Philosophy at Johns Hopkins University

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 Johns Hopkins University stacks up to those at other schools.

Johns Hopkins is located in Baltimore, Maryland and has a total student population of 28,890. Of the 1,847 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from Johns Hopkins University in 2021, 15 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.

Johns Hopkins Philosophy Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Philosophy
• Master’s Degree in Philosophy
• Doctorate Degree in Philosophy

Johns Hopkins Philosophy Rankings

The philosophy major at Johns Hopkins 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.

In 2021, 1 student received their master’s degree in philosophy from Johns Hopkins. This is the #116 most popular school for philosophy master’s degree candidates in the country.

There were 1 student who received their doctoral degrees in philosophy, making the school the #86 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

Philosophy Student Demographics at Johns Hopkins

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

Johns Hopkins Philosophy Bachelor’s Program

Of the 15 philosophy students who graduated with a bachelor's degree in 2020-2021 from Johns Hopkins, about 60% were men and 40% were women.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 13% 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 Johns Hopkins University with a bachelor's in philosophy.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	3
Black or African American	3
Hispanic or Latino	1
White	3
International Students	2
Other Races/Ethnicities	3

Johns Hopkins Philosophy Master’s Program

During the 2020-2021 academic year, 1 philosophy major earned their master's degree from Johns Hopkins.

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Johns Hopkins University with a master's in philosophy.

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

Johns Hopkins also has a doctoral program available in philosophy. In 2021, 1 students 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 MD, the home state for Johns Hopkins University.

Occupation	Jobs in MD	Average Salary in MD
Natural Sciences Managers	3,370	$148,310
Mathematical Science Professors	860	$87,300
Philosophy and Religion Professors	440	$99,870
Mathematicians	180	$115,940

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 Lester Spence under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.