Rankings of The Best Colleges And Universities By:

Best Philosophy Colleges, Doctorate Program

Rankings of the top 50 Philosophy Colleges and Universities, Doctorate Program

Rankings of the Best Philosophy Colleges and Universities, Doctorate Degree - June 2026

Rank

School Name

Year
Founded

Students

Acceptance
Rate

Graduation
Rate

On-Time
Graduation

Cost to
Attend
In-State

Cost to
Attend
Out-of
State

Funding
Available

Public
Or
Private

AVG
GPA

AVG SAT Scores

Math
Verbal
Writing
 

AVG
ACT

Student Life

Academic Life

Diversity

Spiritual

Technology

Over All Score

0
100
 
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VG
E
 

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Leaders

1

MacMurray College

http://www.mac.edu
447 East College Avenue
Jacksonville, Illinois
(217) 479-7056

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1846

528

77%

31.5%

25.7%

$22,450

$22,450

Tuition Assistance, Scholarships

Private

2.77

N/A

N/A

N/A

16

0%

NC

 

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Leaders

2

Thomas More College

http://www.thomasmore.edu
333 Thomas More Parkway
Crestview Hills, Kentucky
(859) 344-3332

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1921

1,652

88%

45.7%

37.8%

$27,220

$27,220

Tuition Assistance, Scholarships

Private

3.3

525

497

N/A

23

0%

NC

 

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Leaders

3

University of the Ozarks

http://www.ozarks.edu
415 North College Avenue
Clarksville, Arkansas
(479) 979-1227

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1834

630

85%

39.4%

28.6%

$24,350

$24,350

Tuition Assistance, Scholarships

Private

3.39

495

460

N/A

20

0%

NC

 

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4

Carson-Newman University

http://www.cn.edu
1646 Russell Avenue, PO Box 557
Jefferson City, Tennessee
(865) 471-3223

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1851

1,646

66%

50.2%

41.3%

$23,696

$23,696

Tuition Assistance, Scholarships

Private

3.4

N/A

N/A

N/A

20

0%

NC

 

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Leaders

5

University of Pennsylvania

http://www.upenn.edu
3451 Walnut Street
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
(215) 898-7507

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1740

9,682

13%

92.5%

87.1%

$45,890

$45,890

Tuition Assistance, Scholarships

Private

3.9

728

707

720

32

0%

NC

 

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Leaders

6

LaGrange College

http://www.lagrange.edu
601 Broad Street
LaGrange, Georgia
(706) 880-8005

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1831

834

49%

39.5%

33.7%

$25,600

$25,600

Tuition Assistance, Scholarships

Private

3.34

510

501

N/A

22

0%

NC

 

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Leaders

7

Earlham College

http://www.earlham.edu
801 National Road West
Richmond, Indiana
(765) 983-1600

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1847

1,087

75%

69.4%

63.9%

$41,450

$41,450

Tuition Assistance, Scholarships

Private

3.4

588

623

530

26

0%

NC

 

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Leaders

8

1890

3,166

74%

62.8%

52.0%

$34,400

$34,400

Tuition Assistance, Scholarships

Private

3.62

553

554

470

25

0%

NC

 

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Leaders

9

Southern Nazarene University

http://www.snu.edu
6729 Northwest 39th Expressway
Bethany, Oklahoma
(405) 491-6324

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1899

1,702

49%

37.7%

32.0%

$22,110

$22,110

Tuition Assistance, Scholarships

Private

3.3

N/A

N/A

N/A

22

0%

NC

 

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Leaders

10

Lindenwood University

http://www.lindenwood.edu
209 South Kingshighway
St. Charles, Missouri
(636) 949-4949

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1827

8,296

66%

33.5%

22.7%

$15,510

$15,510

Tuition Assistance, Scholarships

Private

3.25

520

440

463

23

0%

NC

 

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Leaders

11

Catawba College

http://www.catawba.edu
2300 West Innes Street
Salisbury, North Carolina
(704) 637-4402

