2023 Most Focused Master’s Degree Colleges for Philosophy & Religion in the Southeast Region

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In 2020-2021, 184 people earned their degree in philosophy and religion, making the major the 833rd most popular in the United States.

Across the Southeast region, there were 82 philosophy and religion graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 6 philosophy and religion graduates with average earnings and debt of $55,213 and $0 respectively.

This year’s “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Philosophy & Religion Major in the Southeast Region” ranking analyzed 3 colleges that offered a degree in philosophy and religion. That schools that top this list have a program in philosophy and religion in which the largest percentage of students at the school are enrolled.

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Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Philosophy & Religion Major in the Southeast Region

The colleges and universities below are the best for southeast region master’s degree philosophy & religion students.

Top 3 Most Focused Master’s Degree Colleges for Philosophy & Religion in the Southeast Region

1

The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary
Louisville, Kentucky

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary. The school came in at #1 for the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Philosophy & Religion Major in the Southeast Region. SBTS is located in Louisville, Kentucky and, has a small student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 3 masters’s philosophy and religion degrees to qualified students.

Full SBTS Philosophy & Religion Report

2

Hampton University
Hampton, Virginia

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Hampton University. The school came in at #2 for the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Philosophy & Religion Major in the Southeast Region. Hampton is located in Hampton, Virginia and, has a small student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 2 masters’s philosophy and religion degrees to qualified students.

Full Hampton University Philosophy & Religion Report

3

Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary
Wake Forest, North Carolina

Out of the 3 schools in the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Philosophy & Religion Major in the Southeast Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary landed the #3 spot on the list. Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary is a private not-for-profit institution located in Wake Forest, North Carolina. The school has a small population, and it awarded 1 masters’s degrees in 2020-2021.

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

• Most Focused Master’s Degree Colleges for Philosophy & Religion

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

• *Avg Salary and Avg 4-Year Grad Rate 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

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