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Philosophy at Brigham Young University - Provo

Philosophy at Brigham Young University - Provo

If you plan to study philosophy, take a look at what Brigham Young University - Provo has to offer and decide if the program is a good match for you. Get started with the following essential facts.

BYU is located in Provo, Utah and approximately 36,461 students attend the school each year.

Want to know more about the career opportunities in this field? Check out the Careers in Philosophy section at the bottom of this page.

BYU Philosophy Degrees Available

  • Bachelor’s Degree in Philosophy

BYU Philosophy Rankings

The philosophy major at BYU is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Philosophy. This could be for a number of reasons, such as not having enough data on the major or school to make an accurate assessment of its quality.

Philosophy Student Demographics at BYU

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the philosophy majors at Brigham Young University - Provo.

BYU Philosophy Bachelor’s Program

17% Women
13% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
For the most recent academic year available, 83% of philosophy bachelor's degrees went to men and 17% went to women.

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About 88% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in philosophy at BYU are white. This is above average for this degree on the nationwide level.

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Brigham Young University - Provo with a bachelor's in philosophy.

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 0
Black or African American 0
Hispanic or Latino 3
White 21
International Students 0
Other Races/Ethnicities 0

Careers That Philosophy Grads May Go Into

A degree in philosophy can lead to the following careers. Since job numbers and average salaries can vary by geographic location, we have only included the numbers for UT, the home state for Brigham Young University - Provo.

Occupation Jobs in UT Average Salary in UT
Philosophy and Religion Professors 180 $88,740

References

*The racial-ethnic minorities count is calculated by taking the total number of students and subtracting white students, international students, and students whose race/ethnicity was unknown. This number is then divided by the total number of students at the school to obtain the racial-ethnic minorities percentage.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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