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.
College Factual reviewed 3 schools in Washington to determine which ones were the best for degree seekers in the field of philosophy. Combined, these schools handed out 278 degrees in philosophy to qualified students.
The philosophy program you select can have a big impact on your future. That's why we developed our collection of Best Schools for Philosophy rankings. 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.
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 Philosophy Schools in Washington 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.
Any student pursuing a degree in philosophy needs to look into University of Washington - Seattle Campus. Located in the large city of Seattle, UW Seattle is a public university with a very large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #44 out of 2,152 colleges nationwide means UW Seattle is a great university overall.
There were approximately 91 philosophy students who graduated with this degree at UW Seattle in the most recent year we have data available. Those philosophy students who get their degree from University of Washington - Seattle Campus earn $8,497 more than the average philosophy graduate.
Every student who is interested in philosophy needs to look into Western Washington University. WWU is a fairly large public university located in the small city of Bellingham. This university ranks 5th out of 50 schools for overall quality in the state of Washington.
There were approximately 27 philosophy students who graduated with this degree at WWU in the most recent year we have data available.
Any student who is interested in philosophy has to take a look at University of Washington - Bothell Campus. UW Bothell is a medium-sized public university located in the suburb of Bothell. This university ranks 50th out of 50 colleges for overall quality in the state of Washington.
There were approximately 64 philosophy students who graduated with this degree at UW Bothell in the most recent year we have data available. Degree recipients from the philosophy major at University of Washington - Bothell Campus earn $8,497 more than the average college grad with the same degree when they enter the workforce.
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 philosophy program you select can have a big impact on your future. That's why we developed our collection of Best Schools for Philosophy rankings. 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.
