2022 Best Value Other Philosophy & Religious Studies Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region

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 in the Southeast Region” ranking is part of that endeavor.

In 2019-2020, 304 people earned their degree in other philosophy and religious studies, making the major the 690th most popular in the United States.

Across the Southeast region, there were 117 other philosophy and religious studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 113 other philosophy and religious studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $36,277 and $25,415 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Other Philosophy & Religious Studies Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region” ranking analyzed 2 colleges that offered 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 in the Southeast Region

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Other Philosophy & Religious Studies Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region.

Top 2 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Other Philosophy & Religious Studies in the Southeast Region

#1

James Madison University

Harrisonburg, Virginia

#1 in overall quality

$22,169 Average Net Price

Out of the 2 schools in the Best Value Other Philosophy & Religious Studies Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region that were part of this year’s ranking, James Madison University landed the #1 spot on the list. James Madison University is a large school located in Harrisonburg, Virginia that handed out 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 in the Southeast Region” list. The yearly cost to attend JMU is $22,169 for southeast region bachelor’s degree other philosophy & religious studies students.

Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 89%. The low student loan default rate of 2.3% 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%.

Read more about Other Philosophy & Religious Studies at James Madison University

#2

University of North Carolina at Wilmington

Wilmington, North Carolina

#2 in overall quality

$19,055 Average Net Price

Out of the 2 schools in the Best Value Other Philosophy & Religious Studies Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region that were part of this year’s ranking, University of North Carolina at Wilmington landed the #2 spot on the list. University of North Carolina at Wilmington is a public institution located in Wilmington, North Carolina. The school has a fairly large population, and it awarded 15 bachelors’s degrees in 2019-2020.

UNCW not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #2 on our “Best Other Philosophy & Religious Studies Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” list. The yearly cost to attend University of North Carolina at Wilmington is $19,055 for Southeast Region Bachelor’s Degree Other Philosophy & Religious Studies students.

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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