Recent Articles
Considering a degree in Philosophy?
These rankings show the most affordable colleges for Philosophy majors who live in District of Columbia.
Rankings are calculated by estimating the net price at every college offering Philosophy degrees for a "typical" middle class family living in the state of District of Columbia.
Note: Net price is the actual cost of college paid after factoring in financial aid.The net prices displayed in these rankings are College Raptor's estimates.
“Typical” middle class family values used in the Net Price estimates on this page are:
| Rank | Institution | Typical Net Price | Sticker Price | % Savings | Undergraduates | Est. Median SAT | Acceptance Rate | Save |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hillsdale College | 5500 | 53900 | 0.898 | 1,649 | 1412 | 0.2072 | |
| 1 | The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary | 5500 | 28400 | 0.8059 | 1,004 | 1090 | 0.9689 | |
| 3 | Harvard University | 5900 | 86700 | 0.9323 | 7,038 | 1535 | 0.0365 | |
| 4 | Columbia University in the City of New York | 8900 | 94100 | 0.9057 | 9,157 | 1535 | 0.0386 | |
| 5 | University of Pennsylvania | 9000 | 93000 | 0.9034 | 10,013 | 1528 | 0.054 | |
| 6 | Johns Hopkins University | 9600 | 88600 | 0.8915 | 6,356 | 1543 | 0.0644 | |
| 7 | Valdosta State University | 10500 | 24800 | 0.5776 | 7,206 | 1015 | 0.7214 | |
| 8 | University of Notre Dame | 11500 | 86100 | 0.8664 | 8,880 | 1499 | 0.1127 | |
| 9 | William Jewell College | 12600 | 46900 | 0.7316 | 969 | 1110 | 0.3836 | |
| 10 | Truman State University | 13200 | 32100 | 0.5895 | 3,265 | 1302 | 0.8377 | |
| 11 | Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary | 14000 | 26900 | 0.4792 | 957 | 1105 | 0.5871 | |
| 12 | University of the District of Columbia | 14300 | 26900 | 0.469 | 3,297 | 0 | 0.8384 | |
| 13 | Philander Smith University | 14600 | 35100 | 0.5835 | 848 | 905 | 1 | |
| 14 | Stanford University | 14800 | 71300 | 0.792 | 7,904 | 1535 | 0.0361 | |
| 15 | University of North Carolina at Pembroke | 15800 | 23600 | 0.331 | 5,437 | 990 | 0.9335 | |
| 16 | New York University | 17400 | 91800 | 0.8102 | 29,060 | 1520 | 0.0923 | |
| 17 | Wesleyan College | 17500 | 54800 | 0.6801 | 595 | 1135 | 0.6207 | |
| 18 | Quincy University | 18400 | 62900 | 0.7079 | 1,072 | 1115 | 0.5093 | |
| 19 | Piedmont University | 20100 | 47200 | 0.5742 | 1,159 | 1130 | 0.9328 | |
| 20 | Indiana Wesleyan University-Marion | 20200 | 49400 | 0.5905 | 2,079 | 1135 | 0.8221 | |
| 21 | University of Mary Washington | 21600 | 45500 | 0.5248 | 3,660 | 1283 | 0.7978 | |
| 22 | Nebraska Wesleyan University | 22200 | 56400 | 0.6067 | 1,463 | 1195 | 0.7982 | |
| 23 | Maharishi International University | 22600 | 30300 | 0.2538 | 777 | 1089 | 0.969 | |
| 24 | Berry College | 23400 | 60800 | 0.6149 | 2,254 | 1219 | 0.64 | |
| 25 | Muskingum University | 24000 | 49600 | 0.5156 | 1,524 | 1020 | 0.8184 | |
