Philosophy at College of San Mateo

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

CSM is located in San Mateo, California and approximately 7,494 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.

CSM Philosophy Degrees Available

Associate’s Degree in Philosophy

CSM Philosophy Rankings

Philosophy Student Demographics at CSM

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

CSM Philosophy Associate’s Program

67% Women

67% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*

For the most recent academic year available, 33% of philosophy associate's degrees went to men and 67% went to women. The typical associate's degree program in philosophy only graduates about 40% women each year. The program at CSM may seem more female-friendly since it graduates 27% more women than average.

CSM does a better job with serving racial-ethnic minorities than the typical school does. Its associate's program in philosophy graduates 33% more racial-ethnic minorities than the nationwide average.*

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from College of San Mateo with a associate's in philosophy.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	2
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	1
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

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 College of San Mateo.

Occupation	Jobs in CA	Average Salary in CA
Philosophy and Religion Professors	2,220	$114,370

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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