Best Universities in Texas for English and Philosophy majors?

Oddly enough, even though it's basically a second-tier school, Texas State University has a very strong philosophy department. It's Ethics Bowl team is going to compete at the state tournament in March this year.

Just remember, if you're a philosophy major you need to have some kind of fall-back position to get a real job once you graduate. There aren't a lot of jobs out there for philosophers and even fewer for philosophy professors.

Best University For Philosophy

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If you're going to be an English or philosophy major, and you can afford a private university (you listed Baylor, so I'm assuming you can, although I really don't know) you should probably take a look at a liberal arts college.

In Texas, Trinity University, University of Dallas, Southwestern University are all great liberal arts colleges in Texas, and they all give generous scholarships and need based aid. At the large state universities, much of the focus is on research, or on the pre-professional programs like business, engineering, or the sciences for pre-med. liberal arts is not their top concern. but at liberal arts colleges, the focus is on teaching students in the humanities, and the educational quality is often much better than at "better ranked" research universities because of the smaller class sizes and educational focus. also, at these liberal arts colleges (although in Texas they are all called Liberal arts "universities"). Also, you will be in company with other lovers of literature and philosophy, as they are some of the most popular majors at these liberal arts colleges, and you can engage in intellectual conversation with like minded people. of course, if you want diversity, there are still many science or professionally-oriented people at these colleges as well.

I don't want to take too much of a leap in logic, but are you perhaps looking to go to graduate school? I ask because both of your selected majors are superb preparation for law or grad school, and the smaller class sizes found in most liberal arts colleges as well as the focus on education should help you receive better recommendations from professors, helping increase your chances of acceptance at top grad schools.

here is a list of liberal arts colleges in Texas http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_liberal_arts_...

I, like you, am a Texas resident and a future philosophy major looking for the best education I can receive and have mostly narrowed my selection down to University of Dallas and Baylor as well as a few other Texas and out of state liberal arts colleges, but I particularly like the former because of it's high placement rate into top law schools (My dream is to attend U of Chicago Law School). U of Dallas I know has superb programs in Philosophy, Literature, and Politics, as well as a focus in their core curriculum on the classics of western civilization. of course this is just a personal example. Their are numerous small liberal arts focused universities in Texas for people of all different personalities, ranging from the conservative and religious atmosphere of U of Dallas to the Liberal political environment of Southwestern. their is something for everyone.

A small college with a focus in the liberall arts my not be for everyone, especially for people who prefer bigger,athletic, "party" schools. but if what you are looking for is the best education you can receive, Liberal arts colleges are something you you at least take a look at.

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