| 26 | Roberts Wesleyan University | 24600 | 60000 | 0.5902 | 1,045 | 1166 | 0.7058 | |
| 27 | Central Methodist University-College of Liberal Arts and Sciences | 24700 | 46200 | 0.4649 | 1,041 | 1040 | 0.5686 | |
| 28 | Flagler College | 24900 | 37800 | 0.3415 | 2,409 | 785 | 0.8076 | |
| 29 | Arizona State University Campus Immersion | 25100 | 36600 | 0.3146 | 65,450 | 1203 | 0.8989 | |
| 30 | University of Chicago | 25700 | 95000 | 0.7295 | 7,519 | 1535 | 0.0448 | |
| 31 | Otterbein University | 26000 | 66300 | 0.6079 | 2,211 | 1114 | 0.8452 | |
| 32 | Southwestern College | 26900 | 69700 | 0.6143 | 938 | 1005 | 0.7443 | |
| 33 | Wingate University | 27100 | 65000 | 0.583 | 2,673 | 1100 | 0.9113 | |
| 34 | Central Washington University | 27600 | 27800 | 0.0072 | 10,033 | 1060 | 0.9061 | |
| 35 | Radford University | 29000 | 32800 | 0.1159 | 6,161 | 1070 | 0.8953 | |
| 36 | Georgia Institute of Technology-Main Campus | 29900 | 31100 | 0.0385 | 20,592 | 1435 | 0.1407 | |
| 37 | Belmont University | 30400 | 67800 | 0.5512 | 7,167 | 1273 | 0.9528 | |
| 38 | San Francisco State University | 31000 | 45200 | 0.3143 | 20,756 | 1035 | 0.9615 | |
| 39 | Columbia International University | 31900 | 44800 | 0.2877 | 721 | 1079 | 0.9461 | |
| 40 | Florida Agricultural and Mechanical University | 32500 | 38500 | 0.1559 | 7,890 | 1105 | 0.2056 | |
| 41 | Ithaca College | 33300 | 72500 | 0.5406 | 4,268 | 1314 | 0.6901 | |
| 41 | Stockton University | 33300 | 44500 | 0.2518 | 7,565 | 1135 | 0.8894 | |
| 43 | The University of Tennessee-Chattanooga | 34400 | 34500 | 0.0029 | 9,982 | 1125 | 0.7702 | |
| 44 | Albertus Magnus College | 36600 | 71100 | 0.4853 | 892 | 995 | 0.6437 | |
| 45 | SUNY Old Westbury | 37300 | 44100 | 0.1541 | 4,260 | 1110 | 0.8352 | |
| 46 | Concordia University-Wisconsin | 37900 | 53900 | 0.2968 | 2,401 | 1209 | 0.7819 | |
| 47 | Saint Vincent College | 38800 | 60700 | 0.3605 | 1,284 | 0 | 0.6173 | |
| 48 | The University of Montana | 39500 | 43700 | 0.0961 | 8,014 | 1184 | 0.9586 | |
| 49 | Pace University | 39700 | 74100 | 0.464 | 8,038 | 1274 | 0.7592 | |
| 50 | University of North Carolina Wilmington | 40000 | 40000 | 0 | 15,254 | 1270 | 0.6424 | |
| 51 | University of Pittsburgh-Pittsburgh Campus | 42300 | 54900 | 0.2297 | 20,418 | 1375 | 0.5808 | |
| 52 | Butler University | 43200 | 64500 | 0.3301 | 4,489 | 1279 | 0.8508 | |
| 53 | Winthrop University | 44000 | 44000 | 0 | 3,969 | 1130 | 0.7925 | |
| 54 | University of Oklahoma-Norman Campus | 45200 | 57100 | 0.2083 | 23,351 | 1239 | 0.766 | |
| 55 | James Madison University | 46400 | 46400 | 0 | 21,112 | 1260 | 0.7151 | |
| 56 | University of Utah | 51800 | 53700 | 0.0351 | 28,064 | 1237 | 0.8598 | |
| 57 | University of La Verne | 62200 | 66500 | 0.0647 | 2,414 | 1123 | 0.4847 |
School data is from 2022–2023 (top 500 results shown) for schools with at least 100 undergraduate students.