2022 Best Value Education Philosophy Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Far Western US Region

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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.

Across the Far Western US region, there were 214 education philosophy graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $51,250 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 155 education philosophy graduates with average earnings and debt of $38,083 and $22,209 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Education Philosophy Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Far Western US Region” ranking analyzed 2 colleges that offered a degree in education philosophy. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent education philosophy programs, but they also 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. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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Best Value Education Philosophy Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Far Western US Region

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Education Philosophy Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Far Western US Region.

Top 2 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Education Philosophy in the Far Western US Region

#1

Eastern Washington University

Cheney, Washington

#2 in overall quality

$12,607 Average Net Price

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Eastern Washington University. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Education Philosophy Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Far Western US Region list. This fairly large school is located in Cheney, Washington, and it awarded 2 bachelors’s education philosophy degrees in 2019-2020.

EWU also took the #2 spot in our “Best Education Philosophy Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Far Western US Region” ranking. The yearly cost to attend Eastern Washington University is $12,607 for Far Western US Region Bachelor’s Degree Education Philosophy students.

Read more about Education Philosophy at Eastern Washington University

#2

University of California - Riverside

Riverside, California

#1 in overall quality

$12,871 Average Net Price

Out of the 2 schools in the Best Value Education Philosophy Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Far Western US Region that were part of this year’s ranking, University of California - Riverside landed the #2 spot on the list. UCR is a large school located in Riverside, California that handed out 153 bachelors’s education philosophy degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at UCR, the school also landed the #1 spot in our “Best Education Philosophy Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Far Western US Region” ranking. The yearly cost to attend University of California - Riverside is $12,871 for Far Western US Region Bachelor’s Degree Education Philosophy students.

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%. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 91%.

Read full report on Education Philosophy at University of California - Riverside

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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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