2024 Best Philosophy Doctor's Degree Schools
32
Colleges in the United States
360
Doctor's Degrees
Philosophy is of the hottest doctor's degree programs in the United States, coming in as the #70 most popular major in the country. This means there are lots of options to choose from when you decide to get your degree.
College Factual looked at 32 colleges and universities when compiling its 2024 Best Philosophy Doctor's Degree Schools ranking. Combined, these schools handed out 360 doctor's degrees in philosophy to qualified students.
What's on this page: * Our Methodology
Choosing a Great Philosophy School for Your Doctor's Degree
Your choice of philosophy for getting your doctor's degree school matters. Important measures of a quality philosophy program can vary widely even among the top schools. To make it into this list, a school must excel in the following areas.
A Great Overall School
A school that excels in educating for a particular major and degree level must be a great school overall as well. To account for this we include a college's overall Best Colleges for a Doctor's Degree ranking which itself looks at a collection of various factors like degree completion, educational resources, student body caliber and post-graduation earnings for the school as a whole.
Other Factors We Consider
The metrics below are just some of the other metrics that we use to determine our rankings.
- Major Focus - How many resources a school devotes to philosophy students as compared to other majors.
- Major Demand - How many other philosophy students want to attend this school to pursue a doctor's degree.
- Educational Resources - How many resources are allocated to students. These resources may include educational expenditures per student, number of students per instructor, and graduation rate among other things.
- Accreditation - Whether a school is regionally accredited and/or accredited by a recognized philosophy related body.
Our full ranking methodology documents in more detail how we consider these factors to identify the best schools for philosophy students working on their doctor's degree.
More Ways to Rank Philosophy Schools
Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we've developed the Best Philosophy Doctor's Degree Schools ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.