2023 Most Well Attended Philosophy Major in the Middle Atlantic Region for an Associate

Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. College Factual has developed its “Most Well Attended Philosophy Major in the Middle Atlantic Region for an Associate” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.

In 2020-2021, 10,054 people earned their degree in philosophy, making the major the 83rd most popular in the United States. 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 Middle Atlantic region, there were 2,069 philosophy graduates with average earnings and debt of $32,140 and $23,053 respectively. At the associate degree level specifically, there were 10 philosophy graduates with average earnings and debt of $35,164 and $17,633 respectively.

For this year’s “Most Well Attended Philosophy Major in the Middle Atlantic Region for an Associate” ranking, we looked at 2 colleges that offer a degree in philosophy. This ranking identifies schools that graduate the most students in philosophy.

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Most Well Attended Philosophy Major in the Middle Atlantic Region for an Associate

The following schools top our list of the Best “Most Well Attended Philosophy Major in the Middle Atlantic Region for an Associate”.

Top 2 Most Popular Associate Degree Colleges for Philosophy in the Middle Atlantic Region

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LaGuardia Community College
Long Island City, New York

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend LaGuardia Community College. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Most Well Attended Philosophy Major in the Middle Atlantic Region for an Associate list. This fairly large school is located in Long Island City, New York, and it awarded 7 associates’s philosophy degrees in 2020-2021.

Read full report on Philosophy at LaGuardia Community College

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Harrisburg Area Community College
Harrisburg, Pennsylvania

Out of the 2 schools in the Most Well Attended Philosophy Major in the Middle Atlantic Region for an Associate that were part of this year’s ranking, Harrisburg Area Community College landed the #2 spot on the list. Harrisburg Area Community College is a fairly large public school situated in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania. It awarded 3 associates’s philosophy degrees in 2020-2021.

Read more about Philosophy at Harrisburg Area Community College

• Most Popular Associate Degree Colleges for Philosophy

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

• *Avg Salary and Avg 4-Year Grad Rate 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.