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Best Schools for Philosophy in 2026

77 schools ranked by DegreeWorth Score · Updated 2026

These are the top schools offering Philosophy, ranked by DegreeWorth Score. The score combines graduate earnings, AI automation resilience, job market demand, and return on tuition investment. The average Philosophy graduate earns $32,298/yr across 77 schools.

Programs Ranked

Avg Earnings

$32,298/yr

Avg DW Score

38/100

AI Risk

Very High

65% task exposure

All Philosophy Programs Ranked

Click any row for full AI scenario analysis, earnings projections, and career path breakdown.

#	Program	DW Score	Earnings	AI Risk	ROI
1	Philosophy Utah Valley University · Orem, UT	58 52–60	$43,699/yr	Very High	16.4x
2	Philosophy CUNY Lehman College · Bronx, NY	56 49–58	$43,311/yr	Very High	13.6x
3	Philosophy University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill · Chapel Hill, NC	46 37–53	$34,284/yr	Very High	15.7x
4	Philosophy Arizona State University Campus Immersion · Tempe, AZ	47 39–52	$40,286/yr	Very High	11.1x
5	Philosophy Florida International University · Miami, FL	47 38–53	$31,583/yr	Very High	18.6x
6	Philosophy The University of Texas at Austin · Austin, TX	48 41–52	$40,881/yr	Very High	10.8x
7	Philosophy University of Central Florida · Orlando, FL	49 43–51	$35,179/yr	Very High	12.8x
8	Philosophy Florida State University · Tallahassee, FL	46 35–52	$27,072/yr	Very High	22.8x
9	Philosophy University of Washington-Seattle Campus · Seattle, WA	47 41–50	$42,072/yr	Very High	9.2x
10	Philosophy University of Washington-Bothell Campus · Bothell, WA	47 41–50	$42,072/yr	Very High	9.3x
11	Philosophy San Francisco State University · San Francisco, CA	43 33–51	$28,539/yr	Very High	17.6x
12	Philosophy University of Florida · Gainesville, FL	44 30–51	$24,048/yr	Very High	26.4x
13	Philosophy University of Maryland-College Park · College Park, MD	44 35–51	$35,608/yr	Very High	11.9x
14	Philosophy CUNY John Jay College of Criminal Justice · New York, NY	45 35–51	$30,851/yr	Very High	16.3x
15	Philosophy University of Pennsylvania · Philadelphia, PA	48 41–50	$73,053/yr	Very High	1.8x
16	Philosophy University of Wisconsin-Madison · Madison, WI	44 36–50	$35,975/yr	Very High	11.6x
17	Philosophy University of South Florida · Tampa, FL	41 28–50	$21,168/yr	Very High	21.4x
18	Philosophy University of Michigan-Ann Arbor · Ann Arbor, MI	42 34–50	$37,885/yr	Very High	9.8x
19	Philosophy Rutgers University-Camden · Camden, NJ	43 36–48	$40,113/yr	Very High	8.1x
20	Philosophy Rutgers University-New Brunswick · New Brunswick, NJ	43 36–48	$40,113/yr	Very High	8.0x
21	Philosophy Rutgers University-Newark · Newark, NJ	44 36–49	$40,113/yr	Very High	8.3x
22	Philosophy Ohio State University-Main Campus · Columbus, OH	45 39–48	$39,971/yr	Very High	8.3x
23	Philosophy University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee · Milwaukee, WI	43 36–47	$34,666/yr	Very High	10.9x
24	Philosophy California State University-Northridge · Northridge, CA	38 26–48	$20,822/yr	Very High	16.5x
25	Philosophy University of California-Berkeley · Berkeley, CA	41 34–46	$36,355/yr	Very High	8.3x
26	Philosophy University of Massachusetts-Boston · Boston, MA	41 33–46	$36,581/yr	Very High	8.1x
27	Philosophy CUNY City College · New York, NY	45 39–47	$33,339/yr	Very High	10.4x
28	Philosophy University of North Texas · Denton, TX	43 37–46	$37,231/yr	Very High	8.4x
29	Philosophy University of Arizona · Tucson, AZ	40 32–46	$34,289/yr	Very High	9.5x
30	Philosophy University of Colorado Denver/Anschutz Medical Campus · Denver, CO	44 38–46	$36,307/yr	Very High	8.1x
31	Philosophy CUNY Brooklyn College · Brooklyn, NY	40 32–45	$27,926/yr	Very High	12.9x
32	Philosophy Arizona State University Digital Immersion · Scottsdale, AZ	42 35–45	$40,286/yr	Very High	—
33	Philosophy California State University-Sacramento · Sacramento, CA	40 33–44	$29,326/yr	Very High	11.3x
34	Philosophy University of New Mexico-Main Campus · Albuquerque, NM	38 29–45	$26,205/yr	Very High	12.4x
35	Philosophy Texas A & M University-College Station · College Station, TX	37 28–46	$30,058/yr	Very High	10.7x
36	Philosophy California State University-Fullerton · Fullerton, CA	41 35–43	$30,171/yr	Very High	9.7x
37	Philosophy University of Minnesota-Twin Cities · Minneapolis, MN	37 28–45	$31,652/yr	Very High	9.1x
38	Philosophy Columbia University in the City of New York · New York, NY	41 35–44	$52,668/yr	Very High	0.2x
39	Philosophy University of Colorado Colorado Springs · Colorado Springs, CO	40 33–42	$32,480/yr	Very High	8.3x
40	Philosophy Boston College · Chestnut Hill, MA	39 32–42	$47,345/yr	Very High	1.1x
41	Philosophy University of California-Los Angeles · Los Angeles, CA	36 28–42	$30,182/yr	Very High	8.7x
42	Philosophy New York University · New York, NY	36 28–41	$40,359/yr	Very High	2.2x
