A degree in philosophy is more popular than many other degrees. In fact, it ranks #83 out of 395 on popularity of all such degrees in the nation. So, you have a fair amount of options to choose from when looking for a school.
College Factual looked at 3 colleges and universities when compiling its 2025 Best Philosophy Schools in North Carolina ranking. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 299 degrees in philosophy annually.
Your choice of 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 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.
Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we've developed the Best Philosophy Schools in North Carolina ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.
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If you aren't interested in a particular degree level and want to know which schools are the overall best at delivering an education for the philosophy degrees they offer, see the list below.
Every student who is interested in philosophy has to look into University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Located in the small city of Chapel Hill, UNC Chapel Hill is a public university with a fairly large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #38 out of 2,152 schools nationwide means UNC Chapel Hill is a great university overall.
There were roughly 71 philosophy students who graduated with this degree at UNC Chapel Hill in the most recent data year. Students who graduate with their degree from the philosophy program report average early career earnings of $34,284.
It is hard to beat University of North Carolina at Charlotte if you wish to pursue a degree in philosophy. UNC Charlotte is a very large public university located in the large city of Charlotte. This university ranks 10th out of 93 schools for overall quality in the state of North Carolina.
There were approximately 30 philosophy students who graduated with this degree at UNC Charlotte in the most recent data year. After graduation, philosophy degree recipients typically earn around $29,251 in their early careers.
It's hard to beat University of North Carolina at Greensboro if you wish to pursue a degree in philosophy. Located in the large city of Greensboro, UNC Greensboro is a public university with a fairly large student population. This university ranks 17th out of 93 colleges for overall quality in the state of North Carolina.
There were about 22 philosophy students who graduated with this degree at UNC Greensboro in the most recent data year. After graduation, philosophy degree recipients typically make around $20,287 in the first five years of their career.
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. In order to come up with a best overall ranking for philosophy schools, we combine our degree-level rankings, weighting them by the number of degrees awarded at each level.
