Find Schools

Study Area & Zipcode

Best Value Philosophy Graduate Certificate Schools

Find Schools Near

2023 Best Value Philosophy Graduate Certificate Schools

Identifying Quality Schools at More Affordable Prices

2 Colleges
$56,033 Avg Tuition & Fees*

Finding the Best Philosophy Graduate Certificate School for You

Philosophy is the #84 most popular major in the country with 10,054 degrees and certificates awarded in 2020-2021.

There are lots of options to pick from today when trying to decide which program is right for you. You can choose a traditional brick and mortar school, or with the growth of online education, you can attend a school half-way across the country without even leaving your house. Also there are many trade schools that offer short-term programs that open up more career options.

To assist you in seeing some of the education options that are available to you, Course Advisor has created its Best Value Philosophy Graduate Certificate Schools ranking. Our analysis looked at 2 schools in the United States to see which graduate certificate programs offered the best value experiences for philosophy students with the aim of identifying those quality schools that are more affordable than some of their counterparts.

When determining this ranking, we place a high emphasis on the school's quality as well as its sticker price. Even though a college may be affordable, it may not offer value. More specifically, we discount our quality score by the published tuition and fees charged by a school. This gives the cost per unit of quality for each college. The value is determined by how much quality your dollar buys.

Our calculations use out-of-state tuition and fees in our nationwide and regional rankings. Average in-state tuition and fees are used for our statewide rankings.

2023 Best Value Philosophy Graduate Certificate Schools in the United States

The following schools top our list of the Best Value Philosophy Graduate Certificate Colleges.

Best Schools for Affordable Quality for a Postbaccalaureate Certificates in Philosophy

#1

Duke University

Durham, NC

Our analysis found Duke University to be the best value school for philosophy students who want to pursue a graduate certificate in the United States. Located in the city of Durham, Duke is a private not-for-profit college with a large student population.

Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at Duke are $59,141 per year.

Duke also claimed a spot on our Best Philosophy Graduate Certificate Schools list. It’s in the top 5% of all schools in this category.

Read full report on Philosophy at Duke University

A rank of #2 on this year’s list means Columbia University in the City of New York is a great value for philosophy students working on their graduate certificate. Columbia is a fairly large private not-for-profit school located in the large city of New York.

Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at Columbia are $52,924 per year.

Columbia excels when it comes to quality. It’s ranked in the top 15% of all schools on our Best Philosophy Graduate Certificate Schools list.

Full Philosophy at Columbia University in the City of New York Report

Philosophy by Region

View the Best Value Philosophy Graduate Certificate Schools for a specific region near you.

Region
Southeast
New England
Rocky Mountains
Plains States
Middle Atlantic
Far Western US
Southwest
Great Lakes

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

Majors Similar to Philosophy

Related Major Annual Graduates
Religious Studies 9,470
Other Philosophy & Religious Studies 285
General Philosophy & Religious Studies 184

Notes and References

*These averages are for the top 2 schools only.

  • 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.

Featured Schools

Find Schools Near You

Our free school finder matches students with accredited colleges across the U.S.