2023 Most Focused Doctor’s Degree Colleges for General Philosophy & Religious Studies

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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 doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 22 philosophy and religious studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $75,260 and $0 respectively.

This year’s “Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Philosophy & Religion Major” ranking looked at 5 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s 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 a Doctorate Highly Focused on Philosophy & Religion Major

The following schools top our list of the Best “Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Philosophy & Religion Major”.

Top 5 Most Focused Doctor’s Degree Colleges for General Philosophy & Religious Studies

1

Omega Graduate School
Dayton, Tennessee

Out of the 5 schools in the Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Philosophy & Religion Major that were part of this year’s ranking, Omega Graduate School landed the #1 spot on the list. This small school is located in Dayton, Tennessee, and it awarded 2 doctorate’s philosophy and religion degrees in 2020-2021.

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

Read full report on General Philosophy & Religious Studies at Omega Graduate School

2

Iliff School of Theology
Denver, Colorado

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Iliff School of Theology. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Philosophy & Religion Major list. Located in Denver, Colorado, this small private not-for-profit school awarded 8 diplomas to qualified doctorate’s philosophy and religion students in 2020-2021.

With a undergrad student-to-faculty ratio of to 1, it’s easy to see that the school is committed to helping their undergraduates succeed. The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 2.0%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.

Full Iliff School of Theology General Philosophy & Religious Studies Report

3

Claremont School of Theology
Claremont, California

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Claremont School of Theology. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Philosophy & Religion Major list. This small school is located in Claremont, California, and it awarded 8 doctorate’s philosophy and religion degrees in 2020-2021.

With a undergrad student-to-faculty ratio of to 1, it’s easy to see that the school is committed to helping their undergraduates succeed. The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 4.6%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

Read more about General Philosophy & Religious Studies at Claremont School of Theology

4

United Lutheran Seminary
Gettysburg, Pennsylvania

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend United Lutheran Seminary. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Philosophy & Religion Major list. This small school is located in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, and it awarded 2 doctorate’s philosophy and religion degrees in 2020-2021.

With a undergrad student-to-faculty ratio of to 1, it’s easy to see that the school is committed to helping their undergraduates succeed.

Read full report on General Philosophy & Religious Studies at ULS

5

Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary
Wake Forest, North Carolina

Out of the 5 schools in the Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Philosophy & Religion Major that were part of this year’s ranking, Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary landed the #5 spot on the list. Located in Wake Forest, North Carolina, this small private not-for-profit school handed out 2 diplomas to qualified doctorate’s philosophy and religion students in 2020-2021.

Read full report on General Philosophy & Religious Studies at SEBTS

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

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