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1851

1,279

45%

45.5%

37.2%

$26,820

$26,820

Tuition Assistance, Scholarships

Private

3.34

502

487

N/A

N/A

0%

NC

 

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Leaders

12

University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee

http://www.uwm.edu
PO Box 413
Milwaukee, Wisconsin
(414) 229-2222

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N/A

24,175

71%

28.9%

14.3%

$9,300

$19,028

Tuition Assistance, Scholarships

Public

3.09

N/A

N/A

N/A

22

0%

NC

 

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Leaders

13

Alfred University

http://www.alfred.edu
One Saxon Drive
Alfred, New York
(607) 871-2115

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1836

1,935

70%

57.5%

46.7%

$28,774

$28,774

Tuition Assistance, Scholarships

Private

3.18

555

537

460

24

0%

NC

 

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Leaders

14

1749

1,838

19%

89.3%

88.2%

$44,507

$44,507

Tuition Assistance, Scholarships

Private

N/A

693

691

683

31

0%

NC

 

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Leaders

15

University of Utah

http://www.utah.edu
201 South University Street
Salt Lake City, Utah
(801) 581-8761

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1850

24,840

83%

42.4%

22.4%

$7,457

$23,736

Tuition Assistance, Scholarships

Public

3.55

580

567

550

24

0%

NC

 

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Leaders

16

Seton Hall University

http://www.shu.edu
400 South Orange Avenue
South Orange, New Jersey
(800) 843-4255

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1856

5,213

79%

58%

50.0%

$35,820

$35,820

Tuition Assistance, Scholarships

Private

3.13

527

523

535

23

0%

NC

 

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Leaders

17

1870

23,479

75%

53.8%

37.9%

$9,313

$25,166

Tuition Assistance, Scholarships

Public

3.57

578

566

547

25

0%

NC

 

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Leaders

18

Newberry College

http://www.newberry.edu
2100 College Street
Newberry, South Carolina
(803) 321-5127

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1856

1,042

61%

34.1%

24.5%

$23,800

$23,800

Tuition Assistance, Scholarships

Private

3.41

493

461

370

20

0%

NC

 

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Leaders

19

Fairfield University

http://www.fairfield.edu
1073 North Benson Road
Fairfield, Connecticut
(203) 254-4100

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1942

3,879

71%

79.5%

77.7%

$42,920

$42,920

Tuition Assistance, Scholarships

Private

3.36

594

580

589

26

0%

NC

 

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Leaders

20

Coe College

http://www.coe.edu
1220 1st Avenue, NE
Cedar Rapids, Iowa
(319) 399-8500

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1851

1,364

67%

66%

59.8%

$35,730

$35,730

Tuition Assistance, Scholarships

Private

3.58

565

555

543

26

0%

NC

 

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Leaders

21

Hope College

http://www.hope.edu
141 East 12th Street, PO Box 9000
Holland, Michigan
(616) 395-7850

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1866

3,343

85%

73.4%

67.4%

$28,720

$28,720

Tuition Assistance, Scholarships

Private

3.77

592

596

N/A

26

0%

NC

 

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Leaders

22

George Washington University

http://www.gwu.edu
2121 I Street, NW
Washington, District of Columbia
(202) 994-6040

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1821

10,464

33%

77.6%

73.9%

$47,343

$47,343

Tuition Assistance, Scholarships

Private

N/A

649

643

662

29

0%

NC

 

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Leaders

23

University of Rhode Island

http://www.uri.edu
Kingston, Rhode Island
(401) 874-7100

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1892

13,398

77%

54.7%

42.5%

$12,450

$28,016

Tuition Assistance, Scholarships

Public

3.3

552

533

490

24

0%

NC

 

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Leaders

24

1787

5,182

74%

52.3%

41.4%

$17,010

$17,010

Tuition Assistance, Scholarships

Private

3.49

550

531

515

22

0%

NC

 

