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2023 Best Value Philosophy Doctor's Degree Schools in the New England Region

Identifying Quality Schools at More Affordable Prices

3 Colleges
$41,650 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$96,764 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Philosophy Doctor's Degree School for You

Philosophy is the #129 most popular major in the country with 1,220 degrees and certificates awarded in 2020-2021.

There are lots of options to pick from today when trying to decide which program is right for you. You can choose a traditional brick and mortar school, or with the growth of online education, you can attend a school half-way across the country without even leaving your house. Also there are many trade schools that offer short-term programs that open up more career options.

To assist you in seeing some of the education options that are available to you, Grad Degree Search has created its Best Value Philosophy Doctor's Degree Schools in the New England Region ranking. This report analyzed 3 schools in the New England Region to see which ones offered the best value doctor's degree programs for philosophy students. The goal was to highlight schools with more affordable prices than others offering similar quality experiences.

When determining this ranking, we place a high emphasis on the school's quality as well as its sticker price. Even though a college may be affordable, it may not offer value. More specifically, we discount our quality score by the published tuition and fees charged by a school. This gives the cost per unit of quality for each college. The value is determined by how much quality your dollar buys.

Our calculations use out-of-state tuition and fees in our nationwide and regional rankings. Average in-state tuition and fees are used for our statewide rankings.

2023 Best Value Philosophy Doctor’s Degree Schools in the New England Region

The colleges and universities below are the best value schools for philosophy majors pursuing a doctor's degree.

Best New England Region Schools for Affordable Quality for a Doctorate in Philosophy

#1

Boston College

Chestnut Hill, MA

Our 2023 rankings named Boston College the best value school in the New England Region for philosophy students working on their doctor’s degree. Boston College is a large private not-for-profit school located in the small city of Chestnut Hill.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at Boston College are $32,722 a year.

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Out of the 3 schools in the New England Region that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Massachusetts Amherst landed the # 2 spot on the list. Located in the suburb of Amherst, UMass Amherst is a public college with a very large student population.

UMass Amherst graduate students pay an average of $32,809 in tuition and fees each year.

Read full report on Philosophy at University of Massachusetts Amherst

#3

Boston University

Boston, MA

A rank of #3 on this year’s list means Boston University is a great value for philosophy students working on their doctor’s degree. Located in the large city of Boston, Boston U is a private not-for-profit school with a fairly large student population.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at Boston U are $59,418 a year.

On top of its placing in our value ranking, Boston U also did well on our Best Philosophy Doctor’s Degree Schools in the New England Region list. It’s in the top 20% of all schools reviewed in this analysis.

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Best Philosophy Colleges by State

Explore the best philosophy schools for a specific state in the New England region.

State Degrees Awarded
Massachusetts 81
Connecticut 57
Rhode Island 2

Philosophy is one of 3 different types of programs to choose from.

Majors Similar to Philosophy

Related Major Annual Graduates
Religious Studies 1,769
Other Philosophy & Religious Studies 106
General Philosophy & Religious Studies 41

Notes and References

*These averages are for the top 3 schools only.

  • 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 the rest 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).

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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