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2023 Best Value Philosophy & Religious Studies Schools in California

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

7 Colleges
$22,103 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$30,148 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Philosophy & Religious Studies 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.

To help you arm yourself with the information you need to make your decision, Grad Degree Search has developed this Best Value Philosophy & Religious Studies Schools in California ranking. Our analysis looked at 7 schools in California to see which 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 Schools in California

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

Best California Schools for Affordable Quality in Philosophy & Religious Studies

#1

Biola University

La Mirada, CA
$44,382 Average Tuition & Fees

Our analysis found Biola University to be the best value school for philosophy and religious studies students who want to pursue a degree in California. Located in the large suburb of La Mirada, Biola is a private not-for-profit school with a moderately-sized student population.

Biola undergraduate students pay an average of $44,382 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

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$14,645 Average Tuition & Fees

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

UC Davis undergraduate students pay an average of $14,645 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

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$14,417 Average Tuition & Fees

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend University of California - Santa Barbara. The school came in at #3 on this year’s Best Value Philosophy & Religious Studies Schools in California list. UCSB is a fairly large public school located in the medium-sized suburb of Santa Barbara.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at UCSB are $14,417 a year.

UCSB excels when it comes to quality. It’s ranked in the top 20% of all schools on our Best Philosophy & Religious Studies Schools in California list.

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$14,226 Average Tuition & Fees

Out of the 7 schools in California that were part of this year’s ranking, University of California - Berkeley landed the # 4 spot on the list. UC Berkeley is a fairly large public school located in the midsize city of Berkeley.

In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at UC Berkeley are $14,226 per year.

UC Berkeley did well in our overall quality rankings, too. It placed #3 on our Best Philosophy & Religious Studies Schools in California list.

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$13,754 Average Tuition & Fees

A rank of #5 on this year’s list means University of California - Riverside is a great value for philosophy and religious studies students. UCR is a very large public school located in the large city of Riverside.

UCR undergraduate students pay an average of $13,754 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

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$14,070 Average Tuition & Fees

University of California - Santa Cruz did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best value schools for philosophy and religious studies students. It came in at #6 on the list. Located in the small city of Santa Cruz, UC Santa Cruz is a public school with a large student population.

UC Santa Cruz undergraduate students pay an average of $14,070 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

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$61,503 Average Tuition & Fees

With a ranking of #7, University of Southern California did quite well on this year’s best value schools for philosophy and religious studies students. Located in the city of Los Angeles, USC is a private not-for-profit college with a fairly large student population.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at USC are $61,503 a year.

USC also claimed a spot on our Best Philosophy & Religious Studies Schools in California list. It’s in the top 10% of all schools in this category.

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

Explore all the Best Value Philosophy & Religious Studies Colleges 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 7 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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