Highest-Paying Philosophy & Religious Studies Programs
Colleges whose philosophy & religious studies graduates earn the most one year after finishing, across all bachelor's programs in the field.
Ranked by median earnings, 1 year after completing · 177 of 2,406 institutions report this measure · Compiled 2026-09-01
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#1
Dartmouth College
Hanover, NH
#2
University of Pennsylvania
Philadelphia, PA
#6
Carnegie Mellon University
Pittsburgh, PA
- 1Dartmouth CollegeHanover, NH · Private$76,995Compare nearby
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- Physical Sciences#1
- Mathematics & Statistics#3
- Highest Four-Year Graduation Rates#9
- History#11
- Most Selective Colleges in America#12
- Computer Science#14
- English Language & Literature#14
- the Highest SAT Averages#16
- Most Expensive Colleges by Sticker Price#17
- the Highest ACT Scores#19
- Are Least Likely to Leave#25
- 2University of PennsylvaniaPhiladelphia, PA · Private$60,623Compare nearby
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- Most Expensive Colleges by Sticker Price#4
- Communications#4
- Mathematics & Statistics#4
- Highest Four-Year Graduation Rates#5
- Multidisciplinary Studies#5
- Business#9
- History#10
- the Highest SAT Averages#11
- Most Selective Colleges in America#11
- Graduates Earn the Most 10 Years Out#12
- Engineering#12
- Best Early-Career Earnings, 6 Years After Enrolling#17
- Computer Science#18
- Are Least Likely to Leave#20
- Social Sciences#22
- 3Beth Medrash GovohaLakewood, NJ · Private$46,087Compare nearby
- 4Fordham UniversityBronx, NY · Private$46,087Compare nearby
- 5University of Cincinnati-Main CampusCincinnati, OH · Public$46,087Compare nearby
- 6Carnegie Mellon UniversityPittsburgh, PA · Private$45,198Compare nearby
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- Social Sciences#2
- Business#3
- Visual & Performing Arts#3
- Multidisciplinary Studies#4
- Best Early-Career Earnings, 6 Years After Enrolling#6
- Mathematics & Statistics#8
- Physical Sciences#8
- the Highest SAT Averages#10
- Graduates Earn the Most 10 Years Out#11
- Architecture#12
- Best Student-to-Faculty Ratios#13
- Computer Science#19
- 7Jewish Theological Seminary of AmericaNew York, NY · Private$44,189Compare nearby
- 8Boston CollegeChestnut Hill, MA · Private$43,798Compare nearby
- 9Columbia University in the City of New YorkNew York, NY · Private$43,426Compare nearby
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- Most Expensive Colleges by Sticker Price#3
- the Highest ACT Scores#4
- Most Selective Colleges in America#4
- Foreign Languages#5
- the Highest SAT Averages#8
- History#16
- Mathematics & Statistics#16
- Highest Four-Year Graduation Rates#18
- Area & Ethnic Studies#19
- Best Early-Career Earnings, 6 Years After Enrolling#21
- Graduates Earn the Most 10 Years Out#25
- Computer Science#25
- Social Sciences#25
- Best Student-to-Faculty Ratios#25
- 10Utah Valley UniversityOrem, UT · Public$42,682Compare nearby
- 11California State University-Long BeachLong Beach, CA · Public$41,993Compare nearby
- 12Kent State University at KentKent, OH · Public$41,937Compare nearby
- 13San Jose State UniversitySan Jose, CA · Public$41,565Compare nearby
- 14Dickinson CollegeCarlisle, PA · Private$41,193Compare nearby
- 15Trinity CollegeHartford, CT · Private$41,160Compare nearby
- 16The Catholic University of AmericaWashington, DC · Private$40,976Compare nearby
- 17San Francisco State UniversitySan Francisco, CA · Public$40,821Compare nearby
- 18Arizona State University Campus ImmersionTempe, AZ · Public$40,085Compare nearby
- 19Cornell UniversityIthaca, NY · Private$39,927Compare nearby
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- Public Administration#1
- Mathematics & Statistics#11
- Psychology#11
- Communications#13
- Highest Four-Year Graduation Rates#17
- Graduates Earn the Most 10 Years Out#19
- Computer Science#20
- the Highest ACT Scores#21
- Architecture#21
- Best Earnings-to-Debt Ratio#22
- Best Early-Career Earnings, 6 Years After Enrolling#23
- Are Least Likely to Leave#23
- the Highest SAT Averages#23
- Most Selective Colleges in America#23
- Area & Ethnic Studies#25
- 20Illinois State UniversityNormal, IL · Public$39,009Compare nearby
- 21University of Michigan-Ann ArborAnn Arbor, MI · Public$38,289Compare nearby
- 22Wake Forest UniversityWinston-Salem, NC · Private$38,289Compare nearby
- 23William & MaryWilliamsburg, VA · Public$38,289Compare nearby
- 24Washington State UniversityPullman, WA · Public$37,568Compare nearby
- 25American Public University SystemCharles Town, WV · For-profit$37,208Compare nearby
How this list was built
- Measure
- Median earnings, 1 year after completing — sorted highest to lowest
- Source variable
EARN_MDN_HI_1YR- Dataset
- U.S. Department of Education, College Scorecard, Most-Recent-Cohorts-Field-of-Study (04-17-2025 release)
- Where a college offers several philosophy & religious studies programs, the figure shown is the median across those programs.
- Earnings cover graduates who received federal financial aid, were working and not enrolled one year after completing, and whose highest credential is that bachelor's degree.
- 177 institutions report earnings for this field; programs with too few graduates are suppressed for privacy by the Department of Education and cannot be ranked.
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