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Philosophy at Howard University

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

Howard is located in Washington, District of Columbia and approximately 10,859 students attend the school each year. In 2021, 7 philosophy majors received their bachelor's degree from Howard.

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

Howard Philosophy Degrees Available

  • Bachelor’s Degree in Philosophy

Howard Philosophy Rankings

The philosophy major at Howard 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.

Philosophy Student Demographics at Howard

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

Howard Philosophy Bachelor’s Program

100% Women
86% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
During the 2020-2021 academic year, 7 students graduated with a bachelor's degree in philosophy from Howard. 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 Howard since its program graduates 59% more women than average.

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Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 52% 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 Howard University with a bachelor's in philosophy.

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 0
Black or African American 5
Hispanic or Latino 0
White 0
International Students 0
Other Races/Ethnicities 2

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

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 DC, the home state for Howard University.

Occupation Jobs in DC Average Salary in DC
Natural Sciences Managers 1,200 $132,310
Philosophy and Religion Professors 530 $84,880
Mathematical Science Professors 220 $113,120
Mathematicians 50 $133,870

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.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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