Philosophy at Lehman College

If you are interested in studying philosophy, you may want to check out the program at Lehman College. The following information will help you decide if it is a good fit for you.

Lehman is located in Bronx, New York and approximately 15,091 students attend the school each year. In the 2020-2021 academic year, 28 students received a bachelor's degree in philosophy from Lehman.

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

Lehman Philosophy Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Philosophy

Lehman Philosophy Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the philosophy progam at Lehman 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 Lehman 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 Bachelor’s Degree Schools	56

How Much Do Philosophy Graduates from Lehman Make?

The median salary of philosophy students who receive their bachelor's degree at Lehman is $29,787. This is great news for graduates of the program, since this figure is 4% higher than the national average of $28,602 for all philosophy bachelor's degree recipients.

Philosophy Student Demographics at Lehman

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

Lehman Philosophy Bachelor’s Program

Of the 28 philosophy students who graduated with a bachelor's degree in 2020-2021 from Lehman, about 29% were men and 71% were women. The typical philosophy bachelor's degree program is made up of only 41% women. So female students are more repesented at Lehman since its program graduates 31% more women than average.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 63% 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 Lehman College with a bachelor's in philosophy.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	3
Black or African American	9
Hispanic or Latino	14
White	1
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

Lehman 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 Lehman College.

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 Jim.henderson under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.