by our College Data Analytics Team
Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. College Factual has developed its “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Philosophy Major in Oregon” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.
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 Oregon, there were 107 philosophy graduates with average earnings and debt of $24,257 and $27,125 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 5 philosophy graduates with average earnings and debt of $52,963 and $0 respectively.
This year’s “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Philosophy Major in Oregon” ranking analyzed 4 colleges that offered 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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When choosing the right school for you, it’s important to arm yourself with all the facts you can. To that end, we’ve created a number of major-specific rankings, including this “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Philosophy Major in Oregon” list to help you make the college decision.
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The following schools top our list of the Best “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Philosophy Major in Oregon”.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Oregon. The school came in at #1 for the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Philosophy Major in Oregon. UO is a large public school situated in Eugene, Oregon. It awarded 3 masters’s philosophy degrees in 2020-2021.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 3.1%, 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 Oregon State University. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Philosophy Major in Oregon list. Oregon State is a large school located in Corvallis, Oregon that handed out 2 masters’s philosophy degrees in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 2.8%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 85%.
Out of the 4 schools in the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Philosophy Major in Oregon that were part of this year’s ranking, Western Oregon University landed the #3 spot on the list. This small school is located in Monmouth, Oregon, and it awarded 1 masters’s philosophy degrees in 2020-2021.
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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Mount Angel Seminary. The school came in at #3 for the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Philosophy Major in Oregon. Saint Benedict, Oregon is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out masters’s philosophy degrees to 8 students in 2020-2021.
With a undergrad student-to-faculty ratio of 6 to 1, it’s easy to see that the school is committed to helping their undergraduates succeed.
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