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2023 Most Popular Philosophy Schools in Michigan

5 Colleges
$22,671 Avg Salary
$21,025 Avg Student Debt

Finding the Best Philosophy School for You

Philosophy is the #116 most popular major in Michigan with 29 degrees and certificates awarded in 2020-2021.

When it comes to higher education, there are a lot of options for students. You're no longer limited to schools in your local area, either, since online programs are becoming more prevalent. Or you may find the programs at a trade school to be a better alternative for you.

The Most Popular Philosophy Schools in Michigan ranking is one of many tools that Grad Degree Search has developed to help you make your educational decision. This report analyzed 5 schools in Michigan to see which ones were the most popular programs for students. To create this ranking we looked at how many students graduated from the Philosophy program at each school on the list.

The colleges and universities below are the most popular for philosophy majors pursuing a .

Our 2023 rankings named University of Michigan - Ann Arbor the most popular school in Michigan for philosophy students. Located in the midsize city of Ann Arbor, U-M is a public college with a fairly large student population.

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Out of the 5 schools in Michigan that were part of this year’s ranking, Western Michigan University landed the # 2 spot on the list. WMU is a fairly large public school located in the city of Kalamazoo.

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Out of the 5 schools in Michigan that were part of this year’s ranking, Eastern Michigan University landed the # 3 spot on the list. Eastern Michigan is a fairly large public school located in the suburb of Ypsilanti.

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#4

Michigan State University

East Lansing, MI

The excellent programs at Michigan State University helped the school earn the #4 place on this year’s ranking of the best philosophy schools in Michigan. Michigan State is a very large public school located in the city of East Lansing.

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#4

Wayne State University

Detroit, MI

The excellent programs at Wayne State University helped the school earn the #4 place on this year’s ranking of the best philosophy schools in Michigan. Wayne State is a very large public school located in the large city of Detroit.

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Best Philosophy Colleges in the Great Lakes Region

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State Degrees Awarded
Illinois 65
Ohio 46
Indiana 45
Wisconsin 27

Philosophy is one of 3 different types of programs to choose from.

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 5 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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