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2022 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Other Philosophy

5 Ranked Colleges
215 Degrees Awarded
$20,400 Avg Net Price*
Best Value Other 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. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Best Value Other Philosophy Schools for a Bachelor’s” ranking is part of that endeavor.

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” ranking looked at 5 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s 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. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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Best Value Other Philosophy Schools for a Bachelor’s

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

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

#1

SUNY Oswego

Oswego, New York
#5 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend SUNY Oswego. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Other Philosophy Schools for a Bachelor’s list. Oswego, New York is the setting for this medium-sized institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s other philosophy degrees to 1 students in 2019-2020.

SUNY Oswego also took the #5 spot in our “Best Other Philosophy Bachelor’s Degree Schools” ranking. It costs about $15,665 for bachelor’s degree other philosophy students 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 full report on Other Philosophy at SUNY Oswego

#4 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Massachusetts - Boston. The school came in at #2 for the Best Value Other Philosophy Schools for a Bachelor’s. University of Massachusetts - Boston is a fairly large school located in Boston, Massachusetts that handed out 3 bachelors’s other philosophy degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at UMass Boston, the school also landed the #4 spot in our “Best Other Philosophy Bachelor’s Degree Schools” ranking. It costs about $18,340 for bachelor’s degree other philosophy students per year to attend University of Massachusetts - Boston.

Read more about Other Philosophy at University of Massachusetts - Boston

#3 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of California - Riverside. The school came in at #3 for the Best Value Other Philosophy Schools for a Bachelor’s. Located in Riverside, California, this large public school awarded 7 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s other philosophy students in 2019-2020.

UCR also made our “Best Other Philosophy Bachelor’s Degree Schools” list, coming in at #3. It costs about $12,871 for Bachelor’s Degree Other Philosophy students 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 low student loan default rate of 2.1% 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 University of California - Riverside

#4

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 #4 on our 2022 Best Value Other Philosophy Schools for a Bachelor’s list. UPenn is a private not-for-profit institution located in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The school has a large population, and it awarded 129 bachelors’s degrees in 2019-2020.

UPenn did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Other Philosophy Bachelor’s Degree Schools” list. The estimated yearly cost for UPenn is $25,802 for bachelor’s degree other philosophy students.

The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 95%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. The student loan default rate at the school is 1.4%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. With a student-to-faculty ratio of 6 to 1, it’s easy to see that the school is committed to helping their undergraduates succeed.

Full University of Pennsylvania Other Philosophy Report

#5

University of Southern California

Los Angeles, California
#2 in overall quality

Out of the 5 schools in the Best Value Other Philosophy Schools for a Bachelor’s that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Southern California landed the #5 spot on the list. USC 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.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at USC, the school also landed the #2 spot in our “Best Other Philosophy Bachelor’s Degree Schools” ranking. The yearly cost to attend USC is $29,528 for Bachelor’s Degree Other 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 impressive student-to-faculty ratio of 9 to 1 means that students may have more opportunities to work more closely with their professors than they would at other schools. The student loan default rate at the school is 1.2%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.

Read full report on 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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