If you plan on majoring in philosophy, you won't be alone since the degree program is ranked #83 in the country in terms of popularity. This means you won't have too much trouble finding schools that offer the degree.
In 2025, College Factual analyzed 3 schools in order to identify the top ones for its Best Philosophy Schools in Massachusetts ranking. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 517 degrees in philosophy annually.
Your choice of philosophy school matters, so we have put together these rankings to help you make your decision. We derive our Best Overall Philosophy School rankings by rolling up our degree-level rankings after weighting them by the number of degrees awarded at each school.
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.
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 Massachusetts list, to help you choose the best school for you.
You can also filter this list by location to find schools closer to you.
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Although we recommend filtering by degree level first, you can view the list below to see which schools give the educational experience for the philosophy degree levels they offer.
Boston College is one of the finest schools in the country for getting a degree in philosophy. Located in the small city of Chestnut Hill, Boston College is a private not-for-profit college with a large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #17 out of 2,152 schools nationwide means Boston College is a great college overall.
There were about 108 philosophy students who graduated with this degree at Boston College in the most recent data year. Degree recipients from the philosophy major at Boston College earn $13,770 more than the average graduate with the same degree shortly after graduation.
Boston University is one of the finest schools in the country for getting a degree in philosophy. Located in the large city of Boston, Boston U is a private not-for-profit university with a very large student population. This university ranks 4th out of 63 schools for overall quality in the state of Massachusetts.
There were roughly 61 philosophy students who graduated with this degree at Boston U in the most recent data year. Degree recipients from the philosophy degree program at Boston University make $6,802 above the average college graduate with the same degree when they enter the workforce.
University of Massachusetts - Boston is a great choice for students pursuing a degree in philosophy. Located in the large city of Boston, UMass Boston is a public university with a fairly large student population. This university ranks 25th out of 63 schools for overall quality in the state of Massachusetts.
There were roughly 24 philosophy students who graduated with this degree at UMass Boston in the most recent year we have data available. Those philosophy students who get their degree from University of Massachusetts - Boston make $3,006 more than the average philosophy graduate.
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).
Your choice of philosophy school matters, so we have put together these rankings to help you make your decision. We derive our Best Overall Philosophy School rankings by rolling up our degree-level rankings after weighting them by the number of degrees awarded at each school.
