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. 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 Southwest Region” ranking is part of that endeavor.
In 2021-2022, 9,118 people earned their degree in philosophy, making the major the 86th most popular in the United States.
Across the Southwest region, there were 771 philosophy graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 55 philosophy graduates with average earnings and debt of $56,505 and $37,295 respectively.
This year’s “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Philosophy Major in the Southwest Region” ranking analyzed 18 colleges that offered a degree 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 colleges and universities below are the best for southwest region master’s degree philosophy students.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Dallas. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Philosophy Major in the Southwest Region list. Located in Irving, Texas, this small private not-for-profit school handed out 1 diplomas to qualified masters’s philosophy students in 2021-2022.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 0.7%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Out of the 18 schools in the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Philosophy Major in the Southwest Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Houston Baptist University landed the #2 spot on the list. HBU is located in Houston, Texas and, has a small student population. In 2021-2022, this school awarded 1 masters’s philosophy degrees to qualified students.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 1.0% 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 Rice University. The school came in at #3 for the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Philosophy Major in the Southwest Region. Rice is a private not-for-profit institution located in Houston, Texas. The school has a medium-sized population, and it awarded 3 masters’s degrees in 2021-2022.
With a freshman retention rate of 97%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students. With a undergrad student-to-faculty ratio of 6 to 1, it’s easy to see that the school is committed to helping their undergraduates succeed.
Out of the 18 schools in the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Philosophy Major in the Southwest Region that were part of this year’s ranking, University of St. Thomas landed the #4 spot on the list. UST is a small private not-for-profit school situated in Houston, Texas. It awarded 2 masters’s philosophy degrees in 2021-2022.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 0.1% 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%.
Out of the 18 schools in the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Philosophy Major in the Southwest Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Texas Tech University landed the #5 spot on the list. Located in Lubbock, Texas, this large public school awarded 6 diplomas to qualified masters’s philosophy students in 2021-2022.
Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 85%. The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 1.4%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
University of Oklahoma Norman Campus did quite well in the 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Philosophy Major in the Southwest Region ranking, coming in at #6. Norman, Oklahoma is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s philosophy degrees to 2 students in 2021-2022.
With a freshman retention rate of 89%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students. The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 1.2%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Oklahoma State University - Main Campus ranked #7 on this year’s Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Philosophy Major in the Southwest Region list. OSU is a public institution located in Stillwater, Oklahoma. The school has a large population, and it awarded 2 masters’s degrees in 2021-2022.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 1.2%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
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University of North Texas came in at #8 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Philosophy Major in the Southwest Region ranking. UNT is located in Denton, Texas and, has a large student population. In 2021-2022, this school awarded 2 masters’s philosophy degrees to qualified students.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 1.8%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Texas State University ranked #9 on this year’s Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Philosophy Major in the Southwest Region list. San Marcos, Texas is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s philosophy degrees to 10 students in 2021-2022.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 2.0%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Baylor University came in at #10 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Philosophy Major in the Southwest Region ranking. Baylor is a large school located in Waco, Texas that handed out 29 masters’s philosophy degrees in 2021-2022.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 1.1% 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 freshman retention rate of 88%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students.
With a ranking of #11, The University of Texas at El Paso did quite well on the 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Philosophy Major in the Southwest Region list. El Paso, Texas is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s philosophy degrees to 4 students in 2021-2022.
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%.
The University of Texas at San Antonio ranked #12 on this year’s Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Philosophy Major in the Southwest Region list. Located in San Antonio, Texas, this large public school awarded 2 degrees to qualified masters’s philosophy students in 2021-2022.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 1.4% 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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University of Arizona landed the #13 spot on the 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Philosophy Major in the Southwest Region ranking. Located in Tucson, Arizona, this large public school handed out 7 diplomas to qualified masters’s philosophy students in 2021-2022.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 1.6% 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%.
University of Houston did quite well in the 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Philosophy Major in the Southwest Region ranking, coming in at #14. This large school is located in Houston, Texas, and it awarded 7 masters’s philosophy degrees in 2021-2022.
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 0.5%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
With a ranking of #15, Arizona State University - Tempe did quite well on the 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Philosophy Major in the Southwest Region list. Located in Tempe, Arizona, this large public school handed out 1 degrees to qualified masters’s philosophy students in 2021-2022.
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 1.5% 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%.
Texas A&M University - College Station came in at #16 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Philosophy Major in the Southwest Region ranking. Texas A&M College Station is a large public school situated in College Station, Texas. It awarded 44 masters’s philosophy degrees in 2021-2022.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 0.6% 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 freshman retention rate of 93%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students.
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University of New Mexico - Main Campus landed the #17 spot on the 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Philosophy Major in the Southwest Region ranking. University of New Mexico - Main Campus is located in Albuquerque, New Mexico and, has a large student population. In 2021-2022, this school awarded 4 masters’s philosophy degrees to qualified students.
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%.
Full University of New Mexico - Main Campus Philosophy Report
The University of Texas at Austin landed the #17 spot on the 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Philosophy Major in the Southwest Region ranking. The University of Texas at Austin is a large school located in Austin, Texas that handed out 1 masters’s philosophy degrees in 2021-2022.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 0.8% 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%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 96%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.
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