2023 Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Philosophy & Religious Studies Major in the Plains States Region

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In 2020-2021, 19,993 people earned their degree in philosophy and religious studies, making the major the 28th most popular in the United States. In 2019-2020, philosophy and religious studies graduates who were awarded their degree in 2017-2019, earned an average of $31,946 and had an average of $22,275 in loans still to pay off.

Across the Plains States region, there were 1,008 philosophy and religious studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $29,875 and $21,549 respectively. At the associate degree level specifically, there were 0 philosophy and religious studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $36,723 and $22,140 respectively.

This year’s “Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Philosophy & Religious Studies Major in the Plains States Region” ranking looked at 4 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in philosophy and religious studies. That schools that top this list have a program in philosophy and religious studies in which the largest percentage of students at the school are enrolled.

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Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Philosophy & Religious Studies Major in the Plains States Region

The colleges and universities below are the best for plains states region associate degree philosophy & religious studies students.

Top 4 Most Focused Associate Degree Colleges for Philosophy & Religious Studies in the Plains States Region

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Presentation College
Aberdeen, South Dakota

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Presentation College. The school came in at #1 for the Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Philosophy & Religious Studies Major in the Plains States Region. Presentation College is a small private not-for-profit school situated in Aberdeen, South Dakota. It awarded 0 associates’s philosophy and religious studies degrees in 2020-2021.

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Barton County Community College
Great Bend, Kansas

Out of the 4 schools in the Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Philosophy & Religious Studies Major in the Plains States Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Barton County Community College landed the #1 spot on the list. Located in Great Bend, Kansas, this small public school handed out 0 degrees to qualified associates’s philosophy and religious studies students in 2020-2021.

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Crown College
Saint Bonifacius, Minnesota

Top 5% overall quality in Plains States

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Crown College. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Philosophy & Religious Studies Major in the Plains States Region list. Crown is a small private not-for-profit school situated in Saint Bonifacius, Minnesota. It awarded 27 associates’s philosophy and religious studies degrees in 2020-2021.

The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 4.7%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

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Butler Community College
El Dorado, Kansas

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Butler Community College. The school came in at #1 for the Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Philosophy & Religious Studies Major in the Plains States Region. Located in El Dorado, Kansas, this medium-sized public school awarded 0 diplomas to qualified associates’s philosophy and religious studies students in 2020-2021.

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• Most Focused Associate Degree Colleges for Philosophy & Religious Studies

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

• *Avg Salary and Avg 4-Year Grad Rate 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.