2024 Best Philosophy & Religious Studies Schools in the Southwest Region
7Colleges in the Southwest Region
1,159Philosophy & Religious Studies Degrees Awarded
$30,830Avg 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.
College Factual looked at 7 colleges and universities when compiling its 2024 Best Philosophy & Religious Studies Schools in the Southwest Region ranking. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 1,159 degrees in philosophy & religious studies during the 2020-2021 academic year.
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
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Best Schools for Philosophy & Religious Studies in the Southwest Region
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 Southwest Region Schools in Philosophy & Religious Studies
The University of Texas at Austin is one of the best schools in the United States for getting a degree in philosophy & religious studies. UT Austin is a fairly large public university located in the city of Austin. A Best Colleges rank of #36 out of 2,217 colleges nationwide means UT Austin is a great university overall.
There were roughly 100 philosophy & religious studies students who graduated with this degree at UT Austin in the most recent data year. Degree recipients from the philosophy & religious studies degree program at The University of Texas at Austin get $2,354 above the standard college graduate in this field shortly after graduation.
Texas A&M University - College Station is one of the finest schools in the country for getting a degree in philosophy & religious studies. Texas A&M College Station is a fairly large public university located in the medium-sized city of College Station. A Best Colleges rank of #44 out of 2,217 schools nationwide means Texas A&M College Station is a great university overall.
There were about 33 philosophy & religious studies students who graduated with this degree at Texas A&M College Station in the most recent data year. Soon after graduating, philosophy & religious studies degree recipients typically earn about $29,277 at the beginning of their careers.
Arizona State University - Tempe is a wonderful option for students pursuing a degree in philosophy & religious studies. Located in the city of Tempe, ASU - Tempe is a public university with a fairly large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #119 out of 2,217 colleges nationwide means ASU - Tempe is a great university overall.
There were about 95 philosophy & religious studies students who graduated with this degree at ASU - Tempe in the most recent year we have data available. Degree recipients from the philosophy & religious studies program at Arizona State University - Tempe earn $3,578 more than the standard college graduate in this field shortly after graduation.
University of Arizona is one of the best schools in the United States for getting a degree in philosophy & religious studies. University of Arizona is a fairly large public university located in the large city of Tucson. A Best Colleges rank of #133 out of 2,217 colleges nationwide means University of Arizona is a great university overall.
There were approximately 58 philosophy & religious studies students who graduated with this degree at University of Arizona in the most recent data year. Degree recipients from the philosophy & religious studies major at University of Arizona earn $2,035 above the typical college grad with the same degree when they enter the workforce.
UH is a fairly large public university located in the city of Houston. This university ranks 10th out of 115 schools for overall quality in the state of Texas.
There were about 21 philosophy & religious studies students who graduated with this degree at UH in the most recent year we have data available. Soon after graduating, philosophy & religious studies degree recipients generally earn an average of $29,387 in their early careers.
UNT is a very large public university located in the midsize city of Denton. This university ranks 14th out of 115 schools for overall quality in the state of Texas.
There were roughly 30 philosophy & religious studies students who graduated with this degree at UNT in the most recent year we have data available. After graduating, philosophy & religious studies degree recipients typically earn an average of $25,877 in the first five years of their career.
ASU - Skysong is a fairly large public university located in the midsize city of Scottsdale. This university ranks 8th out of 26 colleges for overall quality in the state of Arizona.
There were roughly 74 philosophy & religious studies students who graduated with this degree at ASU - Skysong in the most recent year we have data available. Those philosophy & religious studies students who get their degree from Arizona State University - Skysong receive $3,578 more than the average philosophy & religious studies student.
Located in the city of Albuquerque, UNM is a public university with a very large student population. This university ranks 1st out of 23 schools for overall quality in the state of New Mexico.
There were approximately 33 philosophy & religious studies students who graduated with this degree at UNM in the most recent year we have data available. After graduation, philosophy & religious studies degree recipients generally earn an average of $20,078 in the first five years of their career.
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).
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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.