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Leaders

25

Lewis & Clark College

http://www.lclark.edu
0615 Southwest Palatine Hill Road
Portland, Oregon
(503) 768-7040

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1867

2,150

64%

73.4%

68.5%

$41,928

$41,928

Tuition Assistance, Scholarships

Private

3.7

628

654

640

29

0%

NC

 

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Leaders

26

Louisiana College

http://www.lacollege.edu
1140 College Drive
Pineville, Louisiana
(318) 487-7259

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1906

1,153

74%

15.3%

Not reported

$14,120

$14,120

Tuition Assistance, Scholarships

Private

3.17

420

425

400

17

0%

NC

 

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Leaders

27

Southwestern University

http://www.southwestern.edu
1001 East University Avenue
Georgetown, Texas
(512) 863-1200

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1840

1,394

61%

72.1%

67.2%

$35,240

$35,240

Tuition Assistance, Scholarships

Private

N/A

601

602

N/A

27

0%

NC

 

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Leaders

28

University of San Francisco

http://www.usfca.edu
2130 Fulton Street
San Francisco, California
(415) 422-6563

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1855

6,344

69%

62.3%

54.1%

$40,294

$40,294

Tuition Assistance, Scholarships

Private

3.6

578

566

572

25

0%

NC

 

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Leaders

29

Massachusetts Institute of Technology

http://web.mit.edu
77 Massachusetts Avenue
Cambridge, Massachusetts
(617) 253-3400

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1861

4,503

9%

89.2%

83.6%

$43,498

$43,498

Tuition Assistance, Scholarships

Private

N/A

765

716

725

33

0%

NC

 

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Leaders

30

University of Nebraska - Omaha

http://www.unomaha.edu
6001 Dodge Street
Omaha, Nebraska
(402) 554-2393

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N/A

12,136

80%

31.3%

13.4%

$7,313

$19,350

Tuition Assistance, Scholarships

Public

3.4

N/A

N/A

N/A

17

0%

NC

 

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Leaders

31

Florida Southern College

http://www.flsouthern.edu
111 Lake Hollingsworth Drive
Lakeland, Florida
(863) 680-4131

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1883

2,040

56%

52.1%

47.1%

$28,580

$28,580

Tuition Assistance, Scholarships

Private

3.63

541

546

521

24

0%

NC

 

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Leaders

32

University of Maryland

http://www.maryland.edu
College Park, Maryland
(301) 314-8385

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N/A

26,487

47%

74.8%

63.2%

$9,161

$28,347

Tuition Assistance, Scholarships

Public

4.07

610

580

N/A

N/A

0%

NC

 

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Leaders

33

Sterling College

http://www.sterling.edu
125 West Cooper
Sterling, Kansas
(620) 278-4275

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N/A

653

51%

28.3%

20.3%

$21,200

$21,200

Tuition Assistance, Scholarships

Private

3.3

462

470

456

22

0%

NC

 

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Leaders

34

Marietta College

http://www.marietta.edu
215 Fifth Street
Marietta, Ohio
(740) 376-4600

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1797

1,487

68%

59.3%

53.5%

$31,940

$31,940

Tuition Assistance, Scholarships

Private

3.41

555

539

517

24

0%

NC

 

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Leaders

35

Augsburg College

http://www.augsburg.edu
2211 Riverside Avenue
Minneapolis, Minnesota
(612) 330-1001

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1869

2,998

69%

53.1%

41.7%

$33,199

$33,199

Tuition Assistance, Scholarships

Private

3.08

551

548

520

22

0%

NC

 

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36

Illinois Wesleyan University

http://www.iwu.edu
PO Box 2900
Bloomington, Illinois
(309) 556-3031

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1850

2,013

60%

80.8%

78.3%

$39,316

$39,316

Tuition Assistance, Scholarships

Private

3.5

570

540

N/A

25

0%

NC

 

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37

University of Louisville

http://www.louisville.edu
2301 South Third Street
Louisville, Kentucky
(502) 852-6531

