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2023 Best Value Philosophy & Religious Studies Master's Degree Schools in Pennsylvania

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

3 Colleges
$27,281 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$48,113 Avg Salary

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

With 122 degrees and certificates handed out in 2020-2021, philosophy and religious studies is the #27 most popular major in Pennsylvania.

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 Master's Degree Schools in Pennsylvania ranking. This report analyzed 3 schools in Pennsylvania to see which ones offered the best value master's degree programs for philosophy and religious studies students. The goal was to highlight schools with more affordable prices than others offering similar quality experiences.

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 Master’s Degree Schools in Pennsylvania

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

Best Pennsylvania Schools for Affordable Quality for a Master's in Philosophy & Religious Studies

#1

University of Scranton

Scranton, PA

Our 2023 rankings named University of Scranton the best value school in Pennsylvania for philosophy and religious studies students working on their master’s degree. Located in the small city of Scranton, University of Scranton is a private not-for-profit college with a small student population.

In-state tuition fees for graduate students at University of Scranton are $11,630 per year.

In addition to its great value ranking, University of Scranton is in the top 15% of all schools on our Best Philosophy & Religious Studies Master’s Degree Schools in Pennsylvania list.

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#2

University of Pennsylvania

Philadelphia, PA

A rank of #2 on this year’s list means University of Pennsylvania is a great value for philosophy and religious studies students working on their master’s degree. UPenn is a very large private not-for-profit school located in the city of Philadelphia.

UPenn graduate students pay an average of $42,932 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

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

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#3

Cairn University

Langhorne, PA

A rank of #3 on this year’s list means Cairn University is a great value for philosophy and religious studies students working on their master’s degree. Cairn is a small private not-for-profit school located in the large suburb of Langhorne.

Cairn graduate students pay an average of $16,596 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

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Best Value Philosophy & Religious Studies Colleges in the Middle Atlantic Region

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

State Degrees Awarded
New York 324
Maryland 54
New Jersey 584
District of Columbia 68

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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