by our College Data Analytics Team
It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. Our mission at College Factual is to arm you with as much information as we can to help you make that decision. Our “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Philosophy Major in Georgia” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.
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 Georgia, there were 218 philosophy graduates with average earnings and debt of $29,315 and $25,045 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 182 philosophy graduates with average earnings and debt of $37,491 and $29,433 respectively.
For this year’s “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Philosophy Major in Georgia” ranking, we looked at 16 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 following schools top our list of the Best “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Philosophy Major in Georgia”.
Out of the 16 schools in the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Philosophy Major in Georgia that were part of this year’s ranking, Morehouse College landed the #1 spot on the list. Morehouse College is a small school located in Atlanta, Georgia that handed out 9 bachelors’s philosophy degrees in 2020-2021.
The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 86%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.
Out of the 16 schools in the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Philosophy Major in Georgia that were part of this year’s ranking, Agnes Scott College landed the #2 spot on the list. Agnes Scott is located in Decatur, Georgia and, has a small student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 5 bachelors’s philosophy degrees to qualified students.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 3.6% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Oglethorpe University. The school came in at #3 for the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Philosophy Major in Georgia. Oglethorpe is a small school located in Atlanta, Georgia that handed out 4 bachelors’s philosophy degrees in 2020-2021.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Covenant College. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Philosophy Major in Georgia list. Covenant is located in Lookout Mountain, Georgia and, has a small student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 3 bachelors’s philosophy degrees to qualified students.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 0.8%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Spelman College. It ranked #5 on our 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Philosophy Major in Georgia list. Spelman is a small school located in Atlanta, Georgia that handed out 6 bachelors’s philosophy degrees in 2020-2021.
With a freshman retention rate of 89%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students. The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 3.5%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Emory University ranked #6 on this year’s Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Philosophy Major in Georgia list. Emory University is a private not-for-profit institution located in Atlanta, Georgia. The school has a fairly large population, and it awarded 52 bachelors’s degrees in 2020-2021.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 1.4%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. The impressive undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 9 to 1 means that students may have more opportunities to work more closely with their professors than they would at other schools. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 93%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.
With a ranking of #7, Georgia College & State University did quite well on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Philosophy Major in Georgia list. Located in Milledgeville, Georgia, this medium-sized public school awarded 10 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s philosophy students in 2020-2021.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 3.4%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Georgia State University came in at #8 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Philosophy Major in Georgia ranking. Georgia State is a public institution located in Atlanta, Georgia. The school has a large population, and it awarded 28 bachelors’s degrees in 2020-2021.
With a ranking of #9, University of West Georgia did quite well on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Philosophy Major in Georgia list. Carrollton, Georgia is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s philosophy degrees to 9 students in 2020-2021.
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Georgia Southern University came in at #10 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Philosophy Major in Georgia ranking. Georgia Southern University is a public institution located in Statesboro, Georgia. The school has a large population, and it awarded 16 bachelors’s degrees in 2020-2021.
Mercer University came in at #11 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Philosophy Major in Georgia ranking. Mercer University is a private not-for-profit institution located in Macon, Georgia. The school has a medium-sized population, and it awarded 7 bachelors’s degrees in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 3.5%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. With a freshman retention rate of 87%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students.
University of Georgia ranked #12 on this year’s Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Philosophy Major in Georgia list. This large school is located in Athens, Georgia, and it awarded 30 bachelors’s philosophy degrees in 2020-2021.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 1.9%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 94%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.
Clark Atlanta University landed the #13 spot on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Philosophy Major in Georgia ranking. CAU is located in Atlanta, Georgia and, has a small student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 1 bachelors’s philosophy degrees to qualified students.
With a ranking of #14, Kennesaw State University did quite well on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Philosophy Major in Georgia list. Kennesaw State University is located in Kennesaw, Georgia and, has a large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 2 bachelors’s philosophy degrees to qualified students.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 4.8%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Clayton State University ranked #15 on this year’s Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Philosophy Major in Georgia list. Located in Morrow, Georgia, this medium-sized public school handed out 0 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s philosophy students in 2020-2021.
With a ranking of #15, Toccoa Falls College did quite well on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Philosophy Major in Georgia list. Toccoa Falls, Georgia is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out bachelors’s philosophy degrees to 0 students in 2020-2021.
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