2024 Best Philosophy Doctor's Degree Schools in the New England Region

If you pursue a doctor's degree in philosophy, you won't be alone. The field of study is the #70 most popular program in the country. This makes choosing the right school a hard decision.

College Factual looked at 3 colleges and universities when compiling its 2024 Best Philosophy Doctor's Degree Schools in the New England Region ranking. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 34 doctor's degrees in philosophy during the 2020-2021 academic year.

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Choosing a Great Philosophy School for Your Doctor's Degree

The philosophy doctor's degree program you select can have a big impact on your future. This section explores some of the factors we include in our ranking and how much they vary depending on the school you select. When choosing a school we recommend considering some of the following factors:

Quality Overall Is Important

The overall quality of a doctor's degree school is important to ensure a quality education, not just how well they do in a particular major. To make it into this list a school must rank well in our overall Best Colleges for a Doctor's Degree ranking. This ranking considered factors such as graduation rates, overall graduate earnings and other educational resources to identify great colleges and universities.

Other Factors We Consider

In addition to the above, you should consider some of the following factors:

• Major Focus - How much a school focuses on philosophy students vs. other majors.
• Major Demand - The number of philosophy students who choose to seek a doctor's degree at the school.
• Educational Resources - The amount of money and other resources allocated to students while they are pursuing their degree. These resources include such things as number of students per instructor and education expenditures per student.
• 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 colleges for philosophy students working on their doctor's degree.

One Size Does Not Fit All

Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we've developed the Best Philosophy Doctor's Degree Schools in the New England Region ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.

Best Schools for Doctorate Students to Study Philosophy in the New England Region

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

Top New England Region Schools for a Doctorate in Philosophy

1

Boston College
Chestnut Hill, MA

Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type

7 Annual Graduates

Boston College is a great decision for students interested in a doctor's degree in philosophy. Boston College is a large private not-for-profit college located in the small city of Chestnut Hill.More information about a doctorate in philosophy from Boston College

2

University of Massachusetts Amherst
Amherst, MA

Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type

2 Annual Graduates

University of Massachusetts Amherst is a good decision for students interested in a doctor's degree in philosophy. Located in the suburb of Amherst, UMass Amherst is a public university with a very large student population.More information about a doctorate in philosophy from University of Massachusetts Amherst

3

Boston University
Boston, MA

Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type

4 Annual Graduates

Boston University is one of the best schools in the United States for getting a doctor's degree in philosophy. Boston U is a very large private not-for-profit university located in the large city of Boston.More information about a doctorate in philosophy from Boston University

Best Philosophy Colleges by State

Explore the best philosophy schools for a specific state in the New England Region .

State	Colleges	Degrees Awarded
Massachusetts	284	24
Connecticut	138	8
Rhode Island	119	2

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Philosophy Related Rankings by Major

One of 4 majors within the Philosophy area of study, Philosophy has other similar majors worth exploring.

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.