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2023 Best Value Philosophy & Religious Studies Graduate Certificate Schools in the Southeast Region

Identifying Quality Schools at More Affordable Prices

2 Colleges
$44,636 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. 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 Graduate Certificate Schools in the Southeast Region ranking. This report analyzed 2 schools in the Southeast Region to see which ones offered the best value graduate certificate programs for philosophy and religious studies students. The goal was to highlight schools with more affordable prices than others offering similar quality experiences.

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 Southeast Region

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

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

#1

Duke University

Durham, NC

Our 2023 rankings named Duke University the best value school in the Southeast Region for philosophy and religious studies students working on their graduate certificate. Located in the large 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.

In addition to its best value ranking, and one of the reasons why the school is on the list, Duke is ranked #2 for overall quality for philosophy and religious studies in the Southeast Region .

Read full report on Philosophy & Religious Studies at Duke University

#2

University of Florida

Gainesville, FL

The excellent graduate certificate programs at University of Florida helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the best value philosophy and religious studies schools in the Southeast Region . Located in the medium-sized city of Gainesville, UF is a public school with a very large student population.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at UF are $30,130 a year.

UF also claimed a spot on our Best Philosophy & Religious Studies Graduate Certificate Schools in the Southeast Region list. It’s in the top 15% of all schools in this category.

Full Philosophy & Religious Studies at University of Florida Report

Best Philosophy & Religious Studies Colleges by State

Explore the best philosophy and religious studies schools for a specific state in the Southeast region.

State Degrees Awarded
Mississippi 14
Florida 73
Virginia 62
Tennessee 64
North Carolina 228
Georgia 70
South Carolina 11
Louisiana 15
Kentucky 9
Arkansas 3
Alabama 38

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 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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