What British universities are known in the US?

Worth a read:

http://schwitzsplinters.blogspot.com/2011/10/sorry-cal-state-students-no-princeton.html

http://schwitzsplinters.blogspot.com/2007/01/philosophy-grad-school-applications.html

http://schwitzsplintersunderblog.blogspot.com/2007/10/applying-to-phd-programs-in-philosophy.html#!/2007/10/applying-to-phd-programs-in-philosophy.html

Ah, I just saw that you are looking at a philosophy Masters (terminal Masters, I assume) in the US after the UK. In that case, I’d have to ask what you are considering in terms of career plans (that’s probably worth asking if you are looking at philosophy PhD programs as well).