Philosophy at Purdue University Fort Wayne

Every philosophy school has its own distinct culture and strengths. We've pulled together some statistics and other details to help you see how the philosophy program at Purdue University Fort Wayne stacks up to those at other schools.

PFW is located in Fort Wayne, Indiana and has a total student population of 8,093. Of the 1,135 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from Purdue University Fort Wayne in 2021, 2 of them were philosophy majors.

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

PFW Philosophy Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Philosophy

PFW Philosophy Rankings

Each year, College Factual ranks philosophy programs across the country. The following shows how PFW performed in these rankings.

Note: While rankings may be a good starting point when you're researching a school, they don't necessarily highlight all of a school's strengths. Don't forget to check out the other details that are available for a school to see if it has what you're looking for in a program.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The philosophy major at PFW 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	616

Philosophy Student Demographics at PFW

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

PFW Philosophy Bachelor’s Program

Of the 2 philosophy students who graduated with a bachelor's degree in 2020-2021 from PFW, about 100% were men and 0% were women.

About 100% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in philosophy at PFW 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 Purdue University Fort Wayne with a bachelor's in philosophy.

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

PFW 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 IN, the home state for Purdue University Fort Wayne.

Occupation	Jobs in IN	Average Salary in IN
Natural Sciences Managers	1,720	$65,270
Philosophy and Religion Professors	330	$77,870

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.

• College Factual
• National Center for Education Statistics
• O*NET Online
• Image Credit: By Abhijitsathe under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.