by our College Data Analytics Team
With all of the options students have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Philosophy Major in the Rocky Mountains Region” ranking is part of that endeavor.
Philosophy is the 83rd most popular major in the country with 10,054 degrees awarded in 2020-2021. In 2019-2020, philosophy graduates who were awarded their degree in 2017-2019, earned an average of $30,510 and had an average of $21,514 in loans still to pay off.
Across the Rocky Mountains region, there were 394 philosophy graduates with average earnings and debt of $29,019 and $25,140 respectively. At the associate degree level specifically, there were 16 philosophy graduates with average earnings and debt of $36,822 and $20,997 respectively.
For this year’s “Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Philosophy Major in the Rocky Mountains Region” ranking, we looked at 4 colleges that offer a degree in philosophy. That schools that top this list have a program in philosophy in which the largest percentage of students at the school are enrolled.
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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 “Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Philosophy Major in the Rocky Mountains Region”.
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The colleges and universities below are the best for rocky mountains region associate degree philosophy students.
Out of the 4 schools in the Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Philosophy Major in the Rocky Mountains Region that were part of this year’s ranking, North Idaho College landed the #1 spot on the list. North Idaho College is a public institution located in Coeur d’Alene, Idaho. The school has a small population, and it awarded 6 associates’s degrees in 2020-2021.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend College of Western Idaho. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Philosophy Major in the Rocky Mountains Region list. College of Western Idaho is a fairly large school located in Nampa, Idaho that handed out 7 associates’s philosophy degrees in 2020-2021.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Snow College. The school came in at #3 for the Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Philosophy Major in the Rocky Mountains Region. Ephraim, Utah is the setting for this medium-sized institution of higher learning. The public school handed out associates’s philosophy degrees to 1 students in 2020-2021.
Out of the 4 schools in the Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Philosophy Major in the Rocky Mountains Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Utah Valley University landed the #4 spot on the list. UVU is located in Orem, Utah and, has a large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 2 associates’s philosophy degrees to qualified students.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 4.4%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
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