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2022 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Philosophy in New York

6 Ranked Colleges
142 Degrees Awarded
$30,200 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees*
Best Value Philosophy Schools for a Master's in New York

When pursuing a degree in today’s world, students have many different options to choose from. College Factual has developed its “Best Value Philosophy Schools for a Master’s in New York” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.

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 New York, there were 976 philosophy graduates with average earnings and debt of $23,200 and $22,498 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 142 philosophy graduates with average earnings and debt of $60,029 and $47,933 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value Philosophy Schools for a Master’s in New York” ranking, we looked at 6 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. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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Best Value Philosophy Schools for a Master’s in New York

The colleges and universities below are the best for new york master’s degree philosophy students.

Top 6 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Philosophy in New York

#1

Stony Brook University

Stony Brook, New York
#4 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Stony Brook University. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Philosophy Schools for a Master’s in New York list. Stony Brook, New York is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s philosophy degrees to 5 students in 2019-2020.

SUNY Stony Brook also took the #4 spot in our “Best Philosophy Master’s Degree Schools in New York” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at SUNY Stony Brook are $25,583, but some majors have different tuition rates.

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#2

Binghamton University

Vestal, New York
#5 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Binghamton University. The school came in at #2 for the Best Value Philosophy Schools for a Master’s in New York. This fairly large school is located in Vestal, New York, and it awarded 4 masters’s philosophy degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Binghamton University, the school also landed the #5 spot in our “Best Philosophy Master’s Degree Schools in New York” ranking. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at Binghamton University are $25,290.

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#3

Fordham University

Bronx, New York
#3 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Fordham University. It ranked #3 on our 2022 Best Value Philosophy Schools for a Master’s in New York list. Bronx, New York is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out masters’s philosophy degrees to 28 students in 2019-2020.

Fordham U also took the #3 spot in our “Best Philosophy Master’s Degree Schools in New York” ranking. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at Fordham University are $23,846.

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#4

University at Albany

Albany, New York
#6 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University at Albany. The school came in at #4 for the Best Value Philosophy Schools for a Master’s in New York. University at Albany is a fairly large school located in Albany, New York that handed out 2 masters’s philosophy degrees in 2019-2020.

UAlbany also made our “Best Philosophy Master’s Degree Schools in New York” list, coming in at #6. Average graduate tuition and fees at University at Albany are $25,225, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

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#5

Cornell University

Ithaca, New York
#2 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Cornell University. The school came in at #5 for the Best Value Philosophy Schools for a Master’s in New York. Cornell is located in Ithaca, New York and, has a large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 7 masters’s philosophy degrees to qualified students.

Cornell also took the #2 spot in our “Best Philosophy Master’s Degree Schools in New York” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Cornell University are $30,042, but some majors have different tuition rates.

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#1 in overall quality

Columbia University in the City of New York did quite well in the 2022 Best Value Philosophy Schools for a Master’s in New York ranking, coming in at #6. Columbia University in the City of New York is a large private not-for-profit school situated in New York, New York. It awarded 15 masters’s philosophy degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Columbia, the school also landed the #1 spot in our “Best Philosophy Master’s Degree Schools in New York” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Columbia are $51,194, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read more about Philosophy at Columbia University in the City of New York

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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