2022 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Philosophy & Religion

Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. 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 for a Bachelor’s” ranking is part of that endeavor.

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 bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 128 philosophy and religion graduates with average earnings and debt of $38,303 and $24,501 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Philosophy & Religion Schools for a Bachelor’s” ranking analyzed 3 colleges that offered a degree in philosophy and religion. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality philosophy and religion programs that also have a lower cost than 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. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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The philosophy & religion school you choose to invest your time and money in matters. To help you make the decision that is right for you, we’ve developed a number of major-specific rankings, including this list of “Best Value Philosophy & Religion Schools for a Bachelor’s”.

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Best Value Philosophy & Religion Schools for a Bachelor’s

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Philosophy & Religion Schools for a Bachelor’s.

Top 3 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Philosophy & Religion

#1

Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary

Wake Forest, North Carolina

#1 in overall quality

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 Bachelor’s list. This small school is located in Wake Forest, North Carolina, and it awarded 4 bachelors’s philosophy and religion degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at SEBTS, the school also landed the #1 spot in our “Best Philosophy & Religion Bachelor’s Degree Schools” ranking.

The impressive student-to-faculty ratio of 10 to 1 means that students may have more opportunities to work more closely with their professors than they would at other schools.

Full Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary Philosophy & Religion Report

#2

Central Washington University

Ellensburg, Washington

#3 in overall quality

$15,397 Average Net Price

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Central Washington University. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Philosophy & Religion Schools for a Bachelor’s list. CWU is located in Ellensburg, Washington and, has a fairly large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 14 bachelors’s philosophy and religion degrees to qualified students.

CWU not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #3 on our “Best Philosophy & Religion Bachelor’s Degree Schools” list. The estimated yearly cost for CWU is $15,397 for bachelor’s degree philosophy & religion students.

Full Central Washington University Philosophy & Religion Report

#3

Colgate University

Hamilton, New York

#2 in overall quality

$25,834 Average Net Price

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Colgate University. The school came in at #3 for the Best Value Philosophy & Religion Schools for a Bachelor’s. Colgate University is a private not-for-profit institution located in Hamilton, New York. The school has a small population, and it awarded 5 bachelors’s degrees in 2019-2020.

Colgate also took the #2 spot in our “Best Philosophy & Religion Bachelor’s Degree Schools” ranking. The yearly cost to attend Colgate is $25,834 for bachelor’s degree philosophy & religion students.

Since the school has a student-to-faculty ratio of 9 to 1, those pursuing a degree will have more opportunities to interact with their professors. The student loan default rate at the school is 2.4%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 94%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.

Read full report on Philosophy & Religion at Colgate University

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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