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Considering a degree in Philosophy?
These rankings show the most affordable colleges for Philosophy majors who live in Pennsylvania.
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 Pennsylvania.
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 | Johns Hopkins University | 2700 | 92000 | 0.9704 | 6,354 | 1554 | 0.0611 | |
| 2 | University of Pennsylvania | 4800 | 93100 | 0.9489 | 9,989 | 1535 | 0.0492 | |
| 3 | Harvard University | 5900 | 95400 | 0.9378 | 6,738 | 1500 | 0.0418 | |
| 4 | University of Notre Dame | 8000 | 89100 | 0.91 | 8,950 | 1497 | 0.0938 | |
| 5 | Columbia University in the City of New York | 8600 | 98000 | 0.9125 | 9,164 | 1535 | 0.0386 | |
| 6 | Colgate University | 9500 | 95800 | 0.9008 | 3,193 | 1488 | 0.1388 | |
| 7 | Indiana Wesleyan University-Marion | 9600 | 49000 | 0.8047 | 2,075 | 1090 | 0.8894 | |
| 8 | University of Washington-Seattle Campus | 11100 | 33800 | 0.6718 | 40,996 | 1399 | 0.4175 | |
| 9 | University of Chicago | 11900 | 100600 | 0.8821 | 7,519 | 1535 | 0.0456 | |
| 10 | Truman State University | 12900 | 21700 | 0.4053 | 3,506 | 1340 | 0.8515 | |
| 11 | Wesleyan College | 13200 | 62600 | 0.7891 | 500 | 1065 | 0.591 | |
| 12 | San Francisco State University | 14200 | 47700 | 0.7025 | 19,444 | 1035 | 0.9644 | |
| 13 | Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary | 14500 | 26200 | 0.4464 | 957 | 1130 | 0.5871 | |
| 14 | Case Western Reserve University | 14900 | 92800 | 0.8391 | 6,657 | 1484 | 0.3778 | |
| 15 | Stanford University | 15000 | 1932000 | 0.9923 | 7,346 | 1542 | 0.038 | |
| 16 | Eureka College | 15400 | 64800 | 0.762 | 527 | 1020 | 0.85 | |
| 17 | Commonwealth University of Pennsylvania | 16100 | 26900 | 0.4031 | 9,847 | 1090 | 0.9309 | |
| 18 | Maharishi International University | 16900 | 33300 | 0.4923 | 925 | 1089 | 0.957 | |
| 19 | Georgia Institute of Technology-Main Campus | 17900 | 47900 | 0.6257 | 21,028 | 1450 | 0.1334 | |
| 20 | Quincy University | 18100 | 80500 | 0.7747 | 1,096 | 1115 | 0.551 | |
| 21 | Valdosta State University | 19000 | 29600 | 0.358 | 7,199 | 1005 | 0.7769 | |
| 22 | The University of Montana | 19200 | 27400 | 0.2994 | 8,014 | 1184 | 0.9586 | |
| 23 | Pennsylvania Western University | 19600 | 31000 | 0.3679 | 7,586 | 1045 | 0.9433 | |
| 24 | Stockton University | 20000 | 32100 | 0.3767 | 7,583 | 1134 | 0.901 | |
| 25 | Nebraska Wesleyan University | 20300 | 57500 | 0.6476 | 1,391 | 1200 | 0.7243 | |
| 25 | SUNY Old Westbury | 20300 | 24400 | 0.1682 | 4,474 | 1110 | 0.8352 | |
| 27 | Rocky Mountain College | 21600 | 52000 | 0.5843 | 779 | 1055 | 0.7775 | |
| 28 | Sterling College | 22200 | 77400 | 0.7139 | 649 | 1103 | 0.8759 | |
| 29 | Hastings College | 22600 | 53300 | 0.5757 | 936 | 1116 | 0.654 | |
