Philosophy at Davidson College

22% Racial-Ethnic Minorities* (Bachelor's)

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

Davidson is located in Davidson, North Carolina and approximately 1,983 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.

Davidson Philosophy Degrees Available

Bachelor’s Degree in Philosophy

Davidson Philosophy Rankings

The philosophy major at Davidson 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.

Philosophy Student Demographics at Davidson

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

Davidson Philosophy Bachelor’s Program

44% Women

22% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*

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 40% women. So female students are more repesented at Davidson since its program graduates 5% more women than average.

About 67% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in philosophy at Davidson are white. This is above average for this degree on the nationwide level.

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	1
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	6
International Students	1
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

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 NC, the home state for Davidson College.

Occupation	Jobs in NC	Average Salary in NC
Philosophy and Religion Professors	740	$81,680

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
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