2021 Best Philosophy Colleges for Non-Traditional Students in New York
2Colleges
716Bachelor's Degrees
$47,100Avg Cost*
Finding the Best Philosophy Schools for Non-Traditional Students
Philosophy is the #52 most popular major in New York with 716 bachelor's degrees awarded in <nil>. This means that colleges and universities in the state were responsible for awarding 9.0% of all the philosophy bachelor's degrees in the country.
For this year's Best Philosophy Colleges for Non-Traditional Students in New York ranking, we looked at 2 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.
As a non-traditional student, you have a lot to consider when it comes to choosing an education. That's why we've developed rankings specifically for you. Check out more major-related rankings here..
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2021 Best Philosophy Schools for Non-Traditional Students in New York
Check out the philosophy programs at these schools if you want to see which ones are the best for non-traditional students.
Best Philosophy Schools for Non-Traditional Students
New York University tops the 2021 list of our schools in New York that are best for non-traditional philosophy students. Located in the large city of New York, NYU is a private not-for-profit college with a fairly large student population. In addition to being on our best for non-traditional students list, NYU has also earned the #1 rank in our Best Colleges for Philosophy in New York ranking.
The student loan default rate at NYU is lower than is typical, just 0.8% of students default in three years. There are approximately 21,614 students at NYU that take at least one class online. 8,829 of NYU students are attending part time.
Brooklyn College earned the #2 spot in our 2021 rankings. Brooklyn College is a large public school located in the city of Brooklyn. As a testament to the quality of education offered at Brooklyn College, the school also landed the #2 rank in our Best Colleges for Philosophy in New York ranking.
The student loan default rate at Brooklyn College is lower than is typical, just 1.1% of students default in three years. Approximately 9,254 students take at least one class online at Brooklyn College. About 5,426 of the students at Brooklyn College are attending part time.
Non-Traditional Student Rankings in Majors Related to Philosophy
One of 3 majors within the Philosophy & Religious Studies area of study, Philosophy has other similar majors worth exploring.
Notes and References
Footnotes
*Avg Cost is for the top 2 schools only.
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 the rest 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).
Philosophy is the #52 most popular major in New York with 716 bachelor's degrees awarded in <nil>. This means that colleges and universities in the state were responsible for awarding 9.0% of all the philosophy bachelor's degrees in the country.
