What colleges offer a degree in philosophy?

Question

I am interested in philosophy and i was wondering if any colleges offer a major in philosophy. And if so, then what are some of the top schools.

Answer 1

Are you joking... of course! There are over 800 schools in the country that offer philosophy as a major.

There are now two sets of rankings of philosophy departments in the United States: Brian Leiter’s Philosophical Gourmet (PG) and Academic Analytics’ Faculty Scholarly Productivity Index (FSPI). Only two universities are listed in both rankings: Princeton and Rutgers. The rest are entirely different. FSPI ranks Michigan State first; PG ranks NYU first.

Academic Analytics’ Faculty Scholarly Productivity Index

1. Michigan State University
2. CUNY Graduate School
2. Princeton University
4. University of Virginia
5. Rutgers
6. University of California – San Diego
7. Pennsylvania State University
8. The University of Texas at Austin
9. SUNY at Stony Brook
10. Rice University

Brian Leiter’s Philosophical Gourmet ranking

1. New York University
2. Rutgers
3. Princeton University
3. University of Michigan-Ann Arbor
5. University of Pittsburgh
6. Stanford University
7. Harvard University
7. MIT
7. UCLA
10. Columbia University
10. Univ. of North Carolina –Chapel Hill

Answer 2

Nearly every university offers a major in philosophy. Rankings of Philosophy departments is highly correlated with rankings of schools in general. So, the Ivy League schools, the "Ivy Equivalents" and the better state universities tend to have the best programs.

See the link below for a ranking of programs.

Answer 3

1.) Educational institutions are not corporations. Most of them are government owned. 2.) English, Philosophy, and Psychology are popular majors for people planning on attending law school. Lawyers usually make more money than computer science majors. 3.) As for art and music, some people are after a job they love instead of a job that pays a lot of money. if you do something you love, you won't work a day in your life.

Answer 4

Community city college in New York City.