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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

Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. College Factual has developed its “Best Value Other Philosophy & Religious Studies Schools for a Bachelor’s For Those Making $30-$48k” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.

Other Philosophy & Religious Studies is the 296th most popular major in the country with 304 degrees awarded in 2019-2020. In 2017-2018, other philosophy and religious studies graduates who were awarded their degree in 2015-2017, earned an average of $35,150 and had an average of $23,236 in loans still to pay off.

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 looked at 5 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s 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 Making $30-$48k

The colleges and universities below are the best for bachelor’s degree other philosophy & religious studies students whose families make $30-$48k.

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

#2 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Columbia University in the City of New York. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value Other Philosophy & Religious Studies Schools for a Bachelor’s For Those Making $30-$48k. Columbia is a large school located in New York, New York that handed out 16 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 whose families make $30-$48k list, Columbia has also earned the #2 rank in our “Best Other Philosophy & Religious Studies Bachelor’s Degree Schools” ranking. It costs about $4,287 for bachelor’s degree other philosophy & religious studies students whose families make $30-$48k per year to attend Columbia.

Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 95%. Since the school has a student-to-faculty ratio of 6 to 1, those pursuing a degree will have more opportunities to interact with their professors. 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

#2

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 Making $30-$48k that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Notre Dame landed the #2 spot on the list. 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 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 Notre Dame is $15,609 for bachelor’s degree other philosophy & religious studies students whose families make $30-$48k.

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 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 school has an impressive student loan default rate. It’s only 0.7%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

Full University of Notre Dame Other Philosophy & Religious Studies Report

#3

James Madison University

Harrisonburg, Virginia

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend James Madison University. It ranked #3 on our 2022 Best Value Other Philosophy & Religious Studies Schools for a Bachelor’s For Those Making $30-$48k list. JMU is a large school located in Harrisonburg, Virginia that handed out 26 bachelors’s other philosophy and religious studies degrees in 2019-2020.

JMU also took the #1 spot in our “Best Other Philosophy & Religious Studies Bachelor’s Degree Schools” ranking. The yearly cost to attend JMU is $15,726 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 2.3%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. With a freshman retention rate of 89%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its students.

Full JMU Other Philosophy & Religious Studies Report

#4

San Francisco State University

San Francisco, California
#4 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend San Francisco State University. The school came in at #4 for the Best Value Other Philosophy & Religious Studies Schools for a Bachelor’s For Those Making $30-$48k. San Francisco, California is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s other philosophy and religious studies degrees to 9 students in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our bachelor’s degree other philosophy & religious studies students whose families make $30-$48k 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 $12,517 for Bachelor’s Degree Other Philosophy & Religious Studies students whose families make $30-$48k.

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#5

University of North Carolina at Wilmington

Wilmington, North Carolina

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, University of North Carolina at Wilmington landed the #5 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.

In addition to being on our bachelor’s degree other philosophy & religious studies students whose families make $30-$48k list, UNCW has also earned the #5 rank 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 UNCW.

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%.

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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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