2023 Best Other Philosophy & Religious Studies Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Veterans in the Southeast Region
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Ranked Colleges
118
Degrees Awarded
$34,000
Avg Cost*
When it comes to choosing a college, veterans have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Most Veteran Friendly in the Southeast Region for Other Philosophy & Religious Studies for a Bachelor’s” ranking is part of that endeavor.
In 2020-2021, 285 people earned their degree in other philosophy and religious studies, making the major the 708th most popular in the United States.
Across the Southeast region, there were 126 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 118 other philosophy and religious studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $37,400 and $27,180 respectively.
This ranking identifies schools with high-quality other philosophy and religious studies programs as well as strong veteran support.
To come up with these rankings, we looked at factors such as veteran satisfaction, veteran affordability, and overall quality of the other philosophy and religious studies program at the school. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.
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When choosing the right school for you, it’s important to arm yourself with all the facts you can. To that end, we’ve created a number of major-specific rankings, including this “Most Veteran Friendly in the Southeast Region for Other Philosophy & Religious Studies for a Bachelor’s” list to help you make the college decision.
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Most Veteran Friendly in the Southeast Region for Other Philosophy & Religious Studies for a Bachelor’s
The following schools top our list of the Best “Most Veteran Friendly in the Southeast Region for Other Philosophy & Religious Studies for a Bachelor’s”.
Top 1 Best Other Philosophy & Religious Studies Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Veterans in the Southeast Region
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 Most Veteran Friendly in the Southeast Region for Other Philosophy & Religious Studies for a Bachelor’s. JMU is a large school located in Harrisonburg, Virginia that handed out 22 bachelors’s other philosophy and religious studies degrees in 2020-2021.
JMU not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #1 on our “Best Other Philosophy & Religious Studies Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” list.According to our most recent data, JMU supports 21,594 students, and 842 of those are GI Bill® students, of which 464 are Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average Post-9/11 GI Bill® award for tuition and fees at the school was $5,824. To help with additional expenses, 3 students qualified for the Yellow Ribbon Program. Students may be able to receive credit for their military training, depending on their background.
The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 89%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. The low undergrad student loan default rate of [DEFAULT_RATE_STRING]% 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%.
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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).
- Veteran-specific data can be found at the U.S. Department of Veteran Affairs.
- 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
- *Avg Salary and Avg 4-Year Grad Rate are for the top schools only.
- **GI Bill® student total includes all chapters of the GI Bill® program (e.g., Post-9/11, Montgomery GI Bill, Reserve Education Assistance Program, and Veteran Readiness and Employment)
- 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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