Philosophy is above average in terms of popularity with it being the #83 most popular degree program in the country. As a result, there are many college that offer the degree, making your choice of school a hard one.
For its 2025 ranking, College Factual looked at 3 schools in Ohio to determine which ones were the best for philosophy students pursuing a degree. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 288 degrees in philosophy annually.
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. For our Best Overall Philosophy School rankings, we roll up the results of our degree-level rankings, weighted by the number of degrees awarded at that level.
You may want to choose one of the degree levels below to find the schools of most interest to you.
When choosing the right school for you, it's important to arm yourself with all the facts you can. To that end, we've created a number of major-specific rankings, including this Best Philosophy Schools in Ohio list to help you make the college decision.
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The schools below may not offer all types of philosophy degrees so you may want to filter by degree level first. However, they are great for the degree levels they do offer.
Any student who is interested in philosophy needs to check out Ohio State University - Main Campus. Ohio State is a very large public university located in the large city of Columbus. A Best Colleges rank of #70 out of 2,152 schools nationwide means Ohio State is a great university overall.
There were about 30 philosophy students who graduated with this degree at Ohio State in the most recent year we have data available. Those philosophy students who get their degree from Ohio State University - Main Campus earn $6,396 more than the average philosophy student.
Any student pursuing a degree in philosophy has to take a look at Franciscan University of Steubenville. Franciscan U is a small private not-for-profit university located in the small city of Steubenville. This university ranks 26th out of 91 schools for overall quality in the state of Ohio.
There were roughly 48 philosophy students who graduated with this degree at Franciscan U in the most recent data year. Students who graduate with their degree from the philosophy program report average early career earnings of $32,165.
Every student pursuing a degree in philosophy needs to check out The College of Wooster. Located in the distant town of Wooster, Wooster College is a private not-for-profit college with a small student population. This college ranks 30th out of 91 schools for overall quality in the state of Ohio.
There were about 16 philosophy students who graduated with this degree at Wooster College 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 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. For our Best Overall Philosophy School rankings, we roll up the results of our degree-level rankings, weighted by the number of degrees awarded at that level.
