Philosophy at High Point University

If you plan to study philosophy, take a look at what High Point University has to offer and decide if the program is a good match for you. Get started with the following essential facts.

High Point is located in High Point, North Carolina and approximately 5,617 students attend the school each year. In the 2020-2021 academic year, 10 students received a bachelor's degree in philosophy from High Point.

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

High Point Philosophy Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Philosophy

High Point Philosophy Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the philosophy progam at High Point 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 High Point 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	174
Most Popular Philosophy Schools	278

Philosophy Student Demographics at High Point

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

High Point Philosophy Bachelor’s Program

The philosophy program at High Point awarded 10 bachelor's degrees in 2020-2021. About 40% of these degrees went to men with the other 60% going to women. The typical philosophy bachelor's degree program is made up of only 41% women. So female students are more repesented at High Point since its program graduates 19% more women than average.

About 90% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in philosophy at High Point 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 High Point University with a bachelor's in philosophy.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	9
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

High Point 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 High Point University.

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 LancerE under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.