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World's Best Universities: Philosophy

Students earning a philosophy degree gain critical thinking, argument, and communication skills, among others. After graduation, philosophy students may find jobs in government, journalism, and management. These are the world's top universities for philosophy. See the methodology.

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Rank	School	Overall Score	Academic Reputation Score	Employer Reputation Score	Citations per Paper Score
#1	Harvard University United States	94.3	99.6	96.3	50.3
#2	University of Oxford United Kingdom	93.6	100.0	95.4	41.0
#3	University of Cambridge United Kingdom	90.8	94.5	100.0	51.9
#4	University of California, Berkeley (UCB) United States	84.6	88.4	65.4	73.3
#5	Princeton University United States	76.2	80.1	39.7	81.6
#6	Australian National University (ANU) Australia	73.8	73.8	52.8	95.1
#7	University of Toronto Canada	71.4	77.1	60.6	36.1
#8	Stanford University United States	70.1	74.8	46.0	56.7
#9	Yale University United States	67.2	73.2	64.4	22.1
#10	University of Chicago United States	63.3	71.1	50.4	13.8
#11	New York University (NYU) United States	62.9	64.7	50.9	60.0
#12	Columbia University United States	61.7	64.4	60.4	41.3
#13	University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) United States	60.6	60.6	59.9	61.0
#14	Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) United States	59.6	53.4	78.4	90.8
#15	University of Melbourne Australia	59.0	55.1	53.3	95.5
#16	University of British Columbia (UBC) Canada	57.1	59.1	45.2	52.9
#17	University of Michigan United States	56.7	55.9	39.6	80.1
#18	McGill University Canada	53.9	57.3	53.9	26.5
#19	London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE) United Kingdom	53.7	55.2	55.7	39.2
#20	University of Sydney Australia	52.6	55.2	53.6	30.6
#21	Cornell University United States	52.3	56.5	33.9	37.2
#22	University of Edinburgh United Kingdom	52.1	51.7	51.5	55.4
#23	National University of Singapore (NUS) Singapore	51.7	54.6	51.0	29.5
#24	UCL (University College London) United Kingdom	50.4	53.6	53.6	21.6
#25	Peking University China	48.2	54.1	47.0	1.9

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