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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

Best Philosophy Colleges for Non-Traditional Students in CaliforniaIn <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.

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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

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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 college with a fairly large student population. USC also made our Best Colleges for Philosophy in California list, coming in at #1.

About 0.5% of USC students default on their loans in three years, which is lower than average. 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 very 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. 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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University of California - Santa Barbara comes in at #3 in this year's ranking. UCSB is a fairly large public school located in the 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%. Approximately 3,596 students take at least one class online at UCSB. 880 students are 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 student loan default rate at SFSU is lower than is typical, just 1.8% of students default in three years. 14,003 of SFSU students are exclusively distance learners. About 6,034 of the students at SFSU are attending part time.

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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 fairly large public school located in the 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. 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 landed the #6 spot in our 2021 best philosophy schools for non-traditional students. UC Davis is a fairly 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.

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. 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. About 8,046 of the students at CSULB are attending part time.

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The #8 spot in this year's ranking belongs to University of California - Santa Cruz. Located in the 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. Approximately 11,400 students take at least one class online at UC Santa Cruz. 837 of UC Santa Cruz students are attending part time.

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Our rankings recognize California State University - Sacramento as the #9 school in this year's rankings. Located in the large city of Sacramento, Sac State is a public college with a fairly large student population.

The school has a low student loan default rate of 1.7%. Approximately 16,876 students take at least one class online at Sac State. 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 school has a low student loan default rate of 0.5%. Approximately 26,398 students take at least one class online at UC Berkeley. There are roughly 4,099 part time students in attendance at UC Berkeley.

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

Explore all the Best Philosophy Schools for Non-Traditional Students in the Far Western US Area or other specific states within that region.

State Degrees Awarded
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 12 schools only.

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