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This might depend on whether a student is serious about philosophy (thinking about grad school, etc)… in which case it may matter what areas of philosophy are strong at that school, who the professors are (who will be recommending the student), etc. Back in the day when I was studying philosophy, these things did seem to matter.

Of course it may not matter as much if a student is just looking for an interesting major on the way to something else, like law school.

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