Philosophy at Columbia University in the City of New York

If you plan to study philosophy, take a look at what Columbia University in the City of New York has to offer and decide if the program is a good match for you. Get started with the following essential facts.

Columbia is located in New York, New York and has a total student population of 30,135.

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

Columbia Philosophy Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Philosophy
• Master’s Degree in Philosophy

Columbia Philosophy Rankings

The philosophy major at Columbia 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.

There were 9 students who received their doctoral degrees in philosophy, making the school the #4 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

Philosophy Student Demographics at Columbia

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the philosophy majors at Columbia University in the City of New York.

Columbia Philosophy Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 65% of philosophy bachelor's degrees went to men and 35% went to women.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 4% 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 Columbia University in the City of New York with a bachelor's in philosophy.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	9
Black or African American	2
Hispanic or Latino	11
White	28
International Students	18
Other Races/Ethnicities	7

Columbia Philosophy Master’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 40% of philosophy master's degrees went to men and 60% went to women.

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Columbia University in the City of New York with a master's in philosophy.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	1
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	5
International Students	7
Other Races/Ethnicities	2

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 Columbia University in the City of New York. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Philosophy	82

Related Majors

• Other Philosophy & Religious Studies
• 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 NY, the home state for Columbia University in the City of New York.

Occupation	Jobs in NY	Average Salary in NY
Mathematical Science Professors	4,700	$105,070
Philosophy and Religion Professors	3,530	$80,480
Natural Sciences Managers	1,360	$148,460

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 Nandaro under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.