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Considering a degree in Philosophy?
These rankings show the most affordable colleges for Philosophy majors who live in South Carolina.
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 South Carolina.
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 | Harvard University | 5900 | 86900 | 0.9325 | 7,038 | 1535 | 0.0365 | |
| 2 | Hillsdale College | 6100 | 53900 | 0.8869 | 1,649 | 1412 | 0.2072 | |
| 2 | The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary | 6100 | 28400 | 0.7848 | 1,004 | 1090 | 0.9689 | |
| 4 | Greenville Technical College | 8300 | 18300 | 0.5481 | 10,661 | 0 | 0.5257 | |
| 5 | University of Pennsylvania | 8600 | 93000 | 0.9077 | 10,013 | 1528 | 0.054 | |
| 6 | Columbia University in the City of New York | 8900 | 94100 | 0.9057 | 9,157 | 1535 | 0.0386 | |
| 7 | Johns Hopkins University | 9600 | 88600 | 0.8915 | 6,356 | 1543 | 0.0644 | |
| 8 | Valdosta State University | 10500 | 24800 | 0.5776 | 7,206 | 1015 | 0.7214 | |
| 9 | University of Notre Dame | 11100 | 86100 | 0.871 | 8,880 | 1499 | 0.1127 | |
| 10 | William Jewell College | 13000 | 46900 | 0.7231 | 969 | 1110 | 0.3836 | |
| 11 | Truman State University | 13200 | 32100 | 0.5895 | 3,265 | 1302 | 0.8377 | |
| 12 | Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary | 14000 | 26900 | 0.4792 | 957 | 1105 | 0.5871 | |
| 13 | Stanford University | 14800 | 71300 | 0.792 | 7,904 | 1535 | 0.0361 | |
| 14 | Philander Smith University | 15000 | 35100 | 0.5722 | 848 | 905 | 1 | |
| 15 | James Madison University | 15900 | 28600 | 0.4433 | 21,112 | 1260 | 0.7151 | |
| 16 | University of North Carolina at Pembroke | 16000 | 23600 | 0.3225 | 5,437 | 990 | 0.9335 | |
| 17 | Coastal Carolina University | 16300 | 27200 | 0.4016 | 10,811 | 1145 | 0.7527 | |
| 18 | Wesleyan College | 17600 | 54800 | 0.6783 | 595 | 1135 | 0.6207 | |
| 19 | Georgia Institute of Technology-Main Campus | 17900 | 28100 | 0.3632 | 20,592 | 1435 | 0.1407 | |
| 20 | Columbia International University | 18100 | 44800 | 0.5961 | 721 | 1079 | 0.9461 | |
| 21 | Quincy University | 18700 | 62900 | 0.7031 | 1,072 | 1115 | 0.5093 | |
| 22 | Piedmont University | 20400 | 47200 | 0.5678 | 1,159 | 1130 | 0.9328 | |
| 23 | Indiana Wesleyan University-Marion | 20600 | 49400 | 0.5825 | 2,079 | 1135 | 0.8221 | |
| 24 | University of Mary Washington | 21500 | 45500 | 0.5264 | 3,660 | 1283 | 0.7978 | |
| 25 | Radford University | 21800 | 21900 | 0.0046 | 6,161 | 1070 | 0.8953 | |
| 26 | Nebraska Wesleyan University | 22100 | 56400 | 0.6085 | 1,463 | 1195 | 0.7982 | |
| 27 | Maharishi International University | 22600 | 30300 | 0.2538 | 777 | 1089 | 0.969 | |
| 28 | Berry College | 23300 | 60800 | 0.6166 | 2,254 | 1219 | 0.64 | |
| 29 | New York University | 23800 | 91800 | 0.7405 | 29,060 | 1520 | 0.0923 | |
| 30 | Muskingum University | 24000 | 49600 | 0.5156 | 1,524 | 1020 | 0.8184 | |
| 31 | Winthrop University | 24600 | 29600 | 0.1686 | 3,969 | 1130 | 0.7925 | |
| 32 | Roberts Wesleyan University | 24900 | 60000 | 0.5852 | 1,045 | 1166 | 0.7058 | |
| 33 | Arizona State University Campus Immersion | 25000 | 36600 | 0.3173 | 65,450 | 1203 | 0.8989 | |
| 33 | Central Methodist University-College of Liberal Arts and Sciences | 25000 | 46200 | 0.4584 | 1,041 | 1040 | 0.5686 | |
| 35 | Flagler College | 25400 | 37800 | 0.3283 | 2,409 | 785 | 0.8076 | |
| 36 | University of Chicago | 25700 | 95000 | 0.7295 | 7,519 | 1535 | 0.0448 | |
| 37 | Otterbein University | 26000 | 66300 | 0.6079 | 2,211 | 1114 | 0.8452 | |
| 38 | Southwestern College | 26900 | 69700 | 0.6143 | 938 | 1005 | 0.7443 | |
| 39 | Wingate University | 27100 | 65000 | 0.583 | 2,673 | 1100 | 0.9113 | |
| 40 | Central Washington University | 27600 | 27800 | 0.0072 | 10,033 | 1060 | 0.9061 | |
| 41 | Belmont University | 30400 | 67800 | 0.5512 | 7,167 | 1273 | 0.9528 | |
| 42 | San Francisco State University | 31300 | 45200 | 0.3077 | 20,756 | 1035 | 0.9615 | |
| 43 | Florida Agricultural and Mechanical University | 32700 | 38500 | 0.1507 | 7,890 | 1105 | 0.2056 | |
| 44 | Ithaca College | 33200 | 72500 | 0.542 | 4,268 | 1314 | 0.6901 | |
| 45 | Stockton University | 34000 | 44500 | 0.2361 | 7,565 | 1135 | 0.8894 | |
| 46 | The University of Tennessee-Chattanooga | 34400 | 34500 | 0.0029 | 9,982 | 1125 | 0.7702 | |
| 47 | Albertus Magnus College | 36700 | 71100 | 0.4839 | 892 | 995 | 0.6437 | |
| 48 | SUNY Old Westbury | 37400 | 44100 | 0.1519 | 4,260 | 1110 | 0.8352 | |
| 49 | Concordia University-Wisconsin | 37900 | 53900 | 0.2968 | 2,401 | 1209 | 0.7819 | |
| 50 | Saint Vincent College | 38800 | 60700 | 0.3605 | 1,284 | 0 | 0.6173 | |
| 51 | The University of Montana | 39500 | 43700 | 0.0961 | 8,014 | 1184 | 0.9586 | |
| 52 | Pace University | 39700 | 74100 | 0.464 | 8,038 | 1274 | 0.7592 | |
| 53 | University of North Carolina Wilmington | 40000 | 40000 | 0 | 15,254 | 1270 | 0.6424 | |
| 54 | University of Pittsburgh-Pittsburgh Campus | 42800 | 54900 | 0.2206 | 20,418 | 1375 | 0.5808 | |
| 55 | Butler University | 43400 | 64500 | 0.327 | 4,489 | 1279 | 0.8508 | |
| 56 | University of Oklahoma-Norman Campus | 45200 | 57100 | 0.2083 | 23,351 | 1239 | 0.766 | |
| 57 | University of Utah | 51800 | 53700 | 0.0351 | 28,064 | 1237 | 0.8598 | |
| 58 | 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.