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2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Philosophy & Religion Major

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Schools for a Master's Highly Focused on Philosophy & Religion Major

When pursuing a degree in today’s world, students have many different options to choose from. College Factual has developed its “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Philosophy & Religion Major” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.

In 2020-2021, 184 people earned their degree in philosophy and religious studies, making the major the 320th most popular in the United States. 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 master’s degree level specifically, there were 15 philosophy and religious studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $58,425 and $0 respectively.

This year’s “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Philosophy & Religion Major” ranking analyzed 10 colleges that offered a degree in philosophy and religious studies. That schools that top this list have a program in philosophy and religious studies 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

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

Top 10 Most Focused Master’s Degree Colleges for General Philosophy & Religious Studies

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Claremont School of Theology
Claremont, California

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Claremont School of Theology. The school came in at #1 for the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Philosophy & Religion Major. Claremont School of Theology is a small school located in Claremont, California that handed out 1 masters’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. 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%.

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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Oklahoma Christian University. The school came in at #2 for the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Philosophy & Religion Major. This small school is located in Edmond, Oklahoma, and it awarded 4 masters’s philosophy and religion degrees in 2020-2021.

The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 4.8%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

Full Oklahoma Christian University General Philosophy & Religious Studies Report

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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary. The school came in at #3 for the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Philosophy & Religion Major. Located in Louisville, Kentucky, this small private not-for-profit school awarded 3 diplomas to qualified masters’s philosophy and religion students in 2020-2021.

Full The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary General Philosophy & Religious Studies Report

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Hampton University
Hampton, Virginia

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Hampton University. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Philosophy & Religion Major list. Hampton, Virginia is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out masters’s philosophy and religion degrees to 2 students in 2020-2021.

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Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary
Wake Forest, North Carolina

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary. It ranked #5 on our 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Philosophy & Religion Major 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.

Full SEBTS General Philosophy & Religious Studies Report

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Yale University
New Haven, Connecticut

Yale University did quite well in the 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Philosophy & Religion Major ranking, coming in at #6. Yale is located in New Haven, Connecticut and, has a fairly large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 4 masters’s philosophy and religion degrees to qualified students.

The impressive undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 4 to 1 means that students may have more opportunities to work more closely with their professors than they would at other schools. The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 0.7%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

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Harvard University
Cambridge, Massachusetts

With a ranking of #7, Harvard University did quite well on the 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Philosophy & Religion Major list. Harvard University is a large private not-for-profit school situated in Cambridge, Massachusetts. It awarded 4 masters’s philosophy and religion degrees in 2020-2021.

The low undergrad student loan default rate of 0.9% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%. The impressive undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 5 to 1 means that students may have more opportunities to work more closely with their professors than they would at other schools.

Full Harvard University General Philosophy & Religious Studies Report

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Lincoln Christian University did quite well in the 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Philosophy & Religion Major ranking, coming in at #7. This small school is located in Lincoln, Illinois, and it awarded 0 masters’s philosophy and religion degrees in 2020-2021.

The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 5.0%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

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University of St. Thomas did quite well in the 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Philosophy & Religion Major ranking, coming in at #7. Located in Houston, Texas, this small private not-for-profit school handed out 0 degrees to qualified masters’s philosophy and religion students in 2020-2021.

The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 3.7%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.

Read more about General Philosophy & Religious Studies at University of St. Thomas

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Institute of Lutheran Theology
Brookings, South Dakota

Institute of Lutheran Theology came in at #7 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Philosophy & Religion Major ranking. Institute of Lutheran Theology is a popular private not-for-profit school situated in Brookings, South Dakota. It awarded 0 masters’s philosophy and religion degrees in 2020-2021.

Since the school has a undergrad student-to-faculty ratio of to 1, those pursuing a degree will have more opportunities to interact with their professors.

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