by our College Data Analytics Team
Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. 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 Kansas” 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 Kansas, there were 69 philosophy graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 60 philosophy graduates with average earnings and debt of $41,562 and $28,681 respectively.
For this year’s “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Philosophy Major in Kansas” ranking, we looked at 10 colleges that offer a degree in philosophy. This a ranking of the schools where the largest percentage of students has enrolled in philosophy.
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The following schools top our list of the Best “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Philosophy Major in Kansas”.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Benedictine College. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Philosophy Major in Kansas list. Benedictine College is a private not-for-profit institution located in Atchison, Kansas. The school has a small population, and it awarded 12 bachelors’s degrees in 2020-2021.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 4.0%, 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 Newman University. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Philosophy Major in Kansas list. Newman University is a private not-for-profit institution located in Wichita, Kansas. The school has a small population, and it awarded 7 bachelors’s degrees 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%.
Out of the 10 schools in the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Philosophy Major in Kansas that were part of this year’s ranking, Kansas Wesleyan University landed the #3 spot on the list. Kansas Wesleyan University is located in Salina, Kansas and, has a small student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 1 bachelors’s philosophy degrees to qualified students.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Kansas State University. The school came in at #4 for the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Philosophy Major in Kansas. Located in Manhattan, Kansas, this large public school awarded 19 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s philosophy students in 2020-2021.
With a freshman retention rate of 87%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students. The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 3.7%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Out of the 10 schools in the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Philosophy Major in Kansas that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Kansas landed the #5 spot on the list. Lawrence, Kansas is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s philosophy degrees to 15 students 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. The low undergrad student loan default rate of 4.3% 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%.
Fort Hays State University landed the #6 spot on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Philosophy Major in Kansas ranking. Fort Hays State University is located in Hays, Kansas and, has a fairly large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 4 bachelors’s philosophy degrees to qualified students.
Wichita State University ranked #7 on this year’s Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Philosophy Major in Kansas list. Wichita, Kansas is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s philosophy degrees to 2 students in 2020-2021.
Baker University ranked #8 on this year’s Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Philosophy Major in Kansas list. Baker is a private not-for-profit institution located in Baldwin City, Kansas. The school has a small population, and it awarded 0 bachelors’s degrees in 2020-2021.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 3.8%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. The impressive undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 10 to 1 means that students may have more opportunities to work more closely with their professors than they would at other schools.
Washburn University ranked #8 on this year’s Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Philosophy Major in Kansas list. Washburn University is located in Topeka, Kansas and, has a medium-sized student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 0 bachelors’s philosophy degrees to qualified students.
Tabor College ranked #8 on this year’s Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Philosophy Major in Kansas list. Hillsboro, Kansas 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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