2025 Best Philosophy Bachelor's Degree Schools in South Carolina

If you plan on getting your bachelor's degree in philosophy, you won't be alone since the degree program is ranked #61 in the country in terms of popularity. As a result, there are many college that offer the degree, making your choice of school a hard one.

For its 2025 ranking, College Factual looked at 2 schools in South Carolina to determine which ones were the best for philosophy students pursuing a bachelor's degree. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 76 bachelor's degrees in philosophy during the 2022-2023 academic year.

What's on this page: * Our Methodology

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Early-Career Earnings

One measure we use to determine the quality of a school is to look at the average salary of bachelor's graduates during the early years of their career. That is, everyone wants their bachelor's degree to be worth something, and salaries are one measure of determining that.

Other Factors We Consider

The metrics below are just some of the other metrics that we use to determine our rankings.

• Major Focus - How many resources a school devotes to philosophy students as compared to other majors.
• Major Demand - The number of philosophy students who choose to seek a bachelor's degree at the school.
• Educational Resources - How many resources are allocated to students. These resources may include educational expenditures per student, number of students per instructor, and graduation rate among other things.
• Student Debt - How much debt philosophy students go into to obtain their bachelor's degree and how well they are able to pay back that debt.
• Accreditation - Whether a school is regionally accredited and/or accredited by a recognized philosophy related body.

Our complete ranking methodology documents in more detail how we consider these factors to identify the best colleges for philosophy students working on their bachelor's degree.

More Ways to Rank Philosophy Schools

Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we've developed the Best Philosophy Bachelor's Degree Schools in South Carolina ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.

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Best Schools for Bachelor’s Students to Study Philosophy in South Carolina

Explore the top ranked colleges and universities for philosophy students seeking a a bachelor's degree.

Top South Carolina Schools for a Bachelor's in Philosophy

1

Furman University
Greenville, SC

17 Annual Graduates

It is hard to beat Furman University if you want to pursue a bachelor's degree in philosophy. Furman is a small private not-for-profit university located in the large suburb of Greenville.More information about a bachelor’s in philosophy from Furman University

2

University of South Carolina - Columbia
Columbia, SC

22 Annual Graduates

$30,936 Median Starting Salary

University of South Carolina - Columbia is a good choice for individuals interested in a bachelor's degree in philosophy. Located in the city of Columbia, UofSC is a public university with a very large student population.

Bachelor's graduates who receive their degree from the philosophy program make an average of $30,936 in their early career salary.

More information about a bachelor’s in philosophy from University of South Carolina - Columbia

Best Philosophy Colleges in the Southeast Region

Explore all the Best Philosophy Colleges in the Southeast Area or other specific states within that region.

State	Colleges	Degrees Awarded
Florida	225	317
Georgia	224	182
Tennessee	220	115
North Carolina	213	256
Virginia	213	224
Kentucky	187	59
Alabama	184	99
Louisiana	171	89
Mississippi	169	20
Arkansas	167	34
West Virginia	147	42

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Rankings in Majors Related to Philosophy

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

Philosophy Concentrations

Major	Annual Graduates
Philosophy	76

Majors Similar to Philosophy

Related Major	Annual Graduates
Religious Studies	92
Other Philosophy & Religious Studies	2
General Philosophy & Religious Studies	1

Notes and References

• The bars on the spread charts above show the distribution of the schools on this list +/- one standard deviation from the mean.
• 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.