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2022 Best Value Philosophy Schools for a Doctorate in the Southwest Region For Those Making $0-$30k

6 Ranked Colleges
24 Degrees Awarded
$25,700 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees*
Best Value Philosophy Schools for a Doctorate in the Southwest Region For Those Making $0-$30k

When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. One of our goals at College Factual is to give you as much information as we can - such as our “Best Value Philosophy Schools for a Doctorate in the Southwest Region For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking - to help you make that decision.

Philosophy is the 81st most popular major in the country with 10,015 degrees awarded in 2019-2020. In 2017-2018, philosophy graduates who were awarded their degree in 2015-2017, earned an average of $29,067 and had an average of $22,199 in loans still to pay off.

Across the Southwest region, there were 716 philosophy graduates with average earnings and debt of $30,320 and $19,961 respectively. At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 24 philosophy graduates with average earnings and debt of $71,970 and $95,025 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value Philosophy Schools for a Doctorate in the Southwest Region For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking, we looked at 6 colleges that offer a degree in philosophy. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality philosophy programs that also have a lower cost than schools of similar quality.

When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the philosophy program at the school and the cost to attend the school once aid has been awarded. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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Best Value Philosophy Schools for a Doctorate in the Southwest Region For Those Making $0-$30k

The colleges and universities below are the best for southwest region doctor’s degree philosophy students whose families make $0-$30k.

Top 6 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Philosophy (Income $0-$30k) in the Southwest Region

#5 in overall quality

Out of the 6 schools in the Best Value Philosophy Schools for a Doctorate in the Southwest Region For Those Making $0-$30k that were part of this year’s ranking, University of North Texas landed the #1 spot on the list. University of North Texas is located in Denton, Texas and, has a large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 5 doctorate’s philosophy degrees to qualified students.

UNT also made our “Best Philosophy Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list, coming in at #5. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at UNT are $15,618.

Full UNT Philosophy Report

#3 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Texas A&M University - College Station. The school came in at #2 for the Best Value Philosophy Schools for a Doctorate in the Southwest Region For Those Making $0-$30k. Located in College Station, Texas, this large public school handed out 3 degrees to qualified doctorate’s philosophy students in 2019-2020.

Texas A&M College Station did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #3 on our “Best Philosophy Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at Texas A&M College Station are $22,743, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Read more about Philosophy at Texas A&M College Station

#3

University of Arizona

Tucson, Arizona
#4 in overall quality

Out of the 6 schools in the Best Value Philosophy Schools for a Doctorate in the Southwest Region For Those Making $0-$30k that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Arizona landed the #3 spot on the list. University of Arizona is a large public school situated in Tucson, Arizona. It awarded 4 doctorate’s philosophy degrees in 2019-2020.

University of Arizona also made our “Best Philosophy Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list, coming in at #4. Average graduate tuition and fees at University of Arizona are $33,399, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Full University of Arizona Philosophy Report

#1 in overall quality

Out of the 6 schools in the Best Value Philosophy Schools for a Doctorate in the Southwest Region For Those Making $0-$30k that were part of this year’s ranking, The University of Texas at Austin landed the #4 spot on the list. UT Austin is located in Austin, Texas and, has a large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 4 doctorate’s philosophy degrees to qualified students.

UT Austin did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Philosophy Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at UT Austin are $22,886.

Read more about Philosophy at UT Austin

#5

University of New Mexico - Main Campus

Albuquerque, New Mexico
#6 in overall quality

Out of the 6 schools in the Best Value Philosophy Schools for a Doctorate in the Southwest Region For Those Making $0-$30k that were part of this year’s ranking, University of New Mexico - Main Campus landed the #5 spot on the list. Located in Albuquerque, New Mexico, this large public school awarded 1 diplomas to qualified doctorate’s philosophy students in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our southwest region doctor’s degree philosophy students whose families make $0-$30k list, UNM has also earned the #6 rank in our “Best Philosophy Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at University of New Mexico - Main Campus are $19,890, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Full UNM Philosophy Report

#6

Baylor University

Waco, Texas
#2 in overall quality

Baylor University came in at #6 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Philosophy Schools for a Doctorate in the Southwest Region For Those Making $0-$30k ranking. Baylor University is a private not-for-profit institution located in Waco, Texas. The school has a fairly large population, and it awarded 2 doctorate’s degrees in 2019-2020.

Baylor did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our “Best Philosophy Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at Baylor University are $36,936, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Read more about Philosophy at Baylor

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Notes and References

References

  • 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 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).
  • Information about the national average student loan default rate is from the U.S. Department of Education and refers to data about the 2016 borrower cohort tracking period for which the cohort default rate (CDR) was 10.1%.

Read more about our data sources and methodologies

Footnotes

  • *Average salary, average net price, and average tuition and fees are for the top schools only.
  • Some schools otherwise deserving of recognition may have been removed from this ranking in the event that new data identified post-publication warranted it, or at the request of the school.

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