Other Philosophy isn't the most popular major in the world, but it's not the least popular either. To be more precise it ranks #704 in popularity out of 1506 majors in the country. So, you may have to do some digging around to find quality schools that offer the degree program. This list can help with that.
For its 2025 ranking, College Factual looked at 4 schools in the United States to determine which ones were the best for other philosophy students pursuing a degree. Combined, these schools handed out 309 degrees in other philosophy to qualified students.
The other philosophy program you select can have a big impact on your future. That's why we developed our collection of Best Schools for Other Philosophy rankings. We derive our Best Overall Other Philosophy School rankings by rolling up our degree-level rankings after weighting them by the number of degrees awarded at each school.
You may want to choose one of the degree levels below to find the schools of most interest to you.
Since the program you select can have a significant impact on your future, we've developed a number of rankings, including this Best Other Philosophy Schools list, to help you choose the best school for you.
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Best Schools for Other Philosophy in the United States
The schools below may not offer all types of other philosophy degrees so you may want to filter by degree level first. However, they are great for the degree levels they do offer.
Every student who is interested in other philosophy needs to check out University of Pennsylvania. Located in the large city of Philadelphia, UPenn is a private not-for-profit university with a fairly large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #2 out of 2,152 colleges nationwide means UPenn is a great university overall.
There were approximately 172 other philosophy students who graduated with this degree at UPenn in the most recent data year.
It is hard to beat University of Southern California if you wish to pursue a degree in other philosophy. USC is a very large private not-for-profit university located in the city of Los Angeles. A Best Colleges rank of #13 out of 2,152 schools nationwide means USC is a great university overall.
There were roughly 42 other philosophy students who graduated with this degree at USC in the most recent data year.
Any student pursuing a degree in other philosophy needs to take a look at University of California - Riverside. Located in the city of Riverside, UCR is a public university with a fairly large student population. This university ranks 28th out of 161 colleges for overall quality in the state of California.
There were approximately 5 other philosophy students who graduated with this degree at UCR in the most recent data year.
Any student who is interested in other philosophy needs to check out University of California - Irvine. UC Irvine is a fairly large public university located in the large city of Irvine. This university ranks 12th out of 161 schools for overall quality in the state of California.
There were about 6 other philosophy students who graduated with this degree at UC Irvine in the most recent year we have data available.
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).
The other philosophy program you select can have a big impact on your future. That's why we developed our collection of Best Schools for Other Philosophy rankings. We derive our Best Overall Other Philosophy School rankings by rolling up our degree-level rankings after weighting them by the number of degrees awarded at each school.
