which colleges have a good philosophy program?

College Search & Selection
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<p>????????????</p>

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<p>All top universities have strong Philosophy departments.</p>

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<p>how about for an average guy? lol.3.4 gpa and 26 act?</p>

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<p>Pittsburgh
Arizona
Rutgers
Syracuse
Penn State
Maryland
UC's
Miami
FSU
Georgia
Kansas
Ohio State
Indiana
Minnesota</p>

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<p>i don't know where youre from but often Jesuit (catholic) schools like Santa Clara, Marquette, Gonzaga, Xavier, Loyola University, Loyola Marymount have great philospophy programs, plus theyre not ultra competitive</p>

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<p>Rankings in Philosophy for Florida State: <a href="http://fsu.edu/highlights/rankings.html#artsci%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://fsu.edu/highlights/rankings.html#artsci&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p>

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<p>Pitt is one of the best. I'd recommend applying there for sure. </p>

<p>And like comingsoon said, Jesuit schools are also usually quite good.</p>

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<p>not to undermine tomatoking, but should someone with a 3.6/29 ACT be looking into the same calibre schools?</p>

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<p>vaaleainhoinen - Pitt is one to keep on the list. It's one of the strongest overall philosophy programs, and they have a nice honors college. Santa Clara would probably be at a good level for you too.</p>

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<p>The Mustang Ranch in Nevada.</p>

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<p>Brian Leiter, a law prof at Texas (with a PhD in Philosophy and JD from Michigan), has an excellent primer on philosophy programs on one of his websites, the Philosophical Gourmet. (He also has a well-known law school ranking website) Here is a link to the section on undergrad programs:</p>

<p><a href="http://www.philosophicalgourmet.com/undergrad.asp%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://www.philosophicalgourmet.com/undergrad.asp&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p>

<p>A couple programs he mentions that may fit your criteria admissions-wise include Vermont, NCSU, Pitt, SMU, Delaware, or UMass-Boston. As busy as he is, Leiter is pretty responsive to questions from prospective students... I have corresponded with him a few times and found him to be very helpful and down to earth.</p>

<p>P.S. I also agree with the advice on Jesuit schools - the Jesuit order tends to be heavily into philosophy and fairly free-thinking. Here is a link to a map of Jesuit colleges:
<a href="http://www.ajcunet.edu/tier.aspx?bid=55%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://www.ajcunet.edu/tier.aspx?bid=55&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p>