Philosophy at Butler University

If you are interested in studying philosophy, you may want to check out the program at Butler University. The following information will help you decide if it is a good fit for you.

Butler is located in Indianapolis, Indiana and approximately 5,544 students attend the school each year. In the 2020-2021 academic year, 5 students received a bachelor's degree in philosophy from Butler.

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

Butler Philosophy Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Philosophy

Butler Philosophy Rankings

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

Note: While rankings may be a good starting point when you're researching a school, they don't necessarily highlight all of a school's strengths. Don't forget to check out the other details that are available for a school to see if it has what you're looking for in a program.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The philosophy major at Butler 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 Popular Philosophy Bachelor’s Degree Schools	408
Most Focused Philosophy Schools	436
Most Popular Philosophy Schools	455

Philosophy Student Demographics at Butler

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

Butler Philosophy Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 40% of philosophy bachelor's degrees went to men and 60% went to women. The typical philosophy bachelor's degree program is made up of only 41% women. So female students are more repesented at Butler since its program graduates 19% more women than average.

About 80% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in philosophy at Butler 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 Butler University with a bachelor's in philosophy.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	1
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	4
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

Butler 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 IN, the home state for Butler University.

Occupation	Jobs in IN	Average Salary in IN
Natural Sciences Managers	1,720	$65,270
Philosophy and Religion Professors	330	$77,870

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 Peetlesnumber1 under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.