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

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

3 Colleges
$38,325 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$48,113 Avg Salary

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

Philosophy & Religious Studies is the #20 most popular major in New York with 3,856 degrees and certificates awarded in 2020-2021.

Today's students have lots of options to pick from when considering higher education opportunities. 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 assist you in seeing some of the education options that are available to you, Course Advisor has created its Best Value Philosophy & Religious Studies Master's Degree Schools in New York ranking. Our analysis looked at 3 schools in New York to see which master's degree 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.

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 New York

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

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

#1

Fordham University

Bronx, NY

Our 2023 rankings named Fordham University the best value school in New York for philosophy and religious studies students working on their master’s degree. Fordham U is a fairly large private not-for-profit school located in the city of Bronx.

In-state tuition fees for graduate students at Fordham U are $23,846 per year.

Read full report on Philosophy & Religious Studies at Fordham University

#2

New York University

New York, NY

The excellent master’s degree programs at New York University helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the best value philosophy and religious studies schools in New York. NYU is a very large private not-for-profit school located in the large city of New York.

NYU graduate students pay an average of $38,206 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

NYU did well in our overall quality rankings, too. It placed #5 on our Best Philosophy & Religious Studies Master’s Degree Schools in New York list.

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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 #3 on this year’s Best Value Philosophy & Religious Studies Master’s Degree Schools in New York list. Located in the large city of New York, Columbia is a private not-for-profit college with a very large student population.

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

Columbia did well in our overall quality rankings, too. It placed #4 on our Best Philosophy & Religious Studies Master’s Degree Schools in New York list.

Full Philosophy & Religious Studies at Columbia University in the City of New York Report

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 Jersey 1,506
Pennsylvania 943
Maryland 320
Delaware 16
District of Columbia 210

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 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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