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Considering a degree in Philosophy?
These rankings show the most affordable colleges for Philosophy majors who live in Texas.
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 Texas.
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 | 6,356 | 1543 | 0.0644 | |
| 2 | Dallas College | 5600 | 16500 | 0.6604 | 125,613 | 0 | 1 | |
| 3 | Harvard University | 5900 | 91200 | 0.935 | 7,038 | 1535 | 0.0365 | |
| 4 | Columbia University in the City of New York | 8400 | 98000 | 0.9146 | 9,157 | 1535 | 0.0386 | |
| 5 | University of Pennsylvania | 9200 | 92900 | 0.9012 | 10,013 | 1528 | 0.054 | |
| 6 | University of Washington-Seattle Campus | 9800 | 30000 | 0.6731 | 40,754 | 1391 | 0.3915 | |
| 7 | Valdosta State University | 10500 | 24800 | 0.5775 | 7,206 | 1015 | 0.7214 | |
| 8 | San Jacinto Community College | 10700 | 14300 | 0.2517 | 5,070 | 0 | 0 | |
| 9 | Austin Community College District | 11100 | 24200 | 0.5419 | 35,600 | 0 | 0.4666 | |
| 9 | University of Notre Dame | 11100 | 86200 | 0.8717 | 8,880 | 1471 | 0.1127 | |
| 11 | Truman State University | 11500 | 30400 | 0.6227 | 3,265 | 1302 | 0.8377 | |
| 12 | University of Chicago | 12200 | 95500 | 0.872 | 7,519 | 1535 | 0.0448 | |
| 13 | University of North Carolina at Pembroke | 13200 | 20300 | 0.3489 | 5,437 | 990 | 0.9335 | |
| 14 | William Jewell College | 14100 | 46900 | 0.6996 | 969 | 1185 | 0.3836 | |
| 15 | Stanford University | 14700 | 71200 | 0.7934 | 7,904 | 1535 | 0.0361 | |
| 16 | Radford University | 15000 | 32000 | 0.5318 | 6,161 | 1070 | 0.8953 | |
| 17 | Case Western Reserve University | 15100 | 83100 | 0.8181 | 6,528 | 1485 | 0.3778 | |
| 18 | Wesleyan College | 15700 | 55300 | 0.7162 | 595 | 915 | 0.6207 | |
| 19 | Central Washington University | 15900 | 22700 | 0.2992 | 10,033 | 1060 | 0.9061 | |
| 20 | Quincy University | 18300 | 68000 | 0.7304 | 1,072 | 1115 | 0.5093 | |
| 21 | SUNY Old Westbury | 18900 | 24400 | 0.2257 | 4,260 | 1165 | 0.8352 | |
| 22 | Stockton University | 19100 | 32100 | 0.4048 | 7,565 | 1135 | 0.8894 | |
| 23 | The University of Montana | 19500 | 25200 | 0.2259 | 8,014 | 1184 | 0.9586 | |
| 24 | Nelson University | 20000 | 53900 | 0.63 | 1,413 | 1020 | 0.8423 | |
| 25 | Olivet Nazarene University | 20700 | 71400 | 0.7105 | 2,704 | 1104 | 0.5586 | |
| 26 | University of Mary Washington | 21300 | 47600 | 0.5525 | 3,660 | 1283 | 0.7978 | |
| 27 | Maharishi International University | 22600 | 38500 | 0.4131 | 777 | 1089 | 0.969 | |
| 27 | Spurgeon College | 22600 | 25700 | 0.122 | 1,067 | 1115 | 0.9433 | |
| 27 | Sterling College | 22600 | 73100 | 0.6903 | 670 | 1090 | 0.8916 | |
| 30 | Rocky Mountain College | 22700 | 52000 | 0.5632 | 851 | 1075 | 0.6961 | |
| 31 | Eastern Nazarene College | 22800 | 45000 | 0.494 | 379 | 1034 | 0.5896 | |
