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2022 Best Value Other Philosophy & Religious Studies Schools for a Bachelor’s For Those Making $30-$48k

5 Ranked Colleges
202 Degrees Awarded
$12,500 Avg Net Price*
Best Value Other Philosophy & Religious Studies Schools for a Bachelor's For Those Making $30-$48k

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 “Best Value Other Philosophy & Religious Studies Schools for a Bachelor’s For Those Making $30-$48k” ranking is part of that endeavor.

Other Philosophy & Religious Studies is the 690th most popular major in the country with 304 degrees awarded in 2019-2020.

At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 202 other philosophy and religious studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $38,303 and $24,501 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Other Philosophy & Religious Studies Schools for a Bachelor’s For Those Making $30-$48k” ranking analyzed 5 colleges that offered a degree in other philosophy and religious studies. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great other philosophy and religious studies programs and cost less that schools of similar quality.

When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the other philosophy and religious studies program at the school and the cost to attend the school once aid has been awarded. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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Best Value Other Philosophy & Religious Studies Schools for a Bachelor’s For Those Making $30-$48k

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Other Philosophy & Religious Studies Schools for a Bachelor’s For Those Making $30-$48k.

Top 5 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Other Philosophy & Religious Studies (Income $30-$48k)

#2 in overall quality

Out of the 5 schools in the Best Value Other Philosophy & Religious Studies Schools for a Bachelor’s For Those Making $30-$48k that were part of this year’s ranking, Columbia University in the City of New York landed the #1 spot on the list. Columbia is a private not-for-profit institution located in New York, New York. The school has a large population, and it awarded 16 bachelors’s degrees in 2019-2020.

Columbia also took the #2 spot in our “Best Other Philosophy & Religious Studies Bachelor’s Degree Schools” ranking. The yearly cost to attend Columbia is $4,287 for Bachelor’s Degree Other Philosophy & Religious Studies students whose families make $30-$48k.

The school has an impressive student loan default rate. It’s only 2.1%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. The student-to-faculty ratio of 6 to 1 is a sign that students will have more opportunities to engage with their professors one-on-one. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 95%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.

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#2

University of Notre Dame

Notre Dame, Indiana
#3 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Notre Dame. The school came in at #2 for the Best Value Other Philosophy & Religious Studies Schools for a Bachelor’s For Those Making $30-$48k. University of Notre Dame is a fairly large school located in Notre Dame, Indiana that handed out 4 bachelors’s other philosophy and religious studies degrees in 2019-2020.

Notre Dame also took the #3 spot in our “Best Other Philosophy & Religious Studies Bachelor’s Degree Schools” ranking. It costs about $15,609 for Bachelor’s Degree Other Philosophy & Religious Studies students whose families make $30-$48k per year to attend Notre Dame.

The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 97%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. The student-to-faculty ratio of 9 to 1 is a sign that students will have more opportunities to engage with their professors one-on-one. The low student loan default rate of 0.7% 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%.

Full University of Notre Dame Other Philosophy & Religious Studies Report

#3

James Madison University

Harrisonburg, Virginia
#1 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend James Madison University. The school came in at #3 for the Best Value Other Philosophy & Religious Studies Schools for a Bachelor’s For Those Making $30-$48k. James Madison University is a large public school situated in Harrisonburg, Virginia. It awarded 26 bachelors’s other philosophy and religious studies degrees in 2019-2020.

JMU did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Other Philosophy & Religious Studies Bachelor’s Degree Schools” list. The yearly cost to attend James Madison University is $15,726 for bachelor’s degree other philosophy & religious studies students whose families make $30-$48k.

Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 89%. The school has an impressive student loan default rate. It’s only 2.3%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

Full JMU Other Philosophy & Religious Studies Report

#4

San Francisco State University

San Francisco, California
#4 in overall quality

Out of the 5 schools in the Best Value Other Philosophy & Religious Studies Schools for a Bachelor’s For Those Making $30-$48k that were part of this year’s ranking, San Francisco State University landed the #4 spot on the list. San Francisco State University is a large school located in San Francisco, California that handed out 9 bachelors’s other philosophy and religious studies degrees in 2019-2020.

SFSU did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #4 on our “Best Other Philosophy & Religious Studies Bachelor’s Degree Schools” list. It costs about $12,517 for Bachelor’s Degree Other Philosophy & Religious Studies students whose families make $30-$48k per year to attend SFSU.

Full SFSU Other Philosophy & Religious Studies Report

#5

University of North Carolina at Wilmington

Wilmington, North Carolina
#5 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of North Carolina at Wilmington. It ranked #5 on our 2022 Best Value Other Philosophy & Religious Studies Schools for a Bachelor’s For Those Making $30-$48k list. Located in Wilmington, North Carolina, this fairly large public school handed out 15 degrees to qualified bachelors’s other philosophy and religious studies students in 2019-2020.

UNCW also took the #5 spot in our “Best Other Philosophy & Religious Studies Bachelor’s Degree Schools” ranking. It costs about $14,415 for Bachelor’s Degree Other Philosophy & Religious Studies students whose families make $30-$48k per year to attend University of North Carolina at Wilmington.

The student loan default rate at the school is 3.9%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.

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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.

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