2024 Best Philosophy Schools in the Plains States Region
3Colleges in the Plains States Region
572Philosophy Degrees Awarded
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.
In 2024, College Factual analyzed 3 schools in order to identify the top ones for its Best Philosophy Schools in the Plains States Region ranking. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 572 degrees in philosophy during the 2020-2021 academic year.
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.
Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we've developed the Best Philosophy Schools in the Plains States Region ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.
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Best Schools for Philosophy in the Plains States Region
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 Minnesota - Twin Cities is a great option for students interested in a degree in philosophy. UMN Twin Cities is a fairly large public university located in the large city of Minneapolis. A Best Colleges rank of #51 out of 2,217 colleges nationwide means UMN Twin Cities is a great university overall.
There were about 44 philosophy students who graduated with this degree at UMN Twin Cities in the most recent data year.
Every student who is interested in philosophy needs to look into University of St Thomas Minnesota. UST MN is a moderately-sized private not-for-profit university located in the large city of Saint Paul. This university ranks 3rd out of 52 schools for overall quality in the state of Minnesota.
There were about 36 philosophy students who graduated with this degree at UST MN in the most recent data year.
University of Minnesota - Duluth is a good choice for students pursuing a degree in philosophy. Located in the small city of Duluth, UMN Duluth is a public university with a moderately-sized student population. This university ranks 9th out of 52 schools for overall quality in the state of Minnesota.
There were approximately 11 philosophy students who graduated with this degree at UMN Duluth 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. 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.
