by our College Data Analytics Team
When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. College Factual has developed its “Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Philosophy Major in the Rocky Mountains Region” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.
Philosophy is the 86th most popular major in the country with 9,487 degrees awarded in 2020-2021.
Across the Rocky Mountains region, there were 387 philosophy graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the associate degree level specifically, there were 16 philosophy graduates with average earnings and debt of $36,822 and $20,997 respectively.
For this year’s “Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Philosophy Major in the Rocky Mountains Region” ranking, we looked at 4 colleges that offer a degree in philosophy. This a ranking of the schools where the largest percentage of students has enrolled in philosophy.
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When choosing the right school for you, it’s important to arm yourself with all the facts you can. To that end, we’ve created a number of major-specific rankings, including this “Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Philosophy Major in the Rocky Mountains Region” list to help you make the college decision.
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The following schools top our list of the Best “Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Philosophy Major in the Rocky Mountains Region”.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend North Idaho College. The school came in at #1 for the Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Philosophy Major in the Rocky Mountains Region. North Idaho College is a small public school situated in Coeur d’Alene, Idaho. It awarded 6 associates’s philosophy degrees in 2020-2021.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend College of Western Idaho. The school came in at #2 for the Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Philosophy Major in the Rocky Mountains Region. Located in Nampa, Idaho, this fairly large public school awarded 7 degrees to qualified associates’s philosophy students in 2020-2021.
Out of the 4 schools in the Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Philosophy Major in the Rocky Mountains Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Snow College landed the #3 spot on the list. Located in Ephraim, Utah, this medium-sized public school handed out 1 degrees to qualified associates’s philosophy students in 2020-2021.
Out of the 4 schools in the Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Philosophy Major in the Rocky Mountains Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Utah Valley University landed the #4 spot on the list. Utah Valley University is a large school located in Orem, Utah that handed out 2 associates’s philosophy degrees in 2020-2021.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 4.4% 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%.
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