Philosophy is above average in terms of popularity with it being the #83 most popular degree program in the country. As a result, there are many college that offer the degree, making your choice of school a hard one.
College Factual looked at 2 colleges and universities when compiling its 2024 Best Philosophy Schools in Pennsylvania ranking. Combined, these schools handed out 709 degrees in philosophy to qualified students.
Since the program you select can have a significant impact on your future, we've developed a number of rankings, including this Best Philosophy Schools in Pennsylvania list, to help you choose the best school for you.
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The schools below may not offer all types of philosophy degrees so you may want to filter by degree level first. However, they are great for the degree levels they do offer.
University of Pennsylvania is one of the best schools in the country for getting a degree in philosophy. UPenn is a very large private not-for-profit university located in the city of Philadelphia.
Degree recipients from the philosophy program at University of Pennsylvania get $21,251 above the average college grad with the same degree shortly after graduation.
University of Scranton is one of the best schools in the United States for getting a degree in philosophy. Located in the city of Scranton, University of Scranton is a private not-for-profit university with a small student population.
Students who graduate with their degree from the philosophy program state that they receive average early career wages of $18,830.
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).