2021 Best Philosophy Colleges for Non-Traditional Students in the Southwest Region
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624Bachelor's Degrees
$34,654Avg Cost*
Finding the Best Philosophy Schools for Non-Traditional Students
For this year's Best Philosophy Colleges for Non-Traditional Students in the Southwest Region ranking, we looked at 4 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 Southwest Region
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
The University of Texas at Austin tops the 2021 list of our schools in the Southwest Region that are best for non-traditional philosophy students. Located in the large city of Austin, UT Austin is a public school with a very large student population. In addition to being on our best for non-traditional students list, UT Austin has also earned the #1 rank in our Best Colleges for Philosophy in the Southwest Region ranking.
The student loan default rate at UT Austin is lower than is typical, just 0.8% of students default in three years. Approximately 23,198 students take at least one class online at UT Austin. 3,479 of UT Austin students are attending part time.
University of Arizona landed the #2 spot in our 2021 best philosophy schools for non-traditional students. University of Arizona is a fairly large public school located in the city of Tucson. University of Arizona not only placed well in our non-traditional rankings. It is also #3 on our Best Colleges for Philosophy in the Southwest Region list.
About 1.6% of University of Arizona students default on their loans in three years, which is lower than average. There are approximately 18,254 students at University of Arizona that take at least one class online. 12,642 students are part time.
Arizona State University - Tempe earned the #3 spot in our 2021 rankings. Located in the city of Tempe, ASU - Tempe is a public college with a fairly large student population. In addition to being on our best for non-traditional students list, ASU - Tempe has also earned the #2 rank in our Best Colleges for Philosophy in the Southwest Region ranking.
The school has a low student loan default rate of 1.5%. Approximately 37,856 students take at least one class online at ASU - Tempe. There are roughly 8,480 part time students in attendance at ASU - Tempe.
University of New Mexico - Main Campus comes in at #4 in this year's ranking. Located in the city of Albuquerque, UNM is a public college with a very large student population. As a testament to the quality of education offered at UNM, the school also landed the #4 rank in our Best Colleges for Philosophy in the Southwest Region ranking.
The school has a low student loan default rate of 2.6%. Approximately 8,254 students take at least one class online at UNM. About 7,459 of the students at UNM are attending part time.
Non-Traditional Student Rankings in Majors Related to Philosophy
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Notes and References
Footnotes
*Avg Cost is for the top 4 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).
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