2023 Best Value Philosophy Schools in New York
Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing
Finding the Best Philosophy School for You
With 876 degrees and certificates handed out in 2020-2021, philosophy is the #81 most popular major in New York.
Today's students have lots of options to pick from when considering higher education opportunities. 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.
Along with in-depth profiles of schools and the programs they offer, Course Advisor has created the Best Value Philosophy Schools in New York to help you in your search for the best school for you. This report analyzed 6 schools in New York to see which ones offered the best value programs for philosophy students. The goal was to highlight schools with more affordable prices than others offering similar quality experiences.
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. Specifically, our score for quality is discounted by the published tuition and fees charged by the given college. This gives the cost per unit of quality for each college. The more quality your dollar buys, the better the value.
Our calculations use out-of-state tuition and fees in our nationwide and regional rankings. For statewide rankings, we use average in-state tuition and fees.
Best New York Schools for Affordable Quality in Philosophy
Our 2023 rankings named Lehman College the best value school in New York for philosophy students. Lehman is a large public school located in the city of Bronx.
In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Lehman are $7,410 per year. On average, philosophy graduates from Lehman take out $16,474 in student loans while working on their degree.
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A rank of #2 on this year’s list means University at Albany is a great value for philosophy students. UAlbany is a fairly large public school located in the small city of Albany.
UAlbany undergraduate students pay an average of $10,408 in in-state tuition and fees each year.
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A rank of #3 on this year’s list means Brooklyn College is a great value for philosophy students. Located in the large city of Brooklyn, Brooklyn College is a public college with a fairly large student population.
Brooklyn College undergraduate students pay an average of $7,440 in in-state tuition and fees each year.
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The excellent programs at Fordham University helped the school earn the #4 place on this year’s ranking of the best philosophy schools in New York. Fordham U is a fairly large private not-for-profit school located in the large city of Bronx.
Fordham U undergraduate students pay an average of $55,776 in in-state tuition and fees each year. The average amount in student loans that philosophy majors at Fordham U take out is $23,250.
Fordham U also claimed a spot on our Best Philosophy Schools in New York list. It’s in the top 20% of all schools in this category.
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The excellent programs at Columbia University in the City of New York helped the school earn the #5 place on this year’s ranking of the best philosophy schools in New York. Located in the city of New York, Columbia is a private not-for-profit college with a very large student population.
Columbia undergraduate students pay an average of $62,466 in in-state tuition and fees each year. While working on their degree, philosophy majors at Columbia accumulate an average of around $20,625 in student debt.
Columbia also claimed a spot on our Best Philosophy Schools in New York list. It’s in the top 10% of all schools in this category.
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New York University came in at #6 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Philosophy Schools in New York ranking. NYU is a very large private not-for-profit school located in the large city of New York.
NYU undergraduate students pay an average of $56,500 in in-state tuition and fees each year. The average amount in student loans that philosophy majors at NYU take out is $23,253.
NYU excels when it comes to quality. It’s ranked in the top 10% of all schools on our Best Philosophy Schools in New York list.
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Request InformationBest Value Philosophy Colleges in the Middle Atlantic Region
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| State | Degrees Awarded |
|---|---|
| Pennsylvania | 692 |
| Maryland | 160 |
| New Jersey | 155 |
| District of Columbia | 142 |
| Delaware | 16 |
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Philosophy Related Majors for Philosophy
One of 3 majors within the area of study, philosophy has other similar majors worth exploring.
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 6 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.