Philosophy at Illinois Wesleyan University

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

Illinois Wesleyan is located in Bloomington, Illinois and approximately 1,636 students attend the school each year. In 2021, 3 philosophy majors received their bachelor's degree from Illinois Wesleyan.

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 Wesleyan Philosophy Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Philosophy

Illinois Wesleyan Philosophy Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the philosophy progam at Illinois Wesleyan compares to programs at other colleges and universities.

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 Illinois Wesleyan 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 Popular Philosophy Bachelor’s Degree Schools	504
Most Popular Philosophy Schools	567

Philosophy Student Demographics at Illinois Wesleyan

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

Illinois Wesleyan Philosophy Bachelor’s Program

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

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 33% 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 Wesleyan University with a bachelor's in philosophy.

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

Illinois Wesleyan 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 IL, the home state for Illinois Wesleyan University.

Occupation	Jobs in IL	Average Salary in IL
Mathematical Science Professors	2,480	$66,600
Natural Sciences Managers	1,950	$118,480
Philosophy and Religion Professors	960	$81,200
Mathematicians	50	$103,220

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 Republicofjosh01 under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.