Philosophy at Guilford College

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 Guilford College stacks up to those at other schools.

Guilford is located in Greensboro, North Carolina and approximately 1,429 students attend the school each year. Of the 325 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from Guilford College in 2021, 2 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.

Guilford Philosophy Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Philosophy

Guilford Philosophy Rankings

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

Note: Rankings don't always give a complete picture of a school's strengths and weaknesses, so it's a good idea to extend your research and also look at other factors when trying to decide if the school is right for you.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The philosophy major at Guilford 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	231
Most Popular Philosophy Bachelor’s Degree Schools	570
Most Popular Philosophy Schools	645

Philosophy Student Demographics at Guilford

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

Guilford Philosophy Bachelor’s Program

Of the 2 philosophy students who graduated with a bachelor's degree in 2020-2021 from Guilford, about 0% were men and 100% were women. The typical philosophy bachelor's degree program is made up of only 41% women. So female students are more repesented at Guilford since its program graduates 59% more women than average.

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

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

Guilford 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 NC, the home state for Guilford College.

Occupation	Jobs in NC	Average Salary in NC
Natural Sciences Managers	2,960	$153,490
Mathematical Science Professors	1,870	$74,330
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
• Image Credit: By Parkram412 at en.wikipedia under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.