Philosophy at Georgia State University

What traits are you looking for in a philosophy school? To help you decide if Georgia State University is right for you, we've gathered the following information about the school's philosophy program.

Georgia State is located in Atlanta, Georgia and approximately 36,360 students attend the school each year. Of the 5,480 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from Georgia State University in 2021, 28 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.

Georgia State Philosophy Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Philosophy
• Master’s Degree in Philosophy

Georgia State Philosophy Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the philosophy progam at Georgia State compares to programs at other colleges and universities.

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 Georgia State 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
	39

In 2021, 20 students received their master’s degree in philosophy from Georgia State. This makes it the #5 most popular school for philosophy master’s degree candidates in the country.

Earnings of Georgia State Philosophy Graduates

The median salary of philosophy students who receive their bachelor's degree at Georgia State is $25,116. 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 Georgia State

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

Georgia State Philosophy Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 50% of philosophy bachelor's degrees went to men and 50% went to women. The typical philosophy bachelor's degree program is made up of only 41% women. So female students are more repesented at Georgia State since its program graduates 9% more women than average.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 31% 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 Georgia State University with a bachelor's in philosophy.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	4
Black or African American	9
Hispanic or Latino	3
White	9
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	3

Georgia State Philosophy Master’s Program

Of the 20 philosophy students who graduated with a master's degree in 2020-2021 from Georgia State, about 70% were men and 30% were women.

Of the students who received a philosophy master's degree from Georgia State, 65% were white. This is above average for this degree on the natiowide level.

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Georgia State University with a master's in philosophy.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	1
Hispanic or Latino	1
White	13
International Students	3
Other Races/Ethnicities	2

Georgia State 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 GA, the home state for Georgia State University.

Occupation	Jobs in GA	Average Salary in GA
Mathematical Science Professors	730	$76,640
Philosophy and Religion Professors	360	$77,770

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 Jayingram11 under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.