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2022 Best Value Education Philosophy Schools for a Bachelor’s

5 Ranked Colleges
216 Degrees Awarded
$20,900 Avg Net Price*
Best Value Education Philosophy Schools for a Bachelor's

With all of the options students have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. Our mission at College Factual is to arm you with as much information as we can to help you make that decision. Our “Best Value Education Philosophy Schools for a Bachelor’s” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.

Education Philosophy is the 266th most popular major in the country with 715 degrees awarded in 2019-2020. In 2017-2018, education philosophy graduates who were awarded their degree in 2015-2017, earned an average of $53,575 and had an average of $43,702 in loans still to pay off.

At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 216 education philosophy graduates with average earnings and debt of $38,303 and $24,501 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value Education Philosophy Schools for a Bachelor’s” ranking, we looked at 5 colleges that offer a degree in education philosophy. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great education philosophy programs and cost less that schools of similar quality.

Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the education philosophy program at the school and the cost of the school after aid is awarded among other things. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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Best Value Education Philosophy Schools for a Bachelor’s

The colleges and universities below are the best for bachelor’s degree education philosophy students.

Top 5 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Education Philosophy

#1

Eastern Washington University

Cheney, Washington
#5 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Eastern Washington University. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value Education Philosophy Schools for a Bachelor’s. Eastern Washington University is a fairly large school located in Cheney, Washington that handed out 2 bachelors’s education philosophy degrees in 2019-2020.

EWU not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #5 on our “Best Education Philosophy Bachelor’s Degree Schools” list. The yearly cost to attend EWU is $12,607 for Bachelor’s Degree Education Philosophy students.

Full EWU Education Philosophy Report

#1 in overall quality

Out of the 5 schools in the Best Value Education Philosophy Schools for a Bachelor’s that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Wisconsin - Madison landed the #2 spot on the list. UW - Madison is a large school located in Madison, Wisconsin that handed out 24 bachelors’s education philosophy degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at UW - Madison, the school also landed the #1 spot in our “Best Education Philosophy Bachelor’s Degree Schools” ranking. The yearly cost to attend UW - Madison is $17,708 for Bachelor’s Degree Education Philosophy students.

The student loan default rate at the school is 0.8%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. With a freshman retention rate of 95%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its students.

Full UW - Madison Education Philosophy Report

#3

High Point University

High Point, North Carolina
#3 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend High Point University. It ranked #3 on our 2022 Best Value Education Philosophy Schools for a Bachelor’s list. This medium-sized school is located in High Point, North Carolina, and it awarded 12 bachelors’s education philosophy degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at High Point, the school also landed the #3 spot in our “Best Education Philosophy Bachelor’s Degree Schools” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for High Point is $37,255 for bachelor’s degree education philosophy students.

The student loan default rate at the school is 4.0%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.

Read full report on Education Philosophy at High Point

#4

Transylvania University

Lexington, Kentucky
#4 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Transylvania University. It ranked #4 on our 2022 Best Value Education Philosophy Schools for a Bachelor’s list. Located in Lexington, Kentucky, this small private not-for-profit school handed out 7 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s education philosophy students in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our bachelor’s degree education philosophy students list, Transylvania has also earned the #4 rank in our “Best Education Philosophy Bachelor’s Degree Schools” ranking. It costs about $23,906 for bachelor’s degree education philosophy students per year to attend Transylvania.

With a student-to-faculty ratio of 10 to 1, it’s easy to see that the school is committed to helping their undergraduates succeed. The school has an impressive student loan default rate. It’s only 4.3%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

Read full report on Education Philosophy at Transylvania University

#2 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of California - Riverside. It ranked #5 on our 2022 Best Value Education Philosophy Schools for a Bachelor’s list. University of California - Riverside is a public institution located in Riverside, California. The school has a large population, and it awarded 153 bachelors’s degrees in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our bachelor’s degree education philosophy students list, UCR has also earned the #2 rank in our “Best Education Philosophy Bachelor’s Degree Schools” ranking. The yearly cost to attend University of California - Riverside is $12,871 for bachelor’s degree education philosophy students.

The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 91%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. The school has an impressive student loan default rate. It’s only 2.1%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

Read more about Education Philosophy at UCR

Notes and References

References

  • 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 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).
  • Information about the national average student loan default rate is from the U.S. Department of Education and refers to data about the 2016 borrower cohort tracking period for which the cohort default rate (CDR) was 10.1%.

Read more about our data sources and methodologies

Footnotes

  • *Average salary, average net price, and average tuition and fees are for the top schools only.
  • Some schools otherwise deserving of recognition may have been removed from this ranking in the event that new data identified post-publication warranted it, or at the request of the school.

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