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2023 Best Value Philosophy & Religious Studies Doctor's Degree Schools in California

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

5 Colleges
$23,300 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$65,465 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Philosophy & Religious Studies Doctor's Degree School for You

Philosophy & Religious Studies is the #28 most popular major in California with 317 degrees and certificates awarded in 2020-2021.

Today's students have lots of options to pick from when considering higher education opportunities. 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.

The Best Value Philosophy & Religious Studies Doctor's Degree Schools in California ranking is one of many tools that Grad Degree Search has developed to help you make your educational decision. Our analysis looked at 5 schools in California to see which doctor's degree programs offered the best value experiences for philosophy and religious studies students with the aim of identifying those quality schools that are more affordable than some of their counterparts.

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. 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.

Our calculations use out-of-state tuition and fees in our nationwide and regional rankings. For statewide rankings, we use average in-state tuition and fees.

2023 Best Value Philosophy & Religious Studies Doctor’s Degree Schools in California

The following schools top our list of the Best Value Philosophy & Religious Studies Doctor's Degree Colleges.

Best California Schools for Affordable Quality for a Doctorate in Philosophy & Religious Studies

Our analysis found University of California - Santa Barbara to be the best value school for philosophy and religious studies students who want to pursue a doctor’s degree in California. UCSB is a fairly large public school located in the suburb of Santa Barbara.

In-state tuition fees for graduate students at UCSB are $13,581 per year.

Read full report on Philosophy & Religious Studies at University of California - Santa Barbara

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of California - Berkeley. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Best Value Philosophy & Religious Studies Doctor’s Degree Schools in California list. UC Berkeley is a fairly large public school located in the midsize city of Berkeley.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state graduate student at UC Berkeley are $14,160 a year.

UC Berkeley also made our Best Philosophy & Religious Studies Doctor’s Degree Schools in California list, coming in at #3.

Full Philosophy & Religious Studies at University of California - Berkeley Report

A rank of #3 on this year’s list means University of California - Riverside is a great value for philosophy and religious studies students working on their doctor’s degree. UCR is a very large public school located in the city of Riverside.

In-state tuition fees for graduate students at UCR are $13,467 per year.

Full Philosophy & Religious Studies at University of California - Riverside Report

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of California - Santa Cruz. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Best Value Philosophy & Religious Studies Doctor’s Degree Schools in California list. Located in the small city of Santa Cruz, UC Santa Cruz is a public college with a fairly large student population.

UC Santa Cruz graduate students pay an average of $13,895 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

Read full report on Philosophy & Religious Studies at University of California - Santa Cruz

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Southern California. It ranked #5 on our 2023 Best Value Philosophy & Religious Studies Doctor’s Degree Schools in California list. Located in the city of Los Angeles, USC is a private not-for-profit school with a very large student population.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state graduate student at USC are $61,396 a year.

On top of its placing in our value ranking, USC also did well on our Best Philosophy & Religious Studies Doctor’s Degree Schools in California list. It’s in the top 15% of all schools reviewed in this analysis.

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Best Value Philosophy & Religious Studies Colleges in the Far Western US Region

Explore all the Best Value Philosophy & Religious Studies Schools in the Far Western US Area or other specific states within that region.

State Degrees Awarded
Washington 10
Oregon 11
Nevada 3
Hawaii 10

Philosophy & Religious Studies Majors to Study

Major Annual Graduates
Religious Studies 1,769
Philosophy 1,220
Other Philosophy & Religious Studies 106
General Philosophy & Religious Studies 41

Related Major Annual Graduates
Visual & Performing Arts 18,379
Theology & Religious Vocations 17,287
English Language & Literature 9,566
Foreign Languages & Linguistics 4,163
Liberal Arts / Sciences & Humanities 2,680

Notes and References

*These averages are for the top 5 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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