Philosophy is of the hottest degree programs in the United States, coming in as the #86 most popular major in the country. This means there are lots of options to choose from when you decide to get your degree.
College Factual reviewed 3 schools in Colorado to determine which ones were the best for degree seekers in the field of philosophy. Combined, these schools handed out 189 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. For our Best Overall Philosophy School rankings, we roll up the results of our degree-level rankings, weighted by the number of degrees awarded at that level.
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.
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 Best Philosophy Schools in Colorado list to help you make the college decision.
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The schools below may not offer all types of philosophy degrees so you may want to filter by degree level first. However, they are great for the degree levels they do offer.
University of Colorado Boulder is one of the best schools in the country for getting a degree in philosophy. Located in the city of Boulder, CU - Boulder is a public university with a very large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #145 out of 2,152 schools nationwide means CU - Boulder is a great university overall.
There were roughly 70 philosophy students who graduated with this degree at CU - Boulder in the most recent data year.
Every student pursuing a degree in philosophy has to take a look at Colorado State University - Fort Collins. Located in the midsize city of Fort Collins, Colorado State is a public university with a very large student population. This university ranks 4th out of 31 colleges for overall quality in the state of Colorado.
There were roughly 25 philosophy students who graduated with this degree at Colorado State in the most recent data year.
Every student who is interested in philosophy needs to look into University of Colorado at Colorado Springs. UCCS is a fairly large public university located in the large city of Colorado Springs. This university ranks 21st out of 31 schools for overall quality in the state of Colorado.
There were roughly 31 philosophy students who graduated with this degree at UCCS in the most recent year we have data available.
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).
Your choice of philosophy school matters, so we have put together these rankings to help you make your decision. For our Best Overall Philosophy School rankings, we roll up the results of our degree-level rankings, weighted by the number of degrees awarded at that level.