| 32 | San Francisco State University | 23000 | 55400 | 0.5848 | 20,756 | 1035 | 0.9615 | |
| 33 | Nebraska Wesleyan University | 23100 | 78600 | 0.7065 | 1,463 | 1195 | 0.7982 | |
| 34 | Roberts Wesleyan University | 23500 | 72100 | 0.6742 | 1,045 | 1166 | 0.7058 | |
| 35 | New York University | 23600 | 91800 | 0.7427 | 29,060 | 1520 | 0.0923 | |
| 36 | Eureka College | 24200 | 56300 | 0.5699 | 527 | 1020 | 0.85 | |
| 37 | University of North Carolina Wilmington | 24400 | 24400 | 0 | 15,254 | 1270 | 0.6424 | |
| 38 | Central Methodist University-College of Liberal Arts and Sciences | 24900 | 60300 | 0.5873 | 1,041 | 1040 | 0.5686 | |
| 39 | Drury University | 25100 | 52900 | 0.5254 | 1,391 | 1228 | 0.5758 | |
| 40 | Southwestern College | 26400 | 76300 | 0.6543 | 938 | 1005 | 0.7443 | |
| 41 | Flagler College | 26700 | 61100 | 0.5628 | 2,409 | 1090 | 0.8076 | |
| 42 | Wingate University | 26800 | 65000 | 0.5869 | 2,673 | 1100 | 0.9113 | |
| 43 | Augustana University | 28200 | 61200 | 0.5391 | 2,003 | 1189 | 0.6775 | |
| 44 | James Madison University | 28900 | 28900 | 0 | 21,112 | 1260 | 0.7151 | |
| 44 | University of Utah | 28900 | 32000 | 0.098 | 28,064 | 1237 | 0.8598 | |
| 46 | Friends University | 30400 | 53600 | 0.4331 | 1,549 | 1030 | 0.6046 | |
| 47 | Samford University | 31000 | 78000 | 0.6022 | 4,210 | 1199 | 0.8236 | |
| 48 | Georgia Institute of Technology-Main Campus | 31100 | 49800 | 0.3755 | 20,592 | 1435 | 0.1407 | |
| 49 | Bridgewater College | 32100 | 40200 | 0.2024 | 1,407 | 1174 | 0.9172 | |
| 50 | Columbia International University | 33700 | 44800 | 0.2486 | 721 | 1050 | 0.9461 | |
| 51 | Winthrop University | 33800 | 52500 | 0.3556 | 3,969 | 1130 | 0.7925 | |
| 52 | The University of Tennessee-Chattanooga | 34500 | 34500 | 0 | 9,982 | 1125 | 0.7702 | |
| 53 | Pace University | 34600 | 74800 | 0.5373 | 8,038 | 1274 | 0.7592 | |
| 54 | Berry College | 35900 | 60900 | 0.4107 | 2,254 | 1219 | 0.64 | |
| 54 | Indiana Wesleyan University-Marion | 35900 | 48300 | 0.2555 | 2,079 | 1095 | 0.8221 | |
| 56 | St. Thomas Aquinas College | 36800 | 64400 | 0.4289 | 1,889 | 985 | 0.9305 | |
| 56 | University of Oklahoma-Norman Campus | 36800 | 38900 | 0.0548 | 23,351 | 1239 | 0.766 | |
| 58 | Florida Agricultural and Mechanical University | 38500 | 38500 | 0 | 7,890 | 1105 | 0.2056 | |
| 59 | Concordia University-Wisconsin | 41300 | 57000 | 0.2756 | 2,401 | 1209 | 0.7819 | |
| 60 | Saint Vincent College | 41400 | 64600 | 0.3582 | 1,284 | 0 | 0.6173 | |
| 61 | Arizona State University Campus Immersion | 41800 | 47200 | 0.1143 | 65,450 | 1203 | 0.8989 | |
| 62 | Union University | 41900 | 64100 | 0.3454 | 1,934 | 1242 | 0.6016 | |
| 63 | University of Pittsburgh-Pittsburgh Campus | 43100 | 54700 | 0.212 | 20,418 | 1375 | 0.5808 |
School data is from 2022–2023 (top 500 results shown) for schools with at least 100 undergraduate students.