If you pursue a degree in philosophy, you won't be alone. The field of study is the #86 most popular program in the country. This makes choosing the right school a hard decision.
For its 2024 ranking, College Factual looked at 4 schools in Illinois to determine which ones were the best for philosophy students pursuing a degree. Combined, these schools handed out 378 degrees in philosophy to qualified students.
Your choice of philosophy school matters, so we have put together these rankings to help you make your decision. We derive our Best Overall Philosophy School rankings by rolling up our degree-level rankings after weighting them by the number of degrees awarded at each school.
In order to find the schools that are the best fit for you, you may want to filter to one of the degree levels below.
The philosophy school you choose to invest your time and money in matters. To help you make the decision that is right for you, we've developed a number of major-specific rankings, including this list of the Best Philosophy Schools in Illinois.
You can also filter this list by location to find schools closer to you.
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Although we recommend filtering by degree level first, you can view the list below to see which schools give the educational experience for the philosophy degree levels they offer.
It is hard to beat University of Chicago if you want to pursue a degree in philosophy. UChicago is a large private not-for-profit university located in the city of Chicago. A Best Colleges rank of #2 out of 2,217 colleges nationwide means UChicago is a great university overall.
There were approximately 71 philosophy students who graduated with this degree at UChicago in the most recent data year.
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign is a good choice for students interested in a degree in philosophy. UIUC is a very large public university located in the city of Champaign. A Best Colleges rank of #34 out of 2,217 schools nationwide means UIUC is a great university overall.
There were approximately 27 philosophy students who graduated with this degree at UIUC in the most recent year we have data available.
Every student pursuing a degree in philosophy needs to look into Wheaton College Illinois. Located in the large suburb of Wheaton, Wheaton College Illinois is a private not-for-profit college with a small student population. This college ranks 11th out of 85 schools for overall quality in the state of Illinois.
There were about 16 philosophy students who graduated with this degree at Wheaton College Illinois in the most recent data year.
It is hard to beat DePaul University if you wish to pursue a degree in philosophy. DePaul is a very large private not-for-profit university located in the large city of Chicago. This university ranks 7th out of 85 colleges for overall quality in the state of Illinois.
There were about 23 philosophy students who graduated with this degree at DePaul in the most recent data year.
The bars on the spread charts above show the distribution of the schools on this list +/- one standard deviation from the mean.
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 the rest 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).
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Your choice of philosophy school matters, so we have put together these rankings to help you make your decision. We derive our Best Overall Philosophy School rankings by rolling up our degree-level rankings after weighting them by the number of degrees awarded at each school.
