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Considering a degree in Philosophy?
These rankings show the most affordable colleges for Philosophy majors who live in New York.
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 New York.
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 | The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary | 3200 | 28400 | 0.8869 | 1,004 | 1090 | 0.9689 | |
| 2 | Hillsdale College | 3300 | 53900 | 0.9388 | 1,649 | 1412 | 0.2072 | |
| 3 | Johns Hopkins University | 4000 | 88600 | 0.9547 | 6,356 | 1543 | 0.0644 | |
| 4 | University of Pennsylvania | 4300 | 93000 | 0.9539 | 10,013 | 1528 | 0.054 | |
| 5 | Harvard University | 5900 | 90600 | 0.9346 | 7,038 | 1535 | 0.0365 | |
| 6 | Columbia University in the City of New York | 6400 | 93200 | 0.9316 | 9,157 | 1535 | 0.0386 | |
| 7 | CUNY Brooklyn College | 7800 | 31800 | 0.7558 | 11,562 | 1110 | 0.5836 | |
| 7 | CUNY City College | 7800 | 31200 | 0.7501 | 12,982 | 1169 | 0.5997 | |
| 9 | CUNY John Jay College of Criminal Justice | 8000 | 36700 | 0.7828 | 11,554 | 1100 | 0.5516 | |
| 10 | University of Notre Dame | 10000 | 86100 | 0.8838 | 8,880 | 1499 | 0.1127 | |
| 11 | Valdosta State University | 10400 | 24800 | 0.5817 | 7,206 | 1015 | 0.7214 | |
| 12 | William Jewell College | 12100 | 46900 | 0.7423 | 969 | 1110 | 0.3836 | |
| 13 | New York University | 12300 | 90800 | 0.8641 | 29,060 | 1520 | 0.0923 | |
| 13 | University of Chicago | 12300 | 95000 | 0.8706 | 7,519 | 1535 | 0.0448 | |
| 15 | Truman State University | 13200 | 32100 | 0.5895 | 3,265 | 1302 | 0.8377 | |
| 16 | Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary | 14000 | 26900 | 0.4792 | 957 | 1105 | 0.5871 | |
| 17 | Philander Smith University | 14100 | 35100 | 0.5978 | 848 | 905 | 1 | |
| 18 | Stanford University | 14800 | 71300 | 0.792 | 7,904 | 1535 | 0.0361 | |
| 19 | University of North Carolina at Pembroke | 15500 | 23600 | 0.3437 | 5,437 | 990 | 0.9335 | |
| 20 | Wesleyan College | 17300 | 54800 | 0.6838 | 595 | 1135 | 0.6207 | |
| 21 | SUNY Old Westbury | 17500 | 24400 | 0.2834 | 4,260 | 1110 | 0.8352 | |
| 22 | Quincy University | 18100 | 62900 | 0.7127 | 1,072 | 1115 | 0.5093 | |
| 23 | Piedmont University | 19800 | 47200 | 0.5805 | 1,159 | 1130 | 0.9328 | |
| 24 | Indiana Wesleyan University-Marion | 19900 | 49400 | 0.5967 | 2,079 | 1135 | 0.8221 | |
| 25 | University of Mary Washington | 21400 | 45500 | 0.5287 | 3,660 | 1283 | 0.7978 | |
| 26 | Nebraska Wesleyan University | 22200 | 56400 | 0.6067 | 1,463 | 1195 | 0.7982 | |
| 27 | Maharishi International University | 22600 | 30300 | 0.2538 | 777 | 1089 | 0.969 | |
| 28 | Berry College | 23200 | 60800 | 0.6182 | 2,254 | 1219 | 0.64 | |
| 29 | Arizona State University Campus Immersion | 23300 | 33600 | 0.3067 | 65,450 | 1203 | 0.8989 | |
| 30 | Muskingum University | 23800 | 49600 | 0.5193 | 1,524 | 1020 | 0.8184 | |
| 31 | Flagler College | 24200 | 37800 | 0.36 | 2,409 | 785 | 0.8076 | |
| 32 | Central Methodist University-College of Liberal Arts and Sciences | 24300 | 46200 | 0.4736 | 1,041 | 1040 | 0.5686 | |
| 33 | Roberts Wesleyan University | 24400 | 60100 | 0.5942 | 1,045 | 1166 | 0.7058 | |
| 34 | Otterbein University | 25900 | 66300 | 0.6094 | 2,211 | 1114 | 0.8452 | |
| 35 | Southwestern College | 26600 | 69700 | 0.6186 | 938 | 1005 | 0.7443 | |
| 36 | Wingate University | 26800 | 65000 | 0.5879 | 2,673 | 1100 | 0.9113 | |
| 37 | Central Washington University | 27500 | 27800 | 0.0108 | 10,033 | 1060 | 0.9061 | |
| 38 | Radford University | 28700 | 32800 | 0.125 | 6,161 | 1070 | 0.8953 | |
| 39 | Georgia Institute of Technology-Main Campus | 29900 | 31100 | 0.0385 | 20,592 | 1435 | 0.1407 | |
| 40 | Ithaca College | 30100 | 69100 | 0.5639 | 4,268 | 1314 | 0.6901 | |
| 41 | Belmont University | 30200 | 67800 | 0.554 | 7,167 | 1273 | 0.9528 | |
| 42 | San Francisco State University | 30500 | 45200 | 0.3254 | 20,756 | 1035 | 0.9615 | |
| 43 | Columbia International University | 31600 | 44800 | 0.2948 | 721 | 1079 | 0.9461 | |
| 44 | Florida Agricultural and Mechanical University | 32300 | 38500 | 0.1611 | 7,890 | 1105 | 0.2056 | |
| 45 | Stockton University | 32700 | 44500 | 0.2653 | 7,565 | 1135 | 0.8894 | |
| 46 | Winthrop University | 33800 | 52500 | 0.3569 | 3,969 | 1130 | 0.7925 | |
| 47 | The University of Tennessee-Chattanooga | 34400 | 34500 | 0.0029 | 9,982 | 1125 | 0.7702 | |
| 48 | Albertus Magnus College | 36300 | 71100 | 0.4895 | 892 | 995 | 0.6437 | |
| 49 | The University of Montana | 39400 | 43700 | 0.0984 | 8,014 | 1184 | 0.9586 | |
| 50 | Pace University | 39700 | 74100 | 0.4641 | 8,038 | 1274 | 0.7592 | |
| 51 | University of North Carolina Wilmington | 40000 | 40000 | 0 | 15,254 | 1270 | 0.6424 | |
| 52 | Concordia University-Wisconsin | 41300 | 53900 | 0.2337 | 2,401 | 1209 | 0.7819 | |
| 53 | Saint Vincent College | 41400 | 64600 | 0.3593 | 1,284 | 0 | 0.6173 | |
| 54 | University of Pittsburgh-Pittsburgh Campus | 41900 | 54900 | 0.237 | 20,418 | 1375 | 0.5808 | |
| 55 | Butler University | 43000 | 64500 | 0.3332 | 4,489 | 1279 | 0.8508 | |
| 56 | University of Oklahoma-Norman Campus | 43800 | 57100 | 0.2315 | 23,351 | 1239 | 0.766 | |
| 57 | James Madison University | 46400 | 46400 | 0 | 21,112 | 1260 | 0.7151 | |
| 58 | University of Utah | 51500 | 53700 | 0.0411 | 28,064 | 1237 | 0.8598 | |
| 59 | University of La Verne | 62100 | 66500 | 0.0662 | 2,414 | 1123 | 0.4847 |
School data is from 2022–2023 (top 500 results shown) for schools with at least 100 undergraduate students.