2023 Best Value Colleges for Philosophy & Religion
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Ranked Colleges
184
Degrees Awarded
$13,100
Avg Net Price*
With all of the options students have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Best Value Philosophy & Religion Schools” ranking is part of that endeavor.
In 2020-2021, 184 people earned their degree in philosophy and religion, making the major the 833rd most popular in the United States.
This ranking identifies schools with high-quality philosophy and religion programs that also have a lower cost than schools of similar quality.
When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the philosophy and religion program at the school and the cost to attend the school once aid has been awarded. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.
One Size Does Not Fit All
Since the program you select can have a significant impact on your future, we’ve developed a number of rankings, including this “Best Value Philosophy & Religion Schools” list, to help you choose the best school for you.
In addition to our rankings, you can take two colleges and compare them based on the criteria that matters most to you in our unique tool, College Combat. If you’re torn between two schools, you can use it to help you see how they stack up against one another. Bookmark it so you can compare any new schools that might interest you.
Best Value Philosophy & Religion Schools
The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Philosophy & Religion Schools.
Top 1 Best Value Colleges for Philosophy & Religion
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Arizona State University - Tempe. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Best Value Philosophy & Religion Schools list. ASU - Tempe is a large school located in Tempe, Arizona that handed out 2 ’s philosophy and religion degrees in 2020-2021.
As a testament to the quality of education offered at ASU - Tempe, the school also landed the #1 spot in our “Best Philosophy & Religion Schools” ranking. The yearly cost to attend ASU - Tempe is $13,107 for philosophy & religion students.
With a freshman retention rate of 86%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students. The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 4.5%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Read more about Philosophy & Religion at Arizona State University - Tempe
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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
- *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.
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