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2022 Best Value Philosophy Schools for a Doctorate in the Rocky Mountains Region For Those Making $75-$110k

2 Ranked Colleges
7 Degrees Awarded
$28,800 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees*
Best Value Philosophy Schools for a Doctorate in the Rocky Mountains Region For Those Making $75-$110k

When pursuing a degree in today’s world, students have many different options to choose from. Our mission at College Factual is to arm you with as much information as we can to help you make that decision. Our “Best Value Philosophy Schools for a Doctorate in the Rocky Mountains Region For Those Making $75-$110k” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.

Philosophy is the 81st most popular major in the country with 10,015 degrees awarded in 2019-2020. In 2017-2018, philosophy graduates who were awarded their degree in 2015-2017, earned an average of $29,067 and had an average of $22,199 in loans still to pay off.

Across the Rocky Mountains region, there were 374 philosophy graduates with average earnings and debt of $23,950 and $23,651 respectively. At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 7 philosophy graduates with average earnings and debt of $75,140 and $97,138 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value Philosophy Schools for a Doctorate in the Rocky Mountains Region For Those Making $75-$110k” ranking, we looked at 2 colleges that offer a degree in philosophy. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent philosophy programs, but they also cost less that schools of similar quality.

To come up with these rankings, we looked at factors such as the cost to attend the school after aid is awarded and overall quality of the philosophy program at the school. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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Best Value Philosophy Schools for a Doctorate in the Rocky Mountains Region For Those Making $75-$110k

The colleges and universities below are the best for rocky mountains region doctor’s degree philosophy students whose families make $75-$110k.

Top 2 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Philosophy (Income $75-$110k) in the Rocky Mountains Region

#1

University of Utah

Salt Lake City, Utah
#2 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Utah. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Philosophy Schools for a Doctorate in the Rocky Mountains Region For Those Making $75-$110k list. U of U is located in Salt Lake City, Utah and, has a large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 2 doctorate’s philosophy degrees to qualified students.

U of U not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #2 on our “Best Philosophy Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at U of U are $24,695, but some majors have different tuition rates.

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#1 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Colorado Boulder. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Philosophy Schools for a Doctorate in the Rocky Mountains Region For Those Making $75-$110k list. Boulder, Colorado is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out doctorate’s philosophy degrees to 5 students in 2019-2020.

CU - Boulder also made our “Best Philosophy Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region” list, coming in at #1. Average graduate tuition and fees at CU - Boulder are $32,980, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

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Notes and References

References

  • 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 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).
  • Information about the national average student loan default rate is from the U.S. Department of Education and refers to data about the 2016 borrower cohort tracking period for which the cohort default rate (CDR) was 10.1%.

Read more about our data sources and methodologies

Footnotes

  • *Average salary, average net price, and average tuition and fees are for the top schools only.
  • Some schools otherwise deserving of recognition may have been removed from this ranking in the event that new data identified post-publication warranted it, or at the request of the school.

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