philosophy & religious studies students who graduated with this degree at UIUC in the most recent year we have data available. Students who graduate with their degree from the philosophy & religious studies program report average early career income of $21,824.
Wheaton College Illinois is one of the finest schools in the United States for getting a degree in philosophy & religious studies. Located in the large suburb of Wheaton, Wheaton College Illinois is a private not-for-profit college with a small student population. This college ranks 13th out of 85 colleges for overall quality in the state of Illinois.
There were roughly 21 philosophy & religious studies students who graduated with this degree at Wheaton College Illinois in the most recent data year.
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).
Your choice of philosophy & religious studies school matters, so we have put together these rankings to help you make your decision. In order to come up with a best overall ranking for philosophy & religious studies schools, we combine our degree-level rankings, weighting them by the number of degrees awarded at each level.
