Philosophy at Holy Names University

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

HNU is located in Oakland, California and has a total student population of 1,014. In the 2020-2021 academic year, 3 students received a bachelor's degree in philosophy from HNU.

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

HNU Philosophy Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Philosophy

HNU Philosophy Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the philosophy progam at HNU 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 HNU 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 Schools	148
Most Popular Philosophy Bachelor’s Degree Schools	504

Philosophy Student Demographics at HNU

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

HNU Philosophy Bachelor’s Program

Of the 3 students who graduated with a bachelor’s in philosophy from HNU in 2021, 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 HNU since its program graduates 59% more women than average.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 67% 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 Holy Names University with a bachelor's in philosophy.

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

HNU 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 CA, the home state for Holy Names University.

Occupation	Jobs in CA	Average Salary in CA
Natural Sciences Managers	7,870	$168,790
Mathematical Science Professors	5,160	$127,480
Philosophy and Religion Professors	2,220	$114,370
Mathematicians	530	$100,000

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 HolyNamesWebmaster under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.