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2022 Best Value Philosophy & Religious Studies Schools for a Doctorate in Illinois

5 Ranked Colleges
39 Degrees Awarded
$37,400 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees*
Best Value Philosophy & Religious Studies Schools for a Doctorate in Illinois

It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. College Factual has developed its “Best Value Philosophy & Religious Studies Schools for a Doctorate in Illinois” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.

Philosophy & Religious Studies is the 29th most popular major in the country with 20,201 degrees awarded in 2019-2020. In 2017-2018, philosophy and religious studies graduates who were awarded their degree in 2015-2017, earned an average of $30,177 and had an average of $24,197 in loans still to pay off.

Across Illinois, there were 532 philosophy and religious studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $39,300 and $23,445 respectively. At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 39 philosophy and religious studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $75,900 and $148,219 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value Philosophy & Religious Studies Schools for a Doctorate in Illinois” ranking, we looked at 5 colleges that offer a degree in philosophy and religious studies. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great philosophy and religious studies programs and cost less that schools of similar quality.

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

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Best Value Philosophy & Religious Studies Schools for a Doctorate in Illinois

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Philosophy & Religious Studies Schools for a Doctorate in Illinois.

Top 5 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Philosophy & Religious Studies in Illinois

#3 in overall quality

Out of the 5 schools in the Best Value Philosophy & Religious Studies Schools for a Doctorate in Illinois that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign landed the #1 spot on the list. University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign is a large public school situated in Champaign, Illinois. It awarded 5 doctorate’s philosophy and religious studies degrees in 2019-2020.

UIUC did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #3 on our “Best Philosophy & Religious Studies Doctor’s Degree Schools in Illinois” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at UIUC are $30,083, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Full University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Philosophy & Religious Studies Report

#2

Loyola University Chicago

Chicago, Illinois
#4 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Loyola University Chicago. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Philosophy & Religious Studies Schools for a Doctorate in Illinois list. Loyola University Chicago is a fairly large private not-for-profit school situated in Chicago, Illinois. It awarded 4 doctorate’s philosophy and religious studies degrees in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our illinois doctor’s degree philosophy & religious studies students list, Loyola Chicago has also earned the #4 rank in our “Best Philosophy & Religious Studies Doctor’s Degree Schools in Illinois” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Loyola Chicago are $19,154, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Full Loyola University Chicago Philosophy & Religious Studies Report

#3

DePaul University

Chicago, Illinois
#5 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend DePaul University. It ranked #3 on our 2022 Best Value Philosophy & Religious Studies Schools for a Doctorate in Illinois list. Chicago, Illinois is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out doctorate’s philosophy and religious studies degrees to 6 students in 2019-2020.

DePaul not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #5 on our “Best Philosophy & Religious Studies Doctor’s Degree Schools in Illinois” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at DePaul are $19,760, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Read more about Philosophy & Religious Studies at DePaul University

#4

Northwestern University

Evanston, Illinois
#2 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Northwestern University. The school came in at #4 for the Best Value Philosophy & Religious Studies Schools for a Doctorate in Illinois. Located in Evanston, Illinois, this large private not-for-profit school handed out 5 degrees to qualified doctorate’s philosophy and religious studies students in 2019-2020.

Northwestern also took the #2 spot in our “Best Philosophy & Religious Studies Doctor’s Degree Schools in Illinois” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Northwestern University are $56,567, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read full report on Philosophy & Religious Studies at Northwestern

#5

University of Chicago

Chicago, Illinois
#1 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Chicago. The school came in at #5 for the Best Value Philosophy & Religious Studies Schools for a Doctorate in Illinois. Chicago, Illinois is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out doctorate’s philosophy and religious studies degrees to 4 students in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our illinois doctor’s degree philosophy & religious studies students list, UChicago has also earned the #1 rank in our “Best Philosophy & Religious Studies Doctor’s Degree Schools in Illinois” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at UChicago are $61,548, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Full University of Chicago Philosophy & Religious Studies 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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