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Philosophy at Illinois State University

Philosophy at Illinois State University

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

Illinois State is located in Normal, Illinois and approximately 20,720 students attend the school each year.

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

Illinois State Philosophy Degrees Available

  • Bachelor’s Degree in Philosophy

Illinois State Philosophy Rankings

The philosophy major at Illinois State 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 Illinois State

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

Illinois State Philosophy Bachelor’s Program

33% Women
83% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
For the most recent academic year available, 67% of philosophy bachelor's degrees went to men and 33% went to women.

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Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 50% 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 Illinois State University with a bachelor's in philosophy.

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 0
Black or African American 3
Hispanic or Latino 1
White 1
International Students 0
Other Races/Ethnicities 1

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 IL, the home state for Illinois State University.

Occupation Jobs in IL Average Salary in IL
Philosophy and Religion Professors 960 $81,200

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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