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2023 Best Value Philosophy & Religious Studies Schools in the Southwest Region

Identifying Quality Schools at More Affordable Prices

5 Colleges
$31,088 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$30,830 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Philosophy & Religious Studies 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.

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The Best Value Philosophy & Religious Studies Schools in the Southwest Region ranking is one of many tools that Grad Degree Search has developed to help you make your educational decision. This report analyzed 5 schools in the Southwest Region to see which ones offered the best value 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. 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.

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

2023 Best Value Philosophy & Religious Studies Schools in the Southwest Region

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

Best Southwest Region Schools for Affordable Quality in Philosophy & Religious Studies

Our 2023 rankings named The University of Texas at Austin the best value school in the Southwest Region for philosophy and religious studies students. Located in the large city of Austin, UT Austin is a public college with a fairly large student population.

Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at UT Austin are $40,996 per year.

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

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The excellent programs at Texas A&M University - College Station helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the best philosophy and religious studies schools in the Southwest Region . Texas A&M College Station is a fairly large public school located in the medium-sized city of College Station.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state undergraduate student at Texas A&M College Station are $38,855 a year.

Texas A&M College Station also took the #5 spot in our Best Philosophy & Religious Studies Schools in the Southwest Region rankings.

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The excellent programs at Arizona State University - Tempe helped the school earn the #3 place on this year’s ranking of the best philosophy and religious studies schools in the Southwest Region . Located in the medium-sized city of Tempe, ASU - Tempe is a public college with a fairly large student population.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state undergraduate student at ASU - Tempe are $29,438 a year.

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$20,906 Average Tuition & Fees

Out of the 5 schools in the Southwest Region that were part of this year’s ranking, University of North Texas landed the # 4 spot on the list. UNT is a fairly large public school located in the medium-sized city of Denton.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state undergraduate student at UNT are $20,906 a year.

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#5

University of Arizona

Tucson, AZ

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

Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at University of Arizona are $35,153 per year.

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Best Philosophy & Religious Studies Colleges by State

Explore the best philosophy and religious studies colleges for a specific state in the Southwest region.

State Degrees Awarded
Arizona 18
Texas 163
Oklahoma 33
New Mexico 1

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 5 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).

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