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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

Best Philosophy Colleges for Non-Traditional Students in the Far Western US Region

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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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

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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 school 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 school has a low student loan default rate of 0.5%. There are approximately 15,291 students at USC that take at least one class online. 6,687 of USC students are attending 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 large city of Los Angeles. UCLA also took the #2 spot in our Best Colleges for Philosophy in the Far Western US Region rankings.

The student loan default rate at UCLA is lower than is typical, just 0.7% of students default in three years. Approximately 25,859 students take at least one class online at UCLA. 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 medium-sized 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 of UCSB students are attending part time.

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The #4 spot in this year's ranking belongs to University of Washington - Seattle Campus. Located in the large city of Seattle, UW Seattle is a public school with a very 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. 9,705 of UW Seattle students are attending part time.

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San Francisco State University comes in at #5 in this year's ranking. Located in the city of San Francisco, SFSU is a public school with a very large student population.

About 1.8% of SFSU students default on their loans in three years, which is lower than average. 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 fairly large public school located in the large suburb of Fullerton.

The school has a low student loan default rate of 0.8%. There are approximately 25,781 students at Cal State Fullerton that take at least one class online. There are roughly 10,634 part time students in attendance at Cal State Fullerton.

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University of California - Davis earned the #7 spot in our 2021 rankings. UC Davis is a fairly large public school located in the 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.

About 0.9% of UC Davis students default on their loans in three years, which is lower than average. Approximately 7,892 students take at least one class online at UC Davis. About 1,668 of the students at UC Davis 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 very large public school located in the city of Long Beach.

About 0.8% of CSULB students default on their loans in three years, which is lower than average. There are approximately 24,806 students at CSULB that take at least one class online. 8,046 students are 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 fairly 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. 1,683 students are 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 school with a fairly 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. 837 students are part time.

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Best for Non-Traditional Students Philosophy Colleges by State

Explore the best for non-traditional students philosophy colleges for a specific state in the Far Western US region.

State Degrees Awarded
California 1,375
Washington 236
Oregon 98
Nevada 43
Hawaii 24
Alaska 4

Philosophy is one of 3 different types of Philosophy & Religious Studies programs to choose from.

Notes and References

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*Avg Cost is for the top 16 schools only.

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