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2023 Best Value Philosophy & Religious Studies Graduate Certificate Schools

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

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 19,993 degrees and certificates awarded in 2020-2021.

Today's students have lots of options to pick from when considering higher education opportunities. With more and more schools offering online options, you could even register for a great program on the other side of the country. On top of that, there are a considerable number of trade schools that offer fast-track entry to many fields.

Along with in-depth profiles of schools and the programs they offer, Course Advisor has created the Best Value Philosophy & Religious Studies Graduate Certificate Schools to help you in your search for the best school for you. This report analyzed 6 schools in the United States 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.

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.

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. TIU Illinois is a small private not-for-profit school located in the large suburb of Deerfield.

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

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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend University of St Thomas Minnesota. The school came in at #2 on this year’s Best Value Philosophy & Religious Studies Graduate Certificate Schools list. Located in the large city of Saint Paul, UST MN is a private not-for-profit college with a moderately-sized student population.

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

On top of its placing in our value ranking, UST MN 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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#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. Duke is a fairly large private not-for-profit school located in the large city of Durham.

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

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

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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. UF is a fairly large public school located in the medium-sized city of Gainesville.

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

As a testament to the quality of education it offers, UF also is in the top 20% of our Best Philosophy & Religious Studies Graduate Certificate Schools ranking.

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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Columbia University in the City of New York. The school came in at #5 on this year’s Best Value Philosophy & Religious Studies Graduate Certificate Schools list. Located in the city of New York, Columbia is a private not-for-profit college with a fairly large student population.

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

On top of its placing in our value ranking, Columbia also did well on our Best Philosophy & Religious Studies Graduate Certificate Schools list. It’s in the top 15% of all schools reviewed in this analysis.

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University of Southern California did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best places for philosophy and religious studies students to get a graduate certificate. It came in at #6 on the list. Located in the city of Los Angeles, USC is a private not-for-profit school with a fairly large student population.

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

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

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Philosophy & Religious Studies by Region

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Philosophy & Religious Studies Majors to Study

Major Annual Graduates
Philosophy 10,054
Religious Studies 9,470
Other Philosophy & Religious Studies 285
General Philosophy & Religious Studies 184

Related Major Annual Graduates
Liberal Arts / Sciences & Humanities 556,813
Visual & Performing Arts 149,215
English Language & Literature 54,635
Foreign Languages & Linguistics 33,333
Theology & Religious Vocations 27,459

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).

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