Best Philosophy Doctor’s Degree Colleges in Illinois

Unfortunately, there were no schools in Illinois that made our Best Philosophy Doctor's Degree Schools in Illinois list. You may want to check out our national ranking in the field instead.

Early-Career Earnings

One measure we use to determine the quality of a school is to look at the average salary of doctorate graduates during the early years of their career. This is because one of the main reasons people pursue their doctor's degree is to enable themselves to find better-paying positions.

Other Factors We Consider

In addition to the above, you should consider some of the following factors:

• Major Focus - How much a school focuses on philosophy students vs. other majors.
• Major Demand - The number of philosophy students who choose to seek a doctor's degree at the school.
• Educational Resources - The amount of money and other resources allocated to students while they are pursuing their degree. These resources include such things as number of students per instructor and education expenditures per student.
• Student Debt - How much debt philosophy students go into to obtain their doctor's degree and how well they are able to pay back that debt.
• Accreditation - Whether a school is regionally accredited and/or accredited by a recognized philosophy related body.

Our complete ranking methodology documents in more detail how we consider these factors to identify the best schools for philosophy students working on their doctor's degree.

Insufficient Data for Illinois

Sadly , we did not have adequate info to create a ranking of the top quality colleges for philosophy in Illinois. This is usually due to there not being enough schools in Illinois that both offer philosophy and provided enough information for us to do a detailed analysis.

Instead, take a look at at some of our other Philosophy rankings below or check out our overall Best Colleges for Philosophy ranking.

Best Philosophy Colleges in the Great Lakes Region

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Philosophy Related Rankings by Major

Philosophy is one of 3 different types of Philosophy & Religious Studies programs to choose from.

Philosophy Focus Areas

Majors Similar to Philosophy

Notes and References

• 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). More about our data sources and methodologies.