Philosophy at Eckerd College

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

Eckerd is located in Saint Petersburg, Florida and has a total student population of 1,822. In 2021, 7 philosophy majors received their bachelor's degree from Eckerd.

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

Eckerd Philosophy Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Philosophy

Eckerd Philosophy Rankings

Each year, College Factual ranks philosophy programs across the country. The following shows how Eckerd performed in these rankings.

Note: Although rankings can help you see some information about a school, it's not a good idea to depend on them alone. Be sure to check out other things about the school before making your decision to attend.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The philosophy major at Eckerd 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 Focused Philosophy Bachelor’s Degree Schools	99
Most Focused Philosophy Schools	113
Most Popular Philosophy Bachelor’s Degree Schools	327
Most Popular Philosophy Schools	360

Philosophy Student Demographics at Eckerd

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

Eckerd Philosophy Bachelor’s Program

During the 2020-2021 academic year, 7 philosophy majors earned their bachelor's degree from Eckerd. Of these graduates, 57% were men and 43% were women. The typical philosophy bachelor's degree program is made up of only 41% women. So female students are more repesented at Eckerd since its program graduates 2% more women than average.

About 100% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in philosophy at Eckerd 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 Eckerd College with a bachelor's in philosophy.

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

Eckerd 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 FL, the home state for Eckerd College.

Occupation	Jobs in FL	Average Salary in FL
Mathematical Science Professors	2,160	$73,990
Philosophy and Religion Professors	640	$86,410
Mathematicians	90	$87,820

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 User:DouglasGreen under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.