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I urge individuals who are looking into MA programs to consider University of Wyoming. Graduate students are fully funded (around 12,500 a year and this includes health insurance and a tuition waiver). This funding comes with teaching duties. Faculty there are interested in subjects that include ethics, philosophy of science, epistemology (as well as formal epistemology), modern philosophy, ancient philosophy, and German idealism. If you are interested in any of these topics, then this is a good MA program to choose (for a full list of faculty interest, http://www.uwyo.edu/philosophy/faculty/ . For some reason, this program never shows up on the top MA programs, which is odd considering they have placed students in programs such as Rutgers, University of Wisconsin-Madison, UT Austin, and UC Davis (there placement record can be found here: http://www.uwyo.edu/philosophy/graduate-program/placement.html ). While the following information may be biased because I am about to graduate from there, I can honestly say that I had a wonderful experience in University of Wyoming’s Philosophy MA program. The department was incredibly helpful in securing funding for me for multiple conferences and summer schools. This past year the department even funded a trip to the Pacific APA for everyone in the department. Grad student offices are dispersed between the faculty offices. This office configuration lends itself to lively philosophy discussions between grad students and faculty. The student/teacher ratio is one to one (only six grad students are in the program at a time) and the faculty there are all extremely helpful and attentive. Graduate class size ranges from 3-15 students so there is a lot of individualized attention. There are also reading/research groups (right now it is in non-classic logics) and the department hosts about 3 guest speakers per semester. Also, the University of Wyoming hosts a Stoic Camp in the summer where graduate students can act as a camp counselor and discussion leader. The only down sides about this program that I can think of is that some may not be thrilled about the small college town or Laramie weather (it is cold here). Also, since the department is small, the course offerings each semester are limited. Graduate students (during the first year) do not have the option to choose the classes they take. I hope this information helped at least some who were looking for a quality MA program that offers funding. If you have any questions please feel free to email any of the current University of Wyoming graduate students (or the professors, they will be glad to answer any of your questions).