2024 Best Philosophy Bachelor's Degree Schools in Pennsylvania

Philosophy is above average in terms of popularity with it being the #61 most popular bachelor's degree program in the country. So, you have a fair amount of options to choose from when looking for a school.

In 2024, College Factual analyzed 2 schools in order to identify the top ones for its Best Philosophy Bachelor's Degree Schools in Pennsylvania ranking. Combined, these schools handed out 612 bachelor's degrees in philosophy to qualified students.

What's on this page: * Our Methodology

• Best Bachelor’s Degree Schools List

Average Early-Career Salaries

Average early-career salary of those graduating with their bachelor's degree is one indicator we use in our analysis to find the schools that offer the highest-quality education. After all, your bachelor's degree won't mean much if it doesn't help you find a job that will help you earn a living.

Other Factors We Consider

The metrics below are just some of the other metrics that we use to determine our rankings.

• Major Focus - How many resources a school devotes to philosophy students as compared to other majors.
• Major Demand - The number of philosophy students who choose to seek a bachelor's degree at the school.
• Educational Resources - How many resources are allocated to students. These resources may include educational expenditures per student, number of students per instructor, and graduation rate among other things.
• Student Debt - How much debt philosophy students go into to obtain their bachelor's degree and how well they are able to pay back that debt.
• Accreditation - Whether a school is regionally accredited and/or accredited by a recognized philosophy related body.

Our full ranking methodology documents in more detail how we consider these factors to identify the best colleges for philosophy students working on their bachelor's degree.

More Ways to Rank Philosophy Schools

When choosing the right school for you, it's important to arm yourself with all the facts you can. To that end, we've created a number of major-specific rankings, including this Best Philosophy Bachelor's Degree Schools in Pennsylvania list to help you make the college decision.

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Best Schools for Bachelor’s Students to Study Philosophy in Pennsylvania

Below you'll see a list of the best colleges and universities for pursuing a bachelor's degree in philosophy.

Top Pennsylvania Schools for a Bachelor's in Philosophy

1

University of Pennsylvania
Philadelphia, PA

199 Annual Graduates

$61,331 Median Starting Salary

$18,500 Median Student Debt

University of Pennsylvania is a wonderful choice for individuals pursuing a bachelor's degree in philosophy. UPenn is a fairly large private not-for-profit university located in the large city of Philadelphia.

Philosophy bachelor's degree recipients from University of Pennsylvania earn a boost of about $21,251 over the typical earnings of philosophy majors.

More information about a bachelor’s in philosophy from University of Pennsylvania

2

University of Scranton
Scranton, PA

33 Annual Graduates

$18,830 Median Starting Salary

$27,000 Median Student Debt

Every student pursuing a degree in a bachelor's degree in philosophy has to take a look at University of Scranton. Located in the small city of Scranton, University of Scranton is a private not-for-profit university with a small student population.

Bachelor's graduates who receive their degree from the philosophy program earn about $18,830 in their early career salary.

More information about a bachelor’s in philosophy from University of Scranton

Best Philosophy Colleges in the Middle Atlantic Region

Explore all the Best Philosophy Colleges in the Middle Atlantic Area or other specific states within that region.

State	Colleges	Degrees Awarded
New York	275	702
Maryland	207	144
New Jersey	193	142
Delaware	130	16
District of Columbia	126	90

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Rankings in Majors Related to Philosophy

Philosophy is one of 3 different types of Philosophy & Religious Studies programs to choose from.

Philosophy Concentrations

Major	Annual Graduates
Philosophy	430
Other Philosophy	164
Applied & Professional Ethics	12
Logic	6

Most Popular Related Majors

Related Major	Annual Graduates
Religious Studies	202
General Philosophy & Religious Studies	2

Notes and References

• The bars on the spread charts above show the distribution of the schools on this list +/- one standard deviation from the mean.
• 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). More about our data sources and methodologies.