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2022 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Other Philosophy (With Aid)

5 Ranked Colleges
215 Degrees Awarded
$20,400 Avg Net Price*
Best Value Other Philosophy Schools for a Bachelor's For Those Getting Aid

When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. One of our goals at College Factual is to give you as much information as we can - such as our “Best Value Other Philosophy Schools for a Bachelor’s For Those Getting Aid” ranking - to help you make that decision.

Other Philosophy is the 744th most popular major in the country with 259 degrees awarded in 2019-2020.

At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 215 other philosophy graduates with average earnings and debt of $38,303 and $24,501 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Other Philosophy Schools for a Bachelor’s For Those Getting Aid” ranking analyzed 5 colleges that offered a degree in other philosophy. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great other philosophy programs and cost less that schools of similar quality.

To come up with these rankings, we looked at factors such as the cost to attend the school after aid is awarded and overall quality of the other philosophy program at the school. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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Best Value Other Philosophy Schools for a Bachelor’s For Those Getting Aid

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Other Philosophy Schools for a Bachelor’s For Those Getting Aid.

Top 5 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Other Philosophy (With Aid)

#1

University of Pennsylvania

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
#1 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Pennsylvania. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Other Philosophy Schools for a Bachelor’s For Those Getting Aid list. University of Pennsylvania is located in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania and, has a large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 129 bachelors’s other philosophy degrees to qualified students.

UPenn also took the #1 spot in our “Best Other Philosophy Bachelor’s Degree Schools” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for UPenn is $25,802 for bachelor’s degree other philosophy students with aid.

The impressive student-to-faculty ratio of 6 to 1 means that students may have more opportunities to work more closely with their professors than they would at other schools. With a freshman retention rate of 95%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its students. The school has an impressive student loan default rate. It’s only 1.4%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

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#3 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of California - Riverside. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Other Philosophy Schools for a Bachelor’s For Those Getting Aid list. University of California - Riverside is a public institution located in Riverside, California. The school has a large population, and it awarded 7 bachelors’s degrees in 2019-2020.

UCR did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #3 on our “Best Other Philosophy Bachelor’s Degree Schools” list. It costs about $12,871 for Bachelor’s Degree Other Philosophy students with aid per year to attend University of California - Riverside.

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%.

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#4 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Massachusetts - Boston. It ranked #3 on our 2022 Best Value Other Philosophy Schools for a Bachelor’s For Those Getting Aid list. Located in Boston, Massachusetts, this fairly large public school awarded 3 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s other philosophy students in 2019-2020.

UMass Boston did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #4 on our “Best Other Philosophy Bachelor’s Degree Schools” list. It costs about $18,340 for Bachelor’s Degree Other Philosophy students with aid per year to attend University of Massachusetts - Boston.

Read more about Other Philosophy at UMass Boston

#4

SUNY Oswego

Oswego, New York
#5 in overall quality

Out of the 5 schools in the Best Value Other Philosophy Schools for a Bachelor’s For Those Getting Aid that were part of this year’s ranking, SUNY Oswego landed the #4 spot on the list. Located in Oswego, New York, this medium-sized public school awarded 1 degrees to qualified bachelors’s other philosophy students in 2019-2020.

SUNY Oswego did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #5 on our “Best Other Philosophy Bachelor’s Degree Schools” list. It costs about $15,665 for bachelor’s degree other philosophy students with aid per year to attend SUNY Oswego.

The low student loan default rate of 4.6% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%.

Read more about Other Philosophy at SUNY Oswego

#5

University of Southern California

Los Angeles, California
#2 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Southern California. The school came in at #5 for the Best Value Other Philosophy Schools for a Bachelor’s For Those Getting Aid. University of Southern California is a private not-for-profit institution located in Los Angeles, California. The school has a large population, and it awarded 38 bachelors’s degrees in 2019-2020.

USC also took the #2 spot in our “Best Other Philosophy Bachelor’s Degree Schools” ranking. The yearly cost to attend University of Southern California is $29,528 for Bachelor’s Degree Other Philosophy students with aid.

Since the school has a student-to-faculty ratio of 9 to 1, those pursuing a degree will have more opportunities to interact with their professors. The low student loan default rate of 1.2% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%. With a freshman retention rate of 91%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its students.

Read more about Other Philosophy at University of Southern California

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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