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2022 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Other Philosophy & Religious Studies (With Aid)

5 Ranked Colleges
202 Degrees Awarded
$22,500 Avg Net Price*
Best Value Other Philosophy & Religious Studies Schools for a Bachelor's For Those Getting Aid

It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. 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 Getting Aid” 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.

For this year’s “Best Value Other Philosophy & Religious Studies Schools for a Bachelor’s For Those Getting Aid” ranking, we looked at 5 colleges that offer a degree in other philosophy and religious studies. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality other philosophy and religious studies programs that also have a lower cost than schools of similar quality.

Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the other philosophy and religious studies program at the school and the cost of the school after aid is awarded among other things. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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Best Value Other Philosophy & Religious Studies Schools for a Bachelor’s For Those Getting Aid

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Other Philosophy & Religious Studies Schools for a Bachelor’s For Those Getting Aid.

Top 5 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Other Philosophy & Religious Studies (With Aid)

#1

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 #1 for the Best Value Other Philosophy & Religious Studies Schools for a Bachelor’s For Those Getting Aid. 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. It costs about $22,169 for bachelor’s degree other philosophy & religious studies students with aid per year to attend James Madison University.

The student loan default rate at the school is 2.3%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 89%.

Full JMU Other Philosophy & Religious Studies Report

#2 in overall quality

Out of the 5 schools in the Best Value Other Philosophy & Religious Studies Schools for a Bachelor’s For Those Getting Aid that were part of this year’s ranking, Columbia University in the City of New York landed the #2 spot on the list. Columbia University in the City of New York is located in New York, New York and, has a large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 16 bachelors’s other philosophy and religious studies degrees to qualified students.

Columbia did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our “Best Other Philosophy & Religious Studies Bachelor’s Degree Schools” list. The estimated yearly cost for Columbia is $23,306 for Bachelor’s Degree Other Philosophy & Religious Studies students with aid.

The impressive student-to-faculty ratio of 6 to 1 means that students may have more opportunities to work more closely with their professors than they would at other schools. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 95%. 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%.

Full Columbia Other Philosophy & Religious Studies Report

#3

San Francisco State University

San Francisco, California
#4 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend San Francisco State University. It ranked #3 on our 2022 Best Value Other Philosophy & Religious Studies Schools for a Bachelor’s For Those Getting Aid list. San Francisco State University is a large public school situated in San Francisco, California. It awarded 9 bachelors’s other philosophy and religious studies degrees in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our bachelor’s degree other philosophy & religious studies students with aid list, SFSU has also earned the #4 rank in our “Best Other Philosophy & Religious Studies Bachelor’s Degree Schools” ranking. The yearly cost to attend San Francisco State University is $15,113 for bachelor’s degree other philosophy & religious studies students with aid.

Read more about Other Philosophy & Religious Studies at San Francisco State University

#4

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 #4 on our 2022 Best Value Other Philosophy & Religious Studies Schools for a Bachelor’s For Those Getting Aid list. UNCW is a fairly large school located in Wilmington, North Carolina that handed out 15 bachelors’s other philosophy and religious studies degrees in 2019-2020.

UNCW not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #5 on our “Best Other Philosophy & Religious Studies Bachelor’s Degree Schools” list. The yearly cost to attend UNCW is $19,055 for Bachelor’s Degree Other Philosophy & Religious Studies students with aid.

The school has an impressive student loan default rate. It’s only 3.9%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

Full UNCW Other Philosophy & Religious Studies Report

#5

University of Notre Dame

Notre Dame, Indiana
#3 in overall quality

Out of the 5 schools in the Best Value Other Philosophy & Religious Studies Schools for a Bachelor’s For Those Getting Aid that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Notre Dame landed the #5 spot on the list. This fairly large school is located in Notre Dame, Indiana, and it awarded 4 bachelors’s other philosophy and religious studies degrees in 2019-2020.

Notre Dame did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #3 on our “Best Other Philosophy & Religious Studies Bachelor’s Degree Schools” list. The estimated yearly cost for University of Notre Dame is $33,025 for bachelor’s degree other philosophy & religious studies students with aid.

Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 97%. The impressive student-to-faculty ratio of 9 to 1 means that students may have more opportunities to work more closely with their professors than they would at other schools. The student loan default rate at the school is 0.7%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.

Read more about Other Philosophy & Religious Studies at University of Notre Dame

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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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