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2023 Best Value Education Philosophy Bachelor's Degree Schools in California

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

3 Colleges
$13,694 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$18,500 Avg Student Debt

Finding the Best Education Philosophy Bachelor's Degree School for You

With 218 degrees and certificates handed out in 2020-2021, education philosophy is the #11 most popular major in California.

With all the teaching programs available today, it can be tough to choose which one is the best for you. Along with traditional schools that require in-person attendence, you can attend one of many reputable online schools. Some programs even offer a hybrid experience. Alternatively, you may choose a trade school that prepares you to enter the workforce with knowledge in a specific field.

The Best Value Education Philosophy Bachelor's Degree Schools in California ranking is one of many tools that Teaching Degree Search has developed to help you make your educational decision. This report analyzed 3 schools in California to see which ones offered the best value bachelor's degree programs for education philosophy students. The goal was to highlight schools with more affordable prices than others offering similar quality experiences.

When determining this ranking, we place a high emphasis on the school's quality as well as its sticker price. Even though a college may be affordable, it may not offer value. Specifically, our score for quality is discounted by the published tuition and fees charged by the given college. This gives the cost per unit of quality for each college. The more quality your dollar buys, the better the value.

Our calculations use out-of-state tuition and fees in our nationwide and regional rankings. For statewide rankings, we use average in-state tuition and fees.

2023 Best Value Education Philosophy Bachelor’s Degree Schools in California

The following schools top our list of the Best Value Education Philosophy Bachelor's Degree Colleges.

Best California Schools for Affordable Quality for a Bachelor's in Education Philosophy

Our analysis found University of California - Santa Cruz to be the best value school for education philosophy students who want to pursue a bachelor’s degree in California. Located in the city of Santa Cruz, UC Santa Cruz is a public college with a fairly large student population.

UC Santa Cruz undergraduate students pay an average of $14,070 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

UC Santa Cruz did well in our overall quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our Best Education Philosophy Bachelor’s Degree Schools in California list.

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of California - Riverside. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Best Value Education Philosophy Bachelor’s Degree Schools in California list. UCR is a fairly large public school located in the city of Riverside.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at UCR are $13,754 a year. The average amount in student loans that education philosophy majors at UCR take out while working on their Bachelor's Degree is $16,764.

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A rank of #3 on this year’s list means University of California - Los Angeles is a great value for education philosophy students working on their bachelor’s degree. UCLA is a very large public school located in the large city of Los Angeles.

In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at UCLA are $13,258 per year.

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Best Value Education Philosophy Colleges in the Far Western US Region

Explore all the Best Value Education Philosophy Schools in the Far Western US Area or other specific states within that region.

State Degrees Awarded
Washington 4
Oregon 5
Hawaii 13

Education Philosophy is one of 14 different types of teaching programs to choose from.

Education Philosophy Concentrations

Major Annual Graduates
Social & Philosophical Foundations of Education 737

Related Major Annual Graduates
Teacher Education Grade Specific 110,226
Educational Administration 46,469
Teacher Education Subject Specific 43,297
Special Education 36,792
General Education 29,810

Notes and References

*These averages are for the top 3 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).
  • Credit for the banner image above goes to Nick Youngson.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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