Philosophy at Florida International University

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 Florida International University stacks up to those at other schools.

FIU is located in Miami, Florida and has a total student population of 58,836. In 2021, 53 philosophy majors received their bachelor's degree from FIU.

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

FIU Philosophy Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Philosophy

FIU Philosophy Rankings

The philosophy major at FIU 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.

Earnings of FIU Philosophy Graduates

The median salary of philosophy students who receive their bachelor's degree at FIU is $28,426. This is less than $28,602, which is the national average of all philosophy majors in the nation who earn bachelor's degrees.

Philosophy Student Demographics at FIU

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the philosophy majors at Florida International University.

FIU Philosophy Bachelor’s Program

Of the 53 students who earned a bachelor's degree in Philosophy from FIU in 2020-2021, 53% were men and 47% were women. The typical philosophy bachelor's degree program is made up of only 41% women. So female students are more repesented at FIU since its program graduates 7% more women than average.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 59% 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 Florida International University with a bachelor's in philosophy.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	2
Hispanic or Latino	46
White	3
International Students	1
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

FIU 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 Florida International University.

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 Comayagua99 under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.