by our College Data Analytics Team
It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Philosophy Major in the Rocky Mountains Region” ranking is part of that endeavor.
In 2020-2021, 9,487 people earned their degree in philosophy, making the major the 86th most popular in the United States.
Across the Rocky Mountains region, there were 387 philosophy graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 18 philosophy graduates with average earnings and debt of $57,301 and $0 respectively.
This year’s “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Philosophy Major in the Rocky Mountains Region” ranking looked at 8 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in philosophy. That schools that top this list have a program in philosophy in which the largest percentage of students at the school are enrolled.
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The following schools top our list of the Best “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Philosophy Major in the Rocky Mountains Region”.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend The University of Montana. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Philosophy Major in the Rocky Mountains Region list. Located in Missoula, Montana, this fairly large public school awarded 5 degrees to qualified masters’s philosophy students in 2020-2021.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Colorado Boulder. The school came in at #2 for the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Philosophy Major in the Rocky Mountains Region. CU - Boulder is a large public school situated in Boulder, Colorado. It awarded 7 masters’s philosophy degrees in 2020-2021.
Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 85%. The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 2.4%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Colorado State University - Fort Collins. The school came in at #3 for the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Philosophy Major in the Rocky Mountains Region. Fort Collins, Colorado is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s philosophy degrees to 4 students in 2020-2021.
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 2.6%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
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Out of the 8 schools in the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Philosophy Major in the Rocky Mountains Region that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Utah landed the #4 spot on the list. U of U is a large public school situated in Salt Lake City, Utah. It awarded 2 masters’s philosophy degrees in 2020-2021.
Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 89%. The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 1.7%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Out of the 8 schools in the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Philosophy Major in the Rocky Mountains Region that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Wyoming landed the #5 spot on the list. This fairly large school is located in Laramie, Wyoming, and it awarded 5 masters’s philosophy degrees in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 3.5%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Out of the 8 schools in the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Philosophy Major in the Rocky Mountains Region that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Idaho landed the #5 spot on the list. U of I is a fairly large public school situated in Moscow, Idaho. It awarded 18 masters’s philosophy degrees in 2020-2021.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 4.1%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Out of the 8 schools in the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Philosophy Major in the Rocky Mountains Region that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Denver landed the #5 spot on the list. Denver, Colorado is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out masters’s philosophy degrees to 4 students in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 1.6%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Brigham Young University - Provo. The school came in at #5 for the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Philosophy Major in the Rocky Mountains Region. Brigham Young University - Provo is located in Provo, Utah and, has a large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 19 masters’s philosophy degrees to qualified students.
Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 92%. The low undergrad student loan default rate of 1.3% 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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