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2021 Best Philosophy Colleges for Non-Traditional Students

36 Colleges
7,976 Bachelor's Degrees
$36,099 Avg Cost*

Finding the Best Philosophy Schools for Non-Traditional Students

Best Philosophy Colleges for Non-Traditional StudentsPhilosophy is the #61st most popular major in the country with 7,976 bachelor's degrees awarded in <nil>.

This year's Best Philosophy Colleges for Non-Traditional Students ranking analyzed 36 colleges that offered a bachelor's degree in philosophy. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent philosophy programs, but they also offer a lot of support to non-traditional students.

When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the philosophy program at the school, affordability, and presence of non-traditional students. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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2021 Best Philosophy Schools for Non-Traditional Students in the United States

The colleges and universities below are the best for non-traditional students studying philosophy.

Top 10 Best Philosophy Schools for Non-Traditional Students

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Boston College
Chestnut Hill, MA

Boston College tops the 2021 list of our schools in the United States that are best for non-traditional philosophy students. Located in the city of Chestnut Hill, Boston College is a private not-for-profit school with a large student population. Boston College not only placed well in our non-traditional rankings. It is also #3 on our Best Colleges for Philosophy list.

The school has a low student loan default rate of 0.5%. Approximately 6,590 students take at least one class online at Boston College. 1,916 of Boston College students are attending part time.

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University of Southern California comes in at #2 in this year's ranking. Located in the large city of Los Angeles, USC 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, USC has also earned the #4 rank in our Best Colleges for Philosophy ranking.

The student loan default rate at USC is lower than is typical, just 0.5% of students default in three years. There are approximately 15,291 students at USC that take at least one class online. 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 #3 school in this year's rankings. UCLA is a fairly large public school located in the city of Los Angeles. UCLA also took the #5 spot in our Best Colleges for Philosophy 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. 2,161 of UCLA students are attending part time.

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The University of Texas at Austin comes in at #4 in this year's ranking. UT Austin is a very large public school located in the city of Austin. UT Austin did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #6 on our Best Colleges for Philosophy list.

The school has a low student loan default rate of 0.8%. There are approximately 23,198 students at UT Austin that take at least one class online. 3,479 students are part time.

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New York University
New York, NY

New York University earned the #5 spot in our 2021 rankings. NYU is a very large private not-for-profit school located in the city of New York. NYU did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #9 on our Best Colleges for Philosophy list.

The school has a low student loan default rate of 0.8%. There are approximately 21,614 students at NYU that take at least one class online. About 8,829 of the students at NYU are attending part time.

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University of Arizona comes in at #6 in this year's ranking. Located in the city of Tucson, University of Arizona is a public college with a very large student population.

The school has a low student loan default rate of 1.6%. There are approximately 18,254 students at University of Arizona that take at least one class online. 12,642 students are part time.

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University of Michigan - Ann Arbor comes in at #7 in this year's ranking. U-M is a very large public school located in the city of Ann Arbor. As a testament to the quality of education offered at U-M, the school also landed the #8 rank in our Best Colleges for Philosophy ranking.

The school has a low student loan default rate of 0.2%. There are approximately 15,737 students at U-M that take at least one class online. About 3,568 of the students at U-M are attending part time.

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Florida State University
Tallahassee, FL

Florida State University comes in at #8 in this year's ranking. Located in the midsize city of Tallahassee, Florida State is a public college with a fairly large student population.

The student loan default rate at Florida State is lower than is typical, just 1.0% of students default in three years. Approximately 20,172 students take at least one class online at Florida State. 8,311 of Florida State students are attending part time.

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University of California - Santa Barbara comes in at #9 in this year's ranking. UCSB is a fairly large public school located in the midsize suburb of Santa Barbara. In addition to being on our best for non-traditional students list, UCSB has also earned the #7 rank in our Best Colleges for Philosophy ranking.

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. There are roughly 880 part time students in attendance at UCSB.

Full Philosophy at University of California - Santa Barbara Report

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University of Florida
Gainesville, FL

The #10 spot in this year's ranking belongs to University of Florida. UF is a very large public school located in the city of Gainesville.

About 0.9% of UF students default on their loans in three years, which is lower than average. Approximately 22,865 students take at least one class online at UF. 11,205 of UF students are attending part time.

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