2022 Best Value Philosophy Schools for a Doctorate in Georgia

Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. Our mission at College Factual is to arm you with as much information as we can to help you make that decision. Our “Best Value Philosophy Schools for a Doctorate in Georgia” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.

Philosophy is the 81st most popular major in the country with 10,015 degrees awarded in 2019-2020. In 2017-2018, philosophy graduates who were awarded their degree in 2015-2017, earned an average of $29,067 and had an average of $22,199 in loans still to pay off.

Across Georgia, there were 196 philosophy graduates with average earnings and debt of $28,300 and $23,599 respectively. At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 9 philosophy graduates with average earnings and debt of $66,934 and $102,100 respectively.

Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent philosophy programs, but they also cost less that schools of similar quality.

When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the philosophy program at the school and the cost to attend the school once aid has been awarded. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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Best Value Philosophy Schools for a Doctorate in Georgia

The colleges and universities below are the best for georgia doctor’s degree philosophy students.

Top 2 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Philosophy in Georgia

#1

University of Georgia

Athens, Georgia

#2 in overall quality

$27,476 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Georgia. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value Philosophy Schools for a Doctorate in Georgia. This large school is located in Athens, Georgia, and it awarded 3 doctorate’s philosophy degrees in 2019-2020.

UGA also made our “Best Philosophy Doctor’s Degree Schools in Georgia” list, coming in at #2. Average graduate tuition and fees at UGA are $27,476, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Full UGA Philosophy Report

#1

Emory University

Atlanta, Georgia

#1 in overall quality

$44,676 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 1 schools in the Best Value Philosophy Schools for a Doctorate in Georgia that were part of this year’s ranking, Emory University landed the #1 spot on the list. Emory is located in Atlanta, Georgia and, has a fairly large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 6 doctorate’s philosophy degrees to qualified students.

Emory did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Philosophy Doctor’s Degree Schools in Georgia” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at Emory University are $44,676, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Full Emory University Philosophy Report

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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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