2023 Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Philosophy & Religion Major

When pursuing a degree in today’s world, students have many different options to choose from. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Philosophy & Religion Major” ranking is part of that endeavor.

General Philosophy & Religious Studies is the 320th most popular major in the country with 184 degrees awarded in 2020-2021. In 2019-2020, philosophy and religious studies graduates who were awarded their degree in 2017-2019, earned an average of $0 and had an average of $0 in loans still to pay off.

At the associate degree level specifically, there were 2 philosophy and religious studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $35,806 and $19,336 respectively.

This year’s “Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Philosophy & Religion Major” ranking analyzed 4 colleges that offered a degree in philosophy and religious studies. The colleges and universities that top this list are recognized because their philosophy and religious studies program is one of the largest majors offered at the school.

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Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Philosophy & Religion Major

The colleges and universities below are the best for associate degree philosophy & religion students.

Top 4 Most Focused Associate Degree Colleges for General Philosophy & Religious Studies

1

Holmes Community College
Goodman, Mississippi

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Holmes Community College. The school came in at #1 for the Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Philosophy & Religion Major. Holmes Community College is a public institution located in Goodman, Mississippi. The school has a small population, and it awarded 2 associates’s degrees in 2020-2021.

Read full report on General Philosophy & Religious Studies at Holmes Community College

2

Messenger College
Euless, Texas

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Messenger College. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Philosophy & Religion Major list. Messenger College is a private not-for-profit institution located in Euless, Texas. The school has a small population, and it awarded 0 associates’s degrees in 2020-2021.

The undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 8 to 1 is a sign that students will have more opportunities to engage with their professors one-on-one.

Read more about General Philosophy & Religious Studies at Messenger College

2

Los Angeles Pierce College
Woodland Hills, California

Top 15% overall quality in United States

Out of the 4 schools in the Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Philosophy & Religion Major that were part of this year’s ranking, Los Angeles Pierce College landed the #2 spot on the list. Los Angeles Pierce College is a fairly large public school situated in Woodland Hills, California. It awarded 0 associates’s philosophy and religion degrees in 2020-2021.

Read full report on General Philosophy & Religious Studies at Los Angeles Pierce College

2

Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College
Perkinston, Mississippi

Out of the 4 schools in the Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Philosophy & Religion Major that were part of this year’s ranking, Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College landed the #2 spot on the list. Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College is a medium-sized school located in Perkinston, Mississippi that handed out 0 associates’s philosophy and religion degrees in 2020-2021.

Full Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College General Philosophy & Religious Studies Report

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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