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

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

3 Colleges
$33,367 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 Illinois with 147 degrees and certificates awarded in 2020-2021.

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.

The Best Value Philosophy & Religious Studies Doctor's Degree Schools in Illinois ranking is one of many tools that Grad Degree Search has developed to help you make your educational decision. Our analysis looked at 3 schools in Illinois 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.

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.

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

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

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

Our 2023 rankings named University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign the best value school in Illinois for philosophy and religious studies students working on their doctor’s degree. UIUC is a very large public school located in the small city of Champaign.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state graduate student at UIUC are $17,823 a year.

UIUC also made our Best Philosophy & Religious Studies Doctor’s Degree Schools in Illinois list, coming in at #4.

Read full report on Philosophy & Religious Studies at University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

#2

DePaul University

Chicago, IL

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend DePaul University. The school came in at #2 on this year’s Best Value Philosophy & Religious Studies Doctor’s Degree Schools in Illinois list. DePaul is a fairly large private not-for-profit school located in the city of Chicago.

DePaul graduate students pay an average of $18,341 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

Read full report on Philosophy & Religious Studies at DePaul University

#3

University of Chicago

Chicago, IL

A rank of #3 on this year’s list means University of Chicago is a great value for philosophy and religious studies students working on their doctor’s degree. Located in the large city of Chicago, UChicago is a private not-for-profit college with a large student population.

UChicago graduate students pay an average of $63,936 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

UChicago did well in our overall quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our Best Philosophy & Religious Studies Doctor’s Degree Schools in Illinois list.

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Best Value Philosophy & Religious Studies Colleges in the Great Lakes Region

Explore all the Best Value Philosophy & Religious Studies Colleges in the Great Lakes Area or other specific states within that region.

State Degrees Awarded
Indiana 58
Ohio 76
Wisconsin 33
Michigan 45

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 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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