Philosophy at Brown University

Every philosophy school has its own distinct culture and strengths. We've pulled together some statistics and other details to help you see how the philosophy program at Brown University stacks up to those at other schools.

Brown is located in Providence, Rhode Island and has a total student population of 9,948.

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

Brown Philosophy Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Philosophy
• Master’s Degree in Philosophy

Brown Philosophy Rankings

The philosophy major at Brown 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 Brown

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

Brown Philosophy Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 56% of philosophy bachelor's degrees went to men and 44% went to women. The typical philosophy bachelor's degree program is made up of only 41% women. So female students are more repesented at Brown since its program graduates 3% more women than average.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 11% more racial-ethnic minorities in its philosophy bachelor's program than the national average.*

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	5
Black or African American	3
Hispanic or Latino	3
White	10
International Students	5
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

Brown Philosophy Master’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 100% of philosophy master's degrees went to men and 0% went to women.

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Brown University with a master's in philosophy.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	0
International Students	1
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

Concentrations Within Philosophy

The following philosophy concentations are available at Brown University. The table shows all degrees awarded in this field awarded for all degree levels at Brown University. A concentration may not be available for your level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Philosophy	18

Related Majors

• Religious Studies

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 RI, the home state for Brown University.

Occupation	Jobs in RI	Average Salary in RI
Mathematical Science Professors	240	$115,890
Philosophy and Religion Professors	130	$105,620
Natural Sciences Managers	70	$132,880
Mathematicians	70	$90,640

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.

• College Factual
• National Center for Education Statistics
• O*NET Online
• Image Credit: By Ad Meskens under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.