Philosophy at California State University - Fullerton

What traits are you looking for in a philosophy school? To help you decide if California State University - Fullerton is right for you, we've gathered the following information about the school's philosophy program.

Cal State Fullerton is located in Fullerton, California and has a total student population of 42,051. Of the 10,010 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from California State University - Fullerton in 2021, 37 of them were philosophy majors.

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

Cal State Fullerton Philosophy Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Philosophy

Cal State Fullerton Philosophy Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the philosophy progam at Cal State Fullerton compares to programs at other colleges and universities.

Note: Rankings don't always give a complete picture of a school's strengths and weaknesses, so it's a good idea to extend your research and also look at other factors when trying to decide if the school is right for you.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The philosophy major at Cal State Fullerton 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 Schools	52
Best Philosophy Bachelor’s Degree Schools	65
Most Focused Philosophy Schools	439

Earnings of Cal State Fullerton Philosophy Graduates

The median salary of philosophy students who receive their bachelor's degree at Cal State Fullerton is $26,453. Unfortunately, this is lower than the national average of $28,602 for all philosophy students.

Philosophy Student Demographics at Cal State Fullerton

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

Cal State Fullerton Philosophy Bachelor’s Program

The philosophy program at Cal State Fullerton awarded 37 bachelor's degrees in 2020-2021. About 65% of these degrees went to men with the other 35% going to women.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 34% 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 California State University - Fullerton with a bachelor's in philosophy.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	7
Black or African American	1
Hispanic or Latino	14
White	9
International Students	1
Other Races/Ethnicities	5

Cal State Fullerton 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 CA, the home state for California State University - Fullerton.

Occupation	Jobs in CA	Average Salary in CA
Natural Sciences Managers	7,870	$168,790
Mathematical Science Professors	5,160	$127,480
Philosophy and Religion Professors	2,220	$114,370
Mathematicians	530	$100,000

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 Bobak Ha’Eri under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.