Philosophy at Bryn Mawr College

What traits are you looking for in a philosophy school? To help you decide if Bryn Mawr College is right for you, we've gathered the following information about the school's philosophy program.

Bryn Mawr is located in Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania and has a total student population of 1,634. In the 2020-2021 academic year, 8 students received a bachelor's degree in philosophy from Bryn Mawr.

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

Bryn Mawr Philosophy Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Philosophy

Bryn Mawr Philosophy Rankings

Each year, College Factual ranks philosophy programs across the country. The following shows how Bryn Mawr performed in these rankings.

Note: Although rankings can help you see some information about a school, it's not a good idea to depend on them alone. Be sure to check out other things about the school before making your decision to attend.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The philosophy major at Bryn Mawr 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.

Ranking Type	Rank
Most Focused Philosophy Bachelor’s Degree Schools	65
Most Focused Philosophy Schools	73
Most Popular Philosophy Bachelor’s Degree Schools	300
Most Popular Philosophy Schools	331

Philosophy Student Demographics at Bryn Mawr

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the philosophy majors at Bryn Mawr College.

Bryn Mawr Philosophy Bachelor’s Program

In the 2020-2021 academic year, 8 students earned a bachelor's degree in philosophy from Bryn Mawr. About 100% of these graduates were women and the other 0% were men. The typical philosophy bachelor's degree program is made up of only 41% women. So female students are more repesented at Bryn Mawr since its program graduates 59% more women than average.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 29% 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 Bryn Mawr College with a bachelor's in philosophy.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	2
Hispanic or Latino	2
White	2
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	2

Bryn Mawr also has a doctoral program available in philosophy. In 2021, 0 student graduated with a doctor's degree in this field.

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 PA, the home state for Bryn Mawr College.

Occupation	Jobs in PA	Average Salary in PA
Natural Sciences Managers	4,480	$147,810
Mathematical Science Professors	2,460	$88,390
Philosophy and Religion Professors	1,040	$84,800
Mathematicians	50	$76,250

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 Smallbones under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.