by our College Data Analytics Team
With all of the options students have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. Our mission at College Factual is to arm you with as much information as we can to help you make that decision. Our “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Philosophy Major in the Southwest Region” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.
Philosophy is the 86th most popular major in the country with 9,487 degrees awarded in 2020-2021.
Across the Southwest region, there were 723 philosophy graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 589 philosophy graduates with average earnings and debt of $40,112 and $26,227 respectively.
For this year’s “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Philosophy Major in the Southwest Region” ranking, we looked at 44 colleges that offer a degree in philosophy. The colleges and universities that top this list are recognized because their philosophy program is one of the largest majors offered at the school.
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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 a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Philosophy Major in the Southwest Region” list to help you make the college decision.
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The following schools top our list of the Best “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Philosophy Major in the Southwest Region”.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Dallas. The school came in at #1 for the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Philosophy Major in the Southwest Region. University of Dallas is a small private not-for-profit school situated in Irving, Texas. It awarded 15 bachelors’s philosophy degrees in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 2.3%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Texas Lutheran University. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Philosophy Major in the Southwest Region list. TLU is a private not-for-profit institution located in Seguin, Texas. The school has a small population, and it awarded 3 bachelors’s degrees in 2020-2021.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Southwestern University. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Philosophy Major in the Southwest Region list. Southwestern University is a private not-for-profit institution located in Georgetown, Texas. The school has a small population, and it awarded 3 bachelors’s degrees in 2020-2021.
The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 86%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. The low undergrad student loan default rate of 4.5% 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%.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of St. Thomas. The school came in at #4 for the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Philosophy Major in the Southwest Region. Located in Houston, Texas, this small private not-for-profit school awarded 7 degrees to qualified bachelors’s philosophy students in 2020-2021.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 3.7% 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%.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Rice University. It ranked #5 on our 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Philosophy Major in the Southwest Region list. Houston, Texas is the setting for this medium-sized institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out bachelors’s philosophy degrees to 17 students in 2020-2021.
With a freshman retention rate of 97%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students. The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 0.2%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. The impressive undergraduate 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.
Saint Edward’s University came in at #6 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Philosophy Major in the Southwest Region ranking. Saint Edward’s University is a small school located in Austin, Texas that handed out 7 bachelors’s philosophy degrees in 2020-2021.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 4.8%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Southern Methodist University landed the #7 spot on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Philosophy Major in the Southwest Region ranking. SMU is a private not-for-profit institution located in Dallas, Texas. The school has a fairly large population, and it awarded 27 bachelors’s degrees in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 2.1%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 90%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.
University of New Mexico - Main Campus ranked #8 on this year’s Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Philosophy Major in the Southwest Region list. Located in Albuquerque, New Mexico, this large public school handed out 27 degrees to qualified bachelors’s philosophy students in 2020-2021.
Full University of New Mexico - Main Campus Philosophy Report
St. Mary’s University came in at #9 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Philosophy Major in the Southwest Region ranking. San Antonio, Texas is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out bachelors’s philosophy degrees to 4 students in 2020-2021.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 5.0%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Arizona State University - Skysong landed the #10 spot on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Philosophy Major in the Southwest Region ranking. Located in Scottsdale, Arizona, this large public school awarded 49 degrees to qualified bachelors’s philosophy students in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 4.5%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
With a ranking of #11, The University of Texas at Austin did quite well on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Philosophy Major in the Southwest Region list. The University of Texas at Austin is a large public school situated in Austin, Texas. It awarded 68 bachelors’s philosophy degrees in 2020-2021.
Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 97%. The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 2.3%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
With a ranking of #12, Trinity University did quite well on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Philosophy Major in the Southwest Region list. Trinity U is a small private not-for-profit school situated in San Antonio, Texas. It awarded 3 bachelors’s philosophy degrees in 2020-2021.
The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 89%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. With a undergrad student-to-faculty ratio of 9 to 1, it’s easy to see that the school is committed to helping their undergraduates succeed. The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 2.0%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Texas Christian University did quite well in the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Philosophy Major in the Southwest Region ranking, coming in at #13. TCU is a private not-for-profit institution located in Fort Worth, Texas. The school has a fairly large population, and it awarded 11 bachelors’s degrees in 2020-2021.
With a freshman retention rate of 92%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students. The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 2.7%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
With a ranking of #14, University of Tulsa did quite well on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Philosophy Major in the Southwest Region list. University of Tulsa is located in Tulsa, Oklahoma and, has a small student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 4 bachelors’s philosophy degrees to qualified students.
Since the school has a undergrad student-to-faculty ratio of 10 to 1, those pursuing a degree will have more opportunities to interact with their professors. The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 1.5%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
With a ranking of #15, Texas A&M University - Corpus Christi did quite well on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Philosophy Major in the Southwest Region list. Located in Corpus Christi, Texas, this fairly large public school awarded 9 degrees to qualified bachelors’s philosophy students in 2020-2021.
University of Arizona landed the #16 spot on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Philosophy Major in the Southwest Region ranking. University of Arizona is a large public school situated in Tucson, Arizona. It awarded 38 bachelors’s philosophy degrees in 2020-2021.
Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 85%.
With a ranking of #17, Austin College did quite well on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Philosophy Major in the Southwest Region list. This small school is located in Sherman, Texas, and it awarded 1 bachelors’s philosophy degrees in 2020-2021.
University of the Incarnate Word did quite well in the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Philosophy Major in the Southwest Region ranking, coming in at #18. Located in San Antonio, Texas, this medium-sized private not-for-profit school handed out 6 degrees to qualified bachelors’s philosophy students in 2020-2021.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 5.0%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Oklahoma Baptist University landed the #19 spot on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Philosophy Major in the Southwest Region ranking. OBU is located in Shawnee, Oklahoma and, has a small student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 1 bachelors’s philosophy degrees to qualified students.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 4.0%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
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With a ranking of #20, The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley did quite well on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Philosophy Major in the Southwest Region list. The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley is a large school located in Edinburg, Texas that handed out 18 bachelors’s philosophy degrees in 2020-2021.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 0.7% 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 ranking of #21, Arizona State University - Tempe did quite well on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Philosophy Major in the Southwest Region list. Tempe, Arizona is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s philosophy degrees to 54 students in 2020-2021.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 4.5%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 86%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.
Read full report on Philosophy at Arizona State University - Tempe
With a ranking of #22, Texas State University did quite well on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Philosophy Major in the Southwest Region list. This large school is located in San Marcos, Texas, and it awarded 23 bachelors’s philosophy degrees in 2020-2021.
Oklahoma State University - Main Campus landed the #23 spot on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Philosophy Major in the Southwest Region ranking. Oklahoma State University - Main Campus is located in Stillwater, Oklahoma and, has a large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 15 bachelors’s philosophy degrees to qualified students.
The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 85%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 2.7%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
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Baylor University did quite well in the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Philosophy Major in the Southwest Region ranking, coming in at #24. Located in Waco, Texas, this large private not-for-profit school handed out 12 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s philosophy students in 2020-2021.
With a freshman retention rate of 91%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students. The low undergrad student loan default rate of 2.2% 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 ranking of #25, New Mexico State University - Main Campus did quite well on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Philosophy Major in the Southwest Region list. Located in Las Cruces, New Mexico, this fairly large public school awarded 7 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s philosophy students in 2020-2021.
Full New Mexico State University - Main Campus Philosophy Report
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