2021 Best Philosophy Colleges for Non-Traditional Students in the Middle Atlantic Region
4Colleges
1,675Bachelor's Degrees
$38,419Avg Cost*
Finding the Best Philosophy Schools for Non-Traditional Students
This year's Best Philosophy Colleges for Non-Traditional Students in the Middle Atlantic Region ranking analyzed 4 colleges that offered a bachelor's degree in philosophy. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great philosophy programs and a strong support system for non-traditional students.
To come up with these rankings, we looked at factors such as affordability, and overall quality of the philosophy program at the school. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.
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2021 Best Philosophy Schools for Non-Traditional Students in the Middle Atlantic Region
The following schools top our list of the Best Philosophy Colleges for Non-Traditional Students.
Best Philosophy Schools for Non-Traditional Students
New York University tops the 2021 list of our schools in the Middle Atlantic Region that are best for non-traditional philosophy students. Located in the city of New York, NYU is a private not-for-profit college with a very large student population. NYU also took the #2 spot in our Best Colleges for Philosophy in the Middle Atlantic Region rankings.
The student loan default rate at NYU is lower than is typical, just 0.8% of students default in three years. Approximately 21,614 students take at least one class online at NYU. 8,829 of NYU students are attending part time.
The #2 spot in this year's ranking belongs to Rutgers University - New Brunswick. Rutgers New Brunswick is a fairly large public school located in the small city of New Brunswick. Rutgers New Brunswick did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #3 on our Best Colleges for Philosophy in the Middle Atlantic Region list.
The school has a low student loan default rate of 1.1%. Approximately 30,054 students take at least one class online at Rutgers New Brunswick. There are roughly 7,559 part time students in attendance at Rutgers New Brunswick.
Temple University comes in at #3 in this year's ranking. Temple is a fairly large public school located in the large city of Philadelphia. As a testament to the quality of education offered at Temple, the school also landed the #4 rank in our Best Colleges for Philosophy in the Middle Atlantic Region ranking.
The student loan default rate at Temple is lower than is typical, just 1.3% of students default in three years. There are approximately 20,264 students at Temple that take at least one class online. 4,634 of Temple students are attending part time.
Brooklyn College comes in at #4 in this year's ranking. Brooklyn College is a large public school located in the city of Brooklyn. Brooklyn College not only placed well in our non-traditional rankings. It is also #5 on our Best Colleges for Philosophy in the Middle Atlantic Region list.
The school has a low student loan default rate of 1.1%. There are approximately 9,254 students at Brooklyn College that take at least one class online. 5,426 students are part time.
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Notes and References
Footnotes
*Avg Cost is for the top 4 schools only.
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 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).
