2021 Best Philosophy Colleges for Non-Traditional Students in California
12
Colleges
1,215
Bachelor's Degrees
$34,224
Avg Cost*
Finding the Best Philosophy Schools for Non-Traditional Students
In <nil>, 1,215 bachelor's degrees were awarded to philosophy students who went to a California college or university. This makes it the #45 most popular major in the state. This means that of the 7,976 bachelor's that were awarded in the country, 15.2% were from a college or university in the state.
For this year's Best Philosophy Colleges for Non-Traditional Students in California ranking, we looked at 12 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.
More Ways to Rank Philosophy Schools
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.
When you have some time, check it out - you may want to bookmark the link so you don't forget it.
2021 Best Philosophy Schools for Non-Traditional Students in California
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 tops the 2021 list of our schools in California that are best for non-traditional philosophy students. Located in the large city of Los Angeles, USC is a private not-for-profit school with a fairly large student population. USC also made our Best Colleges for Philosophy in California list, coming in at #1.
The school has a low student loan default rate of 0.5%. Approximately 15,291 students take at least one class online at USC. There are roughly 6,687 part time students in attendance at USC.
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Our rankings recognize University of California - Los Angeles as the #2 school in this year's rankings. UCLA is a fairly large public school located in the city of Los Angeles. UCLA did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our Best Colleges for Philosophy in California list.
The student loan default rate at UCLA is lower than is typical, just 0.7% of students default in three years. There are approximately 25,859 students at UCLA that take at least one class online. 2,161 students are part time.
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University of California - Santa Barbara comes in at #3 in this year's ranking. UCSB is a fairly large public school located in the medium-sized suburb of Santa Barbara. UCSB also took the #3 spot in our Best Colleges for Philosophy in California rankings.
The school has a low student loan default rate of 0.5%. There are approximately 3,596 students at UCSB that take at least one class online. 880 of UCSB students are attending part time.
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Our rankings recognize San Francisco State University as the #4 school in this year's rankings. Located in the city of San Francisco, SFSU is a public college with a fairly large student population.
The school has a low student loan default rate of 1.8%. 14,003 students at SFSU are exclusively online. There are roughly 6,034 part time students in attendance at SFSU.
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Our rankings recognize California State University - Fullerton as the #5 school in this year's rankings. Cal State Fullerton is a very large public school located in the large suburb of Fullerton. In addition to being on our best for non-traditional students list, Cal State Fullerton has also earned the #9 rank in our Best Colleges for Philosophy in California ranking.
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. There are roughly 10,634 part time students in attendance at Cal State Fullerton.
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University of California - Davis landed the #6 spot in our 2021 best philosophy schools for non-traditional students. UC Davis is a very large public school located in the small suburb of Davis. UC Davis also took the #4 spot in our Best Colleges for Philosophy in California rankings.
The school has a low student loan default rate of 0.9%. 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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California State University - Long Beach landed the #7 spot in our 2021 best philosophy schools for non-traditional students. CSULB is a fairly large public school located in the city of Long Beach. CSULB also made our Best Colleges for Philosophy in California list, coming in at #8.
The student loan default rate at CSULB is lower than is typical, just 0.8% of students default in three years. 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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The #8 spot in this year's ranking belongs to University of California - Santa Cruz. Located in the small city of Santa Cruz, UC Santa Cruz is a public school with a large student population. UC Santa Cruz not only placed well in our non-traditional rankings. It is also #6 on our Best Colleges for Philosophy in California list.
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.
Full Philosophy at University of California - Santa Cruz Report
Our rankings recognize California State University - Sacramento as the #9 school in this year's rankings. Located in the city of Sacramento, Sac State is a public school with a fairly large student population.
The school has a low student loan default rate of 1.7%. There are approximately 16,876 students at Sac State that take at least one class online. 7,378 of Sac State students are attending part time.
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The #10 spot in this year's ranking belongs to University of California - Berkeley. UC Berkeley is a fairly large public school located in the midsize city of Berkeley. As a testament to the quality of education offered at UC Berkeley, the school also landed the #5 rank in our Best Colleges for Philosophy in California ranking.
The student loan default rate at UC Berkeley is lower than is typical, just 0.5% of students default in three years. There are approximately 26,398 students at UC Berkeley that take at least one class online. 4,099 of UC Berkeley students are attending part time.
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