2021 Best Philosophy Colleges for Non-Traditional Students in the Far Western US Region
16
Colleges
1,660
Bachelor's Degrees
$34,559
Avg Cost*
Finding the Best Philosophy Schools for Non-Traditional Students
For this year's Best Philosophy Colleges for Non-Traditional Students in the Far Western US Region ranking, we looked at 16 colleges that offer a bachelor's in philosophy. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality philosophy programs as well as strong support for students classified as non-traditional.
Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the philosophy program at the school, affordability, and non-traditional population. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.
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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 the Best Philosophy Schools for Non-Traditional Students.
To further help you make the college decision, we've developed a unique tool called College Combat that allows you to compare schools based on the factors that matter the most to you.
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2021 Best Philosophy Schools for Non-Traditional Students in the Far Western US Region
Check out the philosophy programs at these schools if you want to see which ones are the best for non-traditional students.
Top 10 Best Philosophy Schools for Non-Traditional Students
University of Southern California has taken the #1 spot in this year's philosophy ranking for non-traditional students. Located in the large city of Los Angeles, USC is a private not-for-profit college with a fairly large student population. USC did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our Best Colleges for Philosophy in the Far Western US Region list.
The student loan default rate at USC is lower than is typical, just 0.5% of students default in three years. Approximately 15,291 students take at least one class online at USC. 6,687 students are part time.
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University of California - Los Angeles comes in at #2 in this year's ranking. UCLA is a very large public school located in the city of Los Angeles. UCLA also took the #2 spot in our Best Colleges for Philosophy in the Far Western US Region rankings.
The school has a low student loan default rate of 0.7%. There are approximately 25,859 students at UCLA that take at least one class online. About 2,161 of the students at UCLA are attending part time.
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The #3 spot in this year's ranking belongs to University of California - Santa Barbara. UCSB is a very large public school located in the midsize suburb of Santa Barbara. UCSB did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #3 on our Best Colleges for Philosophy in the Far Western US Region list.
The student loan default rate at UCSB is lower than is typical, just 0.5% of students default in three years. Approximately 3,596 students take at least one class online at UCSB. 880 students are part time.
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The #4 spot in this year's ranking belongs to University of Washington - Seattle Campus. Located in the city of Seattle, UW Seattle is a public college with a fairly large student population. UW Seattle also took the #4 spot in our Best Colleges for Philosophy in the Far Western US Region rankings.
The student loan default rate at UW Seattle is lower than is typical, just 0.7% of students default in three years. There are approximately 8,815 students at UW Seattle that take at least one class online. There are roughly 9,705 part time students in attendance at UW Seattle.
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San Francisco State University comes in at #5 in this year's ranking. Located in the large city of San Francisco, SFSU is a public school with a very large student population.
The school has a low student loan default rate of 1.8%. 14,003 of SFSU students are exclusively distance learners. There are roughly 6,034 part time students in attendance at SFSU.
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California State University - Fullerton landed the #6 spot in our 2021 best philosophy schools for non-traditional students. Cal State Fullerton is a very large public school located in the suburb of Fullerton.
About 0.8% of Cal State Fullerton students default on their loans in three years, which is lower than average. Approximately 25,781 students take at least one class online at Cal State Fullerton. 10,634 students are part time.
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University of California - Davis earned the #7 spot in our 2021 rankings. UC Davis is a very large public school located in the small suburb of Davis. UC Davis did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #5 on our Best Colleges for Philosophy in the Far Western US Region list.
The student loan default rate at UC Davis is lower than is typical, just 0.9% of students default in three years. There are approximately 7,892 students at UC Davis that take at least one class online. 1,668 of UC Davis students are attending part time.
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The #8 spot in this year's ranking belongs to California State University - Long Beach. CSULB is a fairly large public school located in the city of Long Beach.
The student loan default rate at CSULB is lower than is typical, just 0.8% of students default in three years. Approximately 24,806 students take at least one class online at CSULB. About 8,046 of the students at CSULB are attending part time.
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University of Oregon earned the #9 spot in our 2021 rankings. Located in the midsize city of Eugene, UO is a public school with a very large student population. In addition to being on our best for non-traditional students list, UO has also earned the #8 rank in our Best Colleges for Philosophy in the Far Western US Region ranking.
The student loan default rate at UO is lower than is typical, just 1.0% of students default in three years. There are approximately 8,819 students at UO that take at least one class online. About 1,683 of the students at UO are attending part time.
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University of California - Santa Cruz earned the #10 spot in our 2021 rankings. Located in the city of Santa Cruz, UC Santa Cruz is a public college with a large student population. As a testament to the quality of education offered at UC Santa Cruz, the school also landed the #7 rank in our Best Colleges for Philosophy in the Far Western US Region ranking.
The student loan default rate at UC Santa Cruz is lower than is typical, just 1.3% of students default in three years. There are approximately 11,400 students at UC Santa Cruz that take at least one class online. There are roughly 837 part time students in attendance at UC Santa Cruz.
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