2025 Best Education Philosophy Schools in the Great Lakes Region
4Colleges in the Great Lakes Region
259Education Philosophy Degrees Awarded
$53,776Avg Early-Career Salary
You'll be studying one of the lesser sought-after majors if you pursue a degree in education philosophy. It is ranked #261 out of 395 major degree programs in terms of popularity. As such, your educational options may be more limited than if you were in a more popular field.
For its 2025 ranking, College Factual looked at 4 schools in the Great Lakes Region to determine which ones were the best for education philosophy students pursuing a degree. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 259 degrees in education philosophy annually.
Your choice of education philosophy school matters, so we have put together these rankings to help you make your decision. In order to come up with a best overall ranking for education philosophy schools, we combine our degree-level rankings, weighting them by the number of degrees awarded at each level.
In order to find the schools that are the best fit for you, you may want to filter to one of the degree levels below.
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 Education Philosophy Schools in the Great Lakes Region list to help you make the college decision.
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Best Schools for Education Philosophy in the Great Lakes Region
The schools below may not offer all types of education philosophy degrees so you may want to filter by degree level first. However, they are great for the degree levels they do offer.
Top Great Lakes Region Schools in Education Philosophy
University of Wisconsin - Madison is a wonderful choice for students pursuing a degree in education philosophy. UW - Madison is a very large public university located in the city of Madison. A Best Colleges rank of #40 out of 2,152 schools nationwide means UW - Madison is a great university overall.
There were roughly 100 education philosophy students who graduated with this degree at UW - Madison in the most recent year we have data available.
Every student pursuing a degree in education philosophy has to look into University of Cincinnati - Main Campus. Located in the large city of Cincinnati, UC is a public university with a fairly large student population. This university ranks 6th out of 91 colleges for overall quality in the state of Ohio.
There were about 25 education philosophy students who graduated with this degree at UC in the most recent year we have data available.
Loyola University Chicago is one of the best schools in the United States for getting a degree in education philosophy. Loyola Chicago is a large private not-for-profit university located in the city of Chicago. A Best Colleges rank of #100 out of 2,152 schools nationwide means Loyola Chicago is a great university overall.
There were about 16 education philosophy students who graduated with this degree at Loyola Chicago in the most recent year we have data available.
University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee is one of the finest schools in the United States for getting a degree in education philosophy. UWM is a fairly large public university located in the large city of Milwaukee. This university ranks 23rd out of 46 schools for overall quality in the state of Wisconsin.
There were approximately 20 education philosophy students who graduated with this degree at UWM in the most recent year we have data available. Students who graduate with their degree from the education philosophy program report average early career income of $53,949.
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).
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Your choice of education philosophy school matters, so we have put together these rankings to help you make your decision. In order to come up with a best overall ranking for education philosophy schools, we combine our degree-level rankings, weighting them by the number of degrees awarded at each level.
