Philosophy at Goucher College

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

Goucher is located in Baltimore, Maryland and approximately 2,015 students attend the school each year. In 2021, 9 philosophy majors received their bachelor's degree from Goucher.

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

Goucher Philosophy Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Philosophy

Goucher Philosophy Rankings

Each year, College Factual ranks philosophy programs across the country. The following shows how Goucher 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 Goucher 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	273
Most Popular Philosophy Schools	300

Philosophy Student Demographics at Goucher

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

Goucher Philosophy Bachelor’s Program

Of the 9 philosophy students who graduated with a bachelor's degree in 2020-2021 from Goucher, about 67% were men and 33% were women.

About 67% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in philosophy at Goucher 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 Goucher College with a bachelor's in philosophy.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	6
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	3

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

Related Majors

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 MD, the home state for Goucher College.

Occupation	Jobs in MD	Average Salary in MD
Natural Sciences Managers	3,370	$148,310
Mathematical Science Professors	860	$87,300
Philosophy and Religion Professors	440	$99,870
Mathematicians	180	$115,940

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 Rob Coyle under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.