2022 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Philosophy & Religion (With Aid)

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In 2019-2020, 178 people earned their degree in philosophy and religion, making the major the 850th most popular in the United States.

At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 17 philosophy and religion graduates with average earnings and debt of $72,680 and $116,043 respectively.

The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great philosophy and religion programs and cost less that schools of similar quality.

Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the philosophy and religion program at the school and the cost of the school after aid is awarded among other things. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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Best Value Philosophy & Religion Schools for a Doctorate For Those Getting Aid

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Philosophy & Religion Schools for a Doctorate For Those Getting Aid.

Top 1 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Philosophy & Religion (With Aid)

#1

Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary

Wake Forest, North Carolina

#1 in overall quality

$5,830 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Philosophy & Religion Schools for a Doctorate For Those Getting Aid list. SEBTS is a private not-for-profit institution located in Wake Forest, North Carolina. The school has a small population, and it awarded 3 doctorate’s degrees in 2019-2020.

SEBTS also made our “Best Philosophy & Religion Doctor’s Degree Schools” list, coming in at #1. Average graduate tuition and fees at Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary are $5,830, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read full report on Philosophy & Religion at Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary

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.

Credits

• Credit for the banner image above goes to Fyodor Bronnikov.

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