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2023 Most Popular Philosophy Graduate Certificate Schools in Massachusetts

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Finding the Best Philosophy Graduate Certificate School for You

In 2020-2021, 81 degrees and certificates were awarded to philosophy students who went to a Massachusetts college or university. This makes it the #108 most popular major in the state.

It's not easy to decide which program to enroll in when you have so many options available. As online education oppotunities continue to grow, you're not restricted to just schools in your local area anymore. Even some of the 'big name' schools are offering online courses. Also, there are a number of trade schools with offerings that you might find attractive.

To help you arm yourself with the information you need to make your decision, Grad Degree Search has developed this Most Popular Philosophy Graduate Certificate Schools in Massachusetts ranking. Our analysis looked at 2 schools in Massachusetts to see which graduate certificate programs were the most popular for students. To create this ranking we looked at how many students graduated from the Philosophy program at each school on the list.

The following schools top our list of the Most Popular Philosophy Graduate Certificate Colleges.

#1

Harvard University

Cambridge, MA

Our 2023 rankings named Harvard University the most popular school in Massachusetts for philosophy students working on their graduate certificate. Harvard is a fairly large private not-for-profit school located in the midsize city of Cambridge.

About 56% of the students majoring in philosophy at the school are women while 44% are male.

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#2

Bentley University

Waltham, MA

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Bentley University. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Most Popular Philosophy Graduate Certificate Schools in Massachusetts list. Bentley is a moderately-sized private not-for-profit school located in the small city of Waltham.

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State Degrees Awarded
Connecticut 57
Rhode Island 2

One of 3 majors within the area of study, philosophy has other similar majors worth exploring.

Related Major Annual Graduates
Religious Studies 1,769
Other Philosophy & Religious Studies 106
General Philosophy & Religious Studies 41

Notes and References

*These averages are for the top 2 schools only.

  • The Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) from the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES), a branch of the U.S. Department of Education (DOE) serves as the core of the rest of our data about colleges.
  • Some other college data, including much of the graduate earnings data, comes from the U.S. Department of Education’s (College Scorecard).

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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