Philosophy at The City College of New York

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

CCNY is located in New York, New York and approximately 15,227 students attend the school each year. Of the 2,660 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from The City College of New York in 2021, 17 of them were philosophy majors.

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

CCNY Philosophy Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Philosophy

CCNY Philosophy Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the philosophy progam at CCNY compares to programs at other colleges and universities.

Note: While rankings may be a good starting point when you're researching a school, they don't necessarily highlight all of a school's strengths. Don't forget to check out the other details that are available for a school to see if it has what you're looking for in a program.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The philosophy major at CCNY 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.

Ranking Type	Rank
Most Popular Philosophy Schools	167
Most Focused Philosophy Bachelor’s Degree Schools	288

Philosophy Student Demographics at CCNY

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the philosophy majors at The City College of New York.

CCNY Philosophy Bachelor’s Program

During the 2020-2021 academic year, 17 philosophy majors earned their bachelor's degree from CCNY. Of these graduates, 71% were men and 29% were women.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 55% 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 The City College of New York with a bachelor's in philosophy.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	4
Black or African American	3
Hispanic or Latino	7
White	1
International Students	1
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

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

Related Majors

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 The City College 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 Elsie140 under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.