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Philosophy at California State University - Sacramento

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Philosophy at California State University - Sacramento

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

Sac State is located in Sacramento, California and has a total student population of 32,293. In 2021, 32 philosophy majors received their bachelor's degree from Sac State.

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

Sac State Philosophy Degrees Available

  • Bachelor’s Degree in Philosophy

Sac State Philosophy Rankings

The philosophy major at Sac State 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.

How Much Do Philosophy Graduates from Sac State Make?

The median salary of philosophy students who receive their bachelor's degree at Sac State is $21,639. Unfortunately, this is lower than the national average of $28,602 for all philosophy students.

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Philosophy Student Demographics at Sac State

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

Sac State Philosophy Bachelor’s Program

47% Women
56% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
Of the 32 students who earned a bachelor's degree in Philosophy from Sac State in 2020-2021, 53% were men and 47% were women. The typical philosophy bachelor's degree program is made up of only 41% women. So female students are more repesented at Sac State since its program graduates 6% more women than average.

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Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 23% 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 - Sacramento with a bachelor's in philosophy.

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 4
Black or African American 1
Hispanic or Latino 10
White 12
International Students 0
Other Races/Ethnicities 5

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

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 - Sacramento.

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.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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