2024 Best Philosophy Bachelor's Degree Schools in Virginia

a bachelor's degree in philosophy is more popular than many other degrees. In fact, it ranks #61 out of 363 on popularity of all such degrees in the nation. This means you won't have too much trouble finding schools that offer the degree.

For its 2024 ranking, College Factual looked at 3 schools in Virginia to determine which ones were the best for philosophy students pursuing a bachelor's degree. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 224 bachelor's degrees in philosophy during the 2020-2021 academic year.

What's on this page: * Our Methodology

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Choosing a Great Philosophy School for Your Bachelor's Degree

The philosophy bachelor's degree program you select can have a big impact on your future. Important measures of a quality philosophy program can vary widely even among the top schools. When choosing a school we recommend considering some of the following factors:

Quality Overall Is Important

The overall quality of a bachelor's degree school is important to ensure a good education, not just how well they do in a particular major. To take this into account we consider a school's overall Best Colleges ranking which itself looks at a combination of various factors like degree completion, educational resources, student body caliber and post-graduation earnings for the school as a whole.

Average Earnings

To determine the overall quality of a graduate school, one factor we look at is the average early-career salary of those receiving their bachelor's degree from the school. This is because one of the main reasons people pursue their bachelor's degree is to enable themselves to find better-paying positions.

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 - The number of philosophy students who choose to seek a bachelor's degree at the school.
• 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.
• Student Debt - How much debt philosophy students go into to obtain their bachelor's degree and how well they are able to pay back that debt.
• Accreditation - Whether a school is regionally accredited and/or accredited by a recognized philosophy related body.

Our complete ranking methodology documents in more detail how we consider these factors to identify the best schools for philosophy students working on their bachelor's degree.

More Ways to Rank Philosophy Schools

Since the program you select can have a significant impact on your future, we've developed a number of rankings, including this Best Philosophy Bachelor's Degree Schools in Virginia list, to help you choose the best school for you.

In addition to College Factual's rankings, you may want to take a look at College Combat, our unique tool that lets you pit your favorite schools head-to-head and compare how they rate on factors that most interest you. When you have some time, check it out - you may want to bookmark the link so you don't forget it.

Best Schools for Bachelor’s Students to Study Philosophy in Virginia

The following list ranks the best colleges and universities for pursuing a bachelor's degree in philosophy.

Top Virginia Schools for a Bachelor's in Philosophy

1

University of Virginia - Main Campus
Charlottesville, VA

36 Annual Graduates

$15,509 Median Student Debt

It's difficult to beat University of Virginia - Main Campus if you want to pursue a bachelor's degree in philosophy. Located in the small suburb of Charlottesville, University of Virginia is a public university with a fairly large student population.More information about a bachelor’s in philosophy from University of Virginia - Main Campus

2

Virginia Commonwealth University
Richmond, VA

26 Annual Graduates

$16,953 Median Starting Salary

$21,500 Median Student Debt

It is difficult to beat Virginia Commonwealth University if you want to pursue a bachelor's degree in philosophy. VCU is a fairly large public university located in the medium-sized city of Richmond.

Bachelor's graduates who receive their degree from the philosophy program earn about $16,953 in the first couple years of their career.

More information about a bachelor’s in philosophy from Virginia Commonwealth University

3

Christopher Newport University
Newport News, VA

15 Annual Graduates

$21,725 Median Starting Salary

Any student pursuing a degree in a bachelor's degree in philosophy needs to look into Christopher Newport University. Located in the city of Newport News, CNU is a public university with a small student population.

Those philosophy students who get their bachelor's degree from Christopher Newport University earn $2,386 more than the average philosophy student.

More information about a bachelor’s in philosophy from Christopher Newport University

Best Philosophy Colleges in the Southeast Region

Explore all the Best Philosophy Schools in the Southeast Area or other specific states within that region.

State	Colleges	Degrees Awarded
Florida	225	317
Georgia	224	182
Tennessee	220	115
North Carolina	213	256
South Carolina	195	85
Kentucky	187	59
Alabama	184	99
Louisiana	171	89
Mississippi	169	20
Arkansas	167	34
West Virginia	147	42

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Rankings in Majors Related to Philosophy

Philosophy is one of 3 different types of Philosophy & Religious Studies programs to choose from.

Philosophy Concentrations

Major	Annual Graduates
Philosophy	224

Most Popular Majors Related to Philosophy

Related Major	Annual Graduates
Religious Studies	837
Other Philosophy & Religious Studies	54

Notes and References

• The bars on the spread charts above show the distribution of the schools on this list +/- one standard deviation from the mean.
• 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.