2022 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Philosophy in Pennsylvania

Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. College Factual has developed its “Best Value Philosophy Schools for a Master’s in Pennsylvania” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.

In 2019-2020, 9,456 people earned their degree in philosophy, making the major the 82nd most popular in the United States.

Across Pennsylvania, there were 468 philosophy graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 32 philosophy graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Philosophy Schools for a Master’s in Pennsylvania” ranking looked at 4 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in philosophy. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality philosophy programs that also have a lower cost than 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 philosophy program at the school. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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Best Value Philosophy Schools for a Master’s in Pennsylvania

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Philosophy Schools for a Master’s in Pennsylvania.

Top 4 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Philosophy in Pennsylvania

#1

West Chester University of Pennsylvania

West Chester, Pennsylvania

#3 in overall quality

$16,758 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend West Chester University of Pennsylvania. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Philosophy Schools for a Master’s in Pennsylvania list. This fairly large school is located in West Chester, Pennsylvania, and it awarded 11 masters’s philosophy degrees in 2019-2020.

WCUPA also took the #3 spot in our “Best Philosophy Master’s Degree Schools in Pennsylvania” ranking. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at WCUPA are $16,758.

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#2

Villanova University

Villanova, Pennsylvania

#2 in overall quality

$20,719 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 4 schools in the Best Value Philosophy Schools for a Master’s in Pennsylvania that were part of this year’s ranking, Villanova University landed the #2 spot on the list. Villanova is a fairly large school located in Villanova, Pennsylvania that handed out 6 masters’s philosophy degrees in 2019-2020.

Villanova not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #2 on our “Best Philosophy Master’s Degree Schools in Pennsylvania” list. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at Villanova University are $20,719.

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#3

Temple University

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

#4 in overall quality

$24,236 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Temple University. The school came in at #3 for the Best Value Philosophy Schools for a Master’s in Pennsylvania. Temple is located in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania and, has a large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 2 masters’s philosophy degrees to qualified students.

Temple did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #4 on our “Best Philosophy Master’s Degree Schools in Pennsylvania” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at Temple University are $24,236, but some majors have different tuition rates.

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#4

University of Pennsylvania

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

#1 in overall quality

$41,760 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 4 schools in the Best Value Philosophy Schools for a Master’s in Pennsylvania that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Pennsylvania landed the #4 spot on the list. Located in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, this large private not-for-profit school awarded 2 degrees to qualified masters’s philosophy students in 2019-2020.

UPenn did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Philosophy Master’s Degree Schools in Pennsylvania” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at UPenn are $41,760, but some majors have different tuition rates.

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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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