43	Philosophy University of North Carolina at Charlotte · Charlotte, NC	40 34–42	$29,251/yr	Very High	9.1x
44	Philosophy University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point · Stevens Point, WI	40 34–42	$31,662/yr	Very High	8.0x
45	Philosophy University of California-Riverside · Riverside, CA	33 24–44	$25,171/yr	Very High	9.9x
46	Philosophy University of California-Santa Barbara · Santa Barbara, CA	33 24–44	$25,303/yr	Very High	9.9x
47	Philosophy University of California-Santa Cruz · Santa Cruz, CA	35 28–41	$30,285/yr	Very High	7.6x
48	Philosophy San Diego State University · San Diego, CA	39 32–41	$29,712/yr	Very High	8.0x
49	Philosophy University of Southern California · Los Angeles, CA	34 26–42	$38,380/yr	Very High	2.5x
50	Philosophy University of California-Davis · Davis, CA	36 30–39	$32,749/yr	Very High	4.4x
51	Philosophy Tulane University of Louisiana · New Orleans, LA	35 29–39	$41,032/yr	Very High	1.0x
52	Philosophy Southern Methodist University · Dallas, TX	36 30–39	$42,334/yr	Very High	0.6x
53	Philosophy Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical College · Baton Rouge, LA	31 22–42	$20,222/yr	Very High	9.6x
54	Philosophy Boston University · Boston, MA	35 28–38	$40,377/yr	Very High	0.5x
55	Philosophy University of South Carolina-Columbia · Columbia, SC	36 29–39	$30,936/yr	Very High	5.1x
56	Philosophy University of California-Irvine · Irvine, CA	31 21–41	$20,922/yr	Very High	8.7x
57	Philosophy Portland State University · Portland, OR	32 25–37	$24,124/yr	Very High	7.6x
58	Philosophy University of Oregon · Eugene, OR	32 25–35	$27,640/yr	Very High	4.5x
59	Philosophy Gettysburg College · Gettysburg, PA	33 27–37	$38,544/yr	Very High	0.5x
60	Philosophy Temple University · Philadelphia, PA	31 23–36	$28,648/yr	Very High	4.3x
61	Philosophy Texas State University · San Marcos, TX	34 27–37	$27,893/yr	Very High	5.1x
62	Philosophy California State University-Fresno · Fresno, CA	32 26–35	$20,354/yr	Very High	6.3x
63	Philosophy Colorado State University-Fort Collins · Fort Collins, CO	33 26–36	$27,810/yr	Very High	4.4x
64	Philosophy Binghamton University · Vestal, NY	33 26–36	$25,626/yr	Very High	5.2x
65	Philosophy University of Scranton · Scranton, PA	30 22–36	$32,513/yr	Very High	2.2x
66	Philosophy Slippery Rock University of Pennsylvania · Slippery Rock, PA	33 26–36	$25,869/yr	Very High	5.2x
67	Philosophy Syracuse University · Syracuse, NY	31 24–34	$35,602/yr	Very High	0.4x
68	Philosophy University of North Carolina at Greensboro · Greensboro, NC	31 25–34	$20,287/yr	Very High	5.7x
69	Philosophy John Carroll University · University Heights, OH	22 15–26	$17,813/yr	Very High	-0.1x
70	Philosophy Franciscan University of Steubenville · Steubenville, OH	30 24–33	$32,165/yr	Very High	1.5x
71	Philosophy University of California-San Diego · La Jolla, CA	30 23–32	$24,669/yr	Very High	3.0x
72	Philosophy Southern Illinois University-Edwardsville · Edwardsville, IL	30 23–33	$23,219/yr	Very High	3.5x
73	Philosophy Virginia Commonwealth University · Richmond, VA	30 24–33	$26,192/yr	Very High	3.0x
74	Philosophy University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign · Champaign, IL	28 21–30	$21,824/yr	Very High	2.4x
75	Philosophy CUNY Hunter College · New York, NY	27 20–29	$10,363/yr	Very High	2.5x
76	Philosophy The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley · Edinburg, TX	27 20–30	$14,151/yr	Very High	2.6x
77	Philosophy The College of Wooster · Wooster, OH	25 18–28	$27,174/yr	Very High	0.1x

Methodology

Programs are ranked by DegreeWorth Score, which combines four equally weighted factors: graduate earnings (Year 1 after graduation), AI automation resilience (based on OpenAI and academic research), job market size (BLS annual openings), and earnings-to-tuition multiple (10-year projected earnings vs. 4-year tuition).

Earnings data comes from the U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard, which reports actual median earnings of graduates — not self-reported surveys.

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the best school for Philosophy?

Based on our DegreeWorth Score, Utah Valley University ranks #1 for Philosophy with a score of 58/100 and graduate earnings of $43,699/yr.

How much do Philosophy graduates earn?

Across 77 schools, Philosophy graduates earn an average of $32,298/yr in their first year. The highest-earning program reports $73,053/yr.

Is Philosophy a good major for AI resistance?

Philosophy has an average AI task exposure of 65%, rated "Very High". This field has significant AI exposure. Check individual program pages for scenario analysis.

Data: U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard (earnings, debt), Bureau of Labor Statistics 2024–2034 (employment projections), OpenAI GPTs-are-GPTs research (AI task exposure), Felten et al. AIOE. Last updated 2025.