| 30 | Central Washington University | 23600 | 27900 | 0.1544 | 10,033 | 1060 | 0.9061 | |
| 31 | The University of Tennessee-Chattanooga | 23800 | 34500 | 0.3104 | 10,396 | 1125 | 0.7162 | |
| 32 | University of Jamestown | 24000 | 34400 | 0.3013 | 1,097 | 1055 | 0.88 | |
| 33 | University of Pittsburgh-Pittsburgh Campus | 24600 | 40600 | 0.3942 | 21,388 | 1369 | 0.5945 | |
| 33 | Westminster College | 24600 | 53800 | 0.5432 | 641 | 1100 | 0.7915 | |
| 35 | Saint Augustine's University | 25800 | 48900 | 0.4725 | 173 | 840 | 0.3465 | |
| 36 | Millsaps College | 26000 | 62500 | 0.5841 | 547 | 1189 | 0.4312 | |
| 37 | Temple University | 26200 | 36100 | 0.2744 | 21,031 | 1172 | 0.8622 | |
| 38 | Wingate University | 26600 | 67100 | 0.6041 | 2,673 | 1100 | 0.9113 | |
| 39 | Drury University | 26800 | 54500 | 0.5082 | 1,453 | 1209 | 0.6575 | |
| 40 | LaGrange College | 27300 | 54600 | 0.5001 | 718 | 1075 | 0.8722 | |
| 41 | Flagler College | 28200 | 61900 | 0.544 | 2,359 | 1175 | 0.787 | |
| 42 | New York University | 29000 | 92100 | 0.6851 | 29,471 | 1520 | 0.0906 | |
| 43 | Southwestern College | 29800 | 89500 | 0.6672 | 816 | 1000 | 0.4729 | |
| 44 | University of Mary Washington | 30000 | 33000 | 0.0909 | 3,531 | 1279 | 0.7413 | |
| 45 | Columbia International University | 31200 | 44800 | 0.3029 | 1,084 | 1079 | 0.9371 | |
| 46 | Winthrop University | 33400 | 52500 | 0.3638 | 4,289 | 1130 | 0.8281 | |
| 47 | Pace University | 33900 | 75700 | 0.5525 | 5,520 | 1273 | 0.7827 | |
| 48 | University of North Carolina Wilmington | 34000 | 34100 | 0.0029 | 16,131 | 1275 | 0.6472 | |
| 49 | Berry College | 34400 | 62400 | 0.4488 | 2,262 | 1219 | 0.7315 | |
| 50 | Florida Agricultural and Mechanical University | 35000 | 38500 | 0.0909 | 7,637 | 1115 | 0.1865 | |
| 51 | McPherson College | 35300 | 53600 | 0.3416 | 861 | 1055 | 0.5533 | |
| 52 | Wilmington College | 36400 | 58500 | 0.3774 | 1,006 | 1020 | 0.924 | |
| 53 | St. Thomas Aquinas College | 39700 | 64500 | 0.3848 | 2,138 | 1148 | 0.9469 | |
| 54 | Butler University | 41400 | 68400 | 0.395 | 4,418 | 1269 | 0.8209 | |
| 55 | Union University | 43500 | 66000 | 0.3417 | 1,856 | 1242 | 0.5857 | |
| 56 | James Madison University | 43700 | 45100 | 0.031 | 21,358 | 1259 | 0.6879 | |
| 57 | Radford University | 45000 | 47600 | 0.0539 | 6,206 | 1050 | 0.8939 | |
| 58 | University of Oklahoma-Norman Campus | 49200 | 58800 | 0.1628 | 25,054 | 1225 | 0.7762 | |
| 59 | University of Utah | 51100 | 53700 | 0.0478 | 29,335 | 1222 | 0.9015 | |
| 60 | Queens University of Charlotte | 58300 | 72400 | 0.1949 | 1,210 | 1244 | 0.805 | |
| 61 | Arizona State University Campus Immersion | 58700 | 62100 | 0.0548 | 8,513 | 1160 | 0.9261 |
School data is from 2023–2024 (top 500 results shown) for schools with at least 100 undergraduate students.