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1798

15,727

73%

41.3%

26.4%

$9,750

$23,638

Tuition Assistance, Scholarships

Public

3.49

570

550

N/A

25

0%

NC

 

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38

Ouachita Baptist University

http://www.obu.edu
410 Ouachita Street
Arkadelphia, Arkansas
(870) 245-5110

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1886

1,532

69%

57.9%

49.6%

$22,340

$22,340

Tuition Assistance, Scholarships

Private

3.56

529

540

N/A

25

0%

NC

 

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39

Freed-Hardeman University

http://www.fhu.edu
158 East Main Street
Henderson, Tennessee
(731) 989-6651

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1869

1,449

44%

48.3%

39.4%

$20,468

$20,468

Tuition Assistance, Scholarships

Private

3.53

500

490

N/A

25

0%

NC

 

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1873

6,796

14%

90.1%

86.6%

$43,368

$43,368

Tuition Assistance, Scholarships

Private

3.75

710

690

670

32

0%

NC

 

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41

Wesleyan College

http://www.wesleyancollege.edu
4760 Forsyth Road
Macon, Georgia
(478) 757-5206

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1836

648

51%

31.8%

43.4%

$19,500

$19,500

Tuition Assistance, Scholarships

Private

3.3

480

510

500

22

0%

NC

 

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42

Marian University

http://www.marian.edu
3200 Cold Spring Road
Indianapolis, Indiana
(317) 955-6300

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1851

2,241

55%

52.1%

41.1%

$28,400

$28,400

Tuition Assistance, Scholarships

Private

3.3

516

508

N/A

22

0%

NC

 

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43

1890

23,135

76%

56.5%

38.9%

$12,326

$25,408

Tuition Assistance, Scholarships

Public

3.3

470

460

450

20

0%

NC

 

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44

University of Tulsa

http://www.utulsa.edu
800 South Tucker Drive
Tulsa, Oklahoma
(918) 631-2307

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1894

3,160

41%

59%

46.5%

$34,350

$34,350

Tuition Assistance, Scholarships

Private

3.75

640

640

N/A

28

0%

NC

 

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45

Missouri Valley College

http://www.moval.edu
500 East College
Marshall, Missouri
(660) 831-4114

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1889

1,639

57%

18.4%

11.7%

$18,800

$18,800

Tuition Assistance, Scholarships

Private

2.86

560

445

N/A

20

0%

NC

 

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46

Elon University

http://www.elon.edu
2700 Campus Box
Elon, North Carolina
(336) 278-3566

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1889

5,357

52%

80.9%

77.2%

$30,149

$30,149

Tuition Assistance, Scholarships

Private

3.99

614

615

616

27

0%

NC

 

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47

University of Wisconsin - Oshkosh

http://www.uwosh.edu
800 Algoma Boulevard
Oshkosh, Wisconsin
(920) 424-0202

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N/A

11,605

85%

36.1%

14.8%

$7,401

$14,974

Tuition Assistance, Scholarships

Public

3.24

N/A

N/A

N/A

22

0%

NC

 

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48

Columbia University

http://www.columbia.edu
116th Street and Broadway
New York, New York
(212) 854-2522

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1754

6,068

7%

94.8%

90.9%

$49,138

$49,138

Tuition Assistance, Scholarships

Private

N/A

700

690

690

31

0%

NC

 

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49

University of Virginia

http://www.virginia.edu
Charlottesville, Virginia
(434) 982-3200

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1819

15,822

30%

90.7%

86.5%

$12,458

$39,844

Tuition Assistance, Scholarships

Public

4.21

684

665

674

30

0%

NC

 

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50

Westminster College

http://www.westminstercollege.edu
1840 South 1300, E
Salt Lake City, Utah
(801) 832-2200

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1851

2,526

70%

49.8%

39.8%

$29,500

$29,500

Tuition Assistance, Scholarships

Private

3.5

500

500

N/A

22

0%

NC

 

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