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2023 Best Value Philosophy & Religious Studies Graduate Certificate Schools

Identifying Quality Schools at More Affordable Prices

6 Colleges
$40,851 Avg Tuition & Fees*

Finding the Best Philosophy & Religious Studies Graduate Certificate School for You

Philosophy & Religious Studies is the #28 most popular major in the country with 3,136 degrees and certificates awarded in 2020-2021.

When it comes to higher education, there are a lot of options for students. Along with traditional schools that require in-person attendence, you can attend one of many reputable online schools. Some programs even offer a hybrid experience. Alternatively, you may choose a trade school that prepares you to enter the workforce with knowledge in a specific field.

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 Graduate Certificate Schools ranking. Our analysis looked at 6 schools in the United States to see which graduate certificate 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.

This ranking is not just a list of inexpensive schools. We also consider each school's quality, since we believe a low-quality school may not be a 'bargain' at any price. 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.

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

2023 Best Value Philosophy & Religious Studies Graduate Certificate Schools in the United States

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

Best Schools for Affordable Quality for a Postbaccalaureate Certificates in Philosophy & Religious Studies

Our analysis found Trinity International University - Illinois to be the best value school for philosophy and religious studies students who want to pursue a graduate certificate in the United States. Located in the large suburb of Deerfield, TIU Illinois is a private not-for-profit college with a small student population.

TIU Illinois graduate students pay an average of $17,780 in tuition and fees each year.

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of St Thomas Minnesota. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Best Value Philosophy & Religious Studies Graduate Certificate Schools list. UST MN is a medium-sized private not-for-profit school located in the city of Saint Paul.

UST MN graduate students pay an average of $23,736 in tuition and fees each year.

In addition to its great value ranking, UST MN is in the top 5% of all schools on our Best Philosophy & Religious Studies Graduate Certificate Schools list.

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#3

Duke University

Durham, NC

Out of the 6 schools in the United States that were part of this year’s ranking, Duke University landed the # 3 spot on the list. Located in the city of Durham, Duke is a private not-for-profit college with a large student population.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at Duke are $59,141 a year.

On top of its placing in our value ranking, Duke also did well on our Best Philosophy & Religious Studies Graduate Certificate Schools list. It’s in the top 5% of all schools reviewed in this analysis.

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#4

University of Florida

Gainesville, FL

The excellent graduate certificate programs at University of Florida helped the school earn the #4 place on this year’s ranking of the best value philosophy and religious studies schools in the United States. Located in the midsize city of Gainesville, UF is a public school with a fairly large student population.

Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at UF are $30,130 per year.

In addition to its great value ranking, UF is in the top 20% of all schools on our Best Philosophy & Religious Studies Graduate Certificate Schools list.

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The excellent graduate certificate programs at Columbia University in the City of New York helped the school earn the #5 place on this year’s ranking of the best value philosophy and religious studies schools in the United States. Columbia is a very large private not-for-profit school located in the city of New York.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at Columbia are $52,924 a year.

In addition to its great value ranking, Columbia is in the top 15% of all schools on our Best Philosophy & Religious Studies Graduate Certificate Schools list.

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With a ranking of #6, University of Southern California did quite well on this year’s best value schools for philosophy and religious studies students working on their graduate certificate. USC is a very large private not-for-profit school located in the city of Los Angeles.

USC graduate students pay an average of $61,396 in tuition and fees each year.

On top of its placing in our value ranking, USC also did well on our Best Philosophy & Religious Studies Graduate Certificate Schools list. It’s in the top 10% of all schools reviewed in this analysis.

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Philosophy & Religious Studies by Region

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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

Majors Similar to Philosophy & Religious Studies

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 6 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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