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Philosophy at Colby College

Philosophy at Colby College

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

Colby is located in Waterville, Maine and approximately 2,155 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.

Colby Philosophy Degrees Available

  • Bachelor’s Degree in Philosophy

Colby Philosophy Rankings

The philosophy major at Colby 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 Colby

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

Colby Philosophy Bachelor’s Program

31% Women
8% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
For the most recent academic year available, 69% of philosophy bachelor's degrees went to men and 31% went to women.

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About 62% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in philosophy at Colby 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 Colby College with a bachelor's in philosophy.

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 0
Black or African American 0
Hispanic or Latino 0
White 8
International Students 4
Other Races/Ethnicities 1

Concentrations Within Philosophy

Philosophy majors may want to concentrate their studies in one of these areas. The completion numbers here include all graduates who receive any type of degree in this field from Colby College. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration Annual Degrees Awarded
Philosophy 10

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 ME, the home state for Colby College.

Occupation Jobs in ME Average Salary in ME
Natural Sciences Managers 300 $135,840
Mathematical Science Professors 260 $66,770
Philosophy and Religion Professors 120 $82,740

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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