2023 Most Popular Associate Degree Colleges for Philosophy & Religious Studies in Virginia

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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 Virginia, there were 1,259 philosophy and religious studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $26,160 and $25,270 respectively. At the associate degree level specifically, there were 82 philosophy and religious studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $33,630 and $19,964 respectively.

For this year’s “Most Well Attended Philosophy & Religious Studies Major in Virginia for an Associate” ranking, we looked at 2 colleges that offer a degree in philosophy and religious studies. To top this list, a school must have a successful philosophy and religious studies program that graduates more students in the field than other colleges that offer the same major.

For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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Most Well Attended Philosophy & Religious Studies Major in Virginia for an Associate

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

Top 2 Most Popular Associate Degree Colleges for Philosophy & Religious Studies in Virginia

1

Liberty University
Lynchburg, Virginia

#13 overall quality in Virginia

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Liberty University. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Most Well Attended Philosophy & Religious Studies Major in Virginia for an Associate list. This large school is located in Lynchburg, Virginia, and it awarded 72 associates’s philosophy and religious studies degrees in 2020-2021.

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Regent University
Virginia Beach, Virginia

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Regent University. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Most Well Attended Philosophy & Religious Studies Major in Virginia for an Associate list. Regent is located in Virginia Beach, Virginia and, has a fairly large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 10 associates’s philosophy and religious studies degrees to qualified students.

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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

• *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.