Philosophy at Dartmouth College

Every philosophy school has its own distinct culture and strengths. We've pulled together some statistics and other details to help you see how the philosophy program at Dartmouth College stacks up to those at other schools.

Dartmouth is located in Hanover, New Hampshire and has a total student population of 6,292. Of the 1,384 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from Dartmouth College in 2021, 25 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.

Dartmouth Philosophy Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Philosophy

Dartmouth Philosophy Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the philosophy progam at Dartmouth 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 Dartmouth 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	69
Most Focused Philosophy Bachelor’s Degree Schools	121

Philosophy Student Demographics at Dartmouth

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

Dartmouth Philosophy Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 56% of philosophy bachelor's degrees went to men and 44% went to women. The typical philosophy bachelor's degree program is made up of only 41% women. So female students are more repesented at Dartmouth since its program graduates 3% more women than average.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 19% 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 Dartmouth College with a bachelor's in philosophy.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	3
Black or African American	4
Hispanic or Latino	5
White	8
International Students	4
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

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

Related Majors

• 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 NH, the home state for Dartmouth College.

Occupation	Jobs in NH	Average Salary in NH
Mathematical Science Professors	160	$103,750
Philosophy and Religion Professors	100	$92,100

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 Kane5187 under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.