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Philosophy at Claremont McKenna College

Philosophy at Claremont McKenna College

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 Claremont McKenna College stacks up to those at other schools.

Claremont McKenna is located in Claremont, California and approximately 1,264 students attend the school each year.

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

Claremont McKenna Philosophy Degrees Available

  • Bachelor’s Degree in Philosophy

Claremont McKenna Philosophy Rankings

The philosophy major at Claremont McKenna 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 Claremont McKenna

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

Claremont McKenna Philosophy Bachelor’s Program

55% Women
30% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
For the most recent academic year available, 45% of philosophy bachelor's degrees went to men and 55% went to women. The typical philosophy bachelor's degree program is made up of only 41% women. So female students are more repesented at Claremont McKenna since its program graduates 14% more women than average.

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

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 3
Black or African American 1
Hispanic or Latino 2
White 10
International Students 3
Other Races/Ethnicities 1

Concentrations Within Philosophy

If you plan to be a philosophy major, you may want to focus your studies on one of the following concentrations. The completion numbers here include all graduates who receive any type of degree in this field from Claremont McKenna College. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration Annual Degrees Awarded
Philosophy 19

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 Claremont McKenna College.

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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