2023 Best Value Philosophy Graduate Certificate Schools
Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing
Finding the Best Philosophy Graduate Certificate School for You
In 2020-2021, 1,220 people earned a degree or certificate in philosophy, making the major the #129 most popular in the United States.
It's not easy to decide which program to enroll in when you have so many options available. As online education oppotunities continue to grow, you're not restricted to just schools in your local area anymore. Even some of the 'big name' schools are offering online courses. Also, there are a number of trade schools with offerings that you might find attractive.
To assist you in seeing some of the education options that are available to you, Grad Degree Search has created its Best Value Philosophy Graduate Certificate Schools ranking. This report analyzed 2 schools in the United States to see which ones offered the best value graduate certificate programs for philosophy students. The goal was to highlight schools with more affordable prices than others offering similar quality experiences.
Our ranking of value is based on the quality of a program as defined in our per sticker price dollar. Specifically, our score for quality is discounted by the published tuition and fees charged by the given college. This gives the cost per unit of quality for each college. The more quality your dollar buys, the better the value.
In our regional and nationwide rankings, out-of-state tution and fees are used in our calculations. For statewide rankings, we use average in-state tuition and fees.
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2023 Best Value Philosophy Graduate Certificate Schools in the United States
The colleges and universities below are the best value schools for philosophy majors pursuing a graduate certificate.
Best Schools for Affordable Quality for a Postbaccalaureate Certificates in Philosophy
Our analysis found Duke University to be the best value school for philosophy students who want to pursue a graduate certificate in the United States. Duke is a fairly large private not-for-profit school located in the large city of Durham.
The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at Duke are $59,141 a year.
Duke excels when it comes to quality. It’s ranked in the top 5% of all schools on our Best Philosophy Graduate Certificate Schools list.
The excellent graduate certificate programs at Columbia University in the City of New York helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the best value philosophy schools in the United States. Located in the city of New York, Columbia is a private not-for-profit college with a fairly large student population.
The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at Columbia are $52,924 a year.
As a testament to the quality of education it offers, Columbia also is in the top 15% of our Best Philosophy Graduate Certificate Schools ranking.
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Philosophy by Region
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Philosophy Related Majors for Philosophy
One of 3 majors within the area of study, philosophy has other similar majors worth exploring.
Most Popular Related Majors
| Related Major | Annual Graduates |
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| Religious Studies | 1,769 |
| Other Philosophy & Religious Studies | 106 |
| General Philosophy & Religious Studies | 41 |
Notes and References
*These averages are for the top 2 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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