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Philosophy at Lake Forest College

Philosophy at Lake Forest College

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

Lake Forest is located in Lake Forest, Illinois and has a total student population of 1,583.

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

Lake Forest Philosophy Degrees Available

  • Bachelor’s Degree in Philosophy

Lake Forest Philosophy Rankings

The philosophy major at Lake Forest 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 Lake Forest

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the philosophy majors at Lake Forest College.

Lake Forest Philosophy Bachelor’s Program

64% Women
36% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
For the most recent academic year available, 36% of philosophy bachelor's degrees went to men and 64% went to women. The typical philosophy bachelor's degree program is made up of only 41% women. So female students are more repesented at Lake Forest since its program graduates 23% more women than average.

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About 57% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in philosophy at Lake Forest are white. This is typical for this degree on the nationwide level. Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 2% 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 Lake Forest College with a bachelor's in philosophy.

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 0
Black or African American 2
Hispanic or Latino 3
White 8
International Students 0
Other Races/Ethnicities 1

Concentrations Within Philosophy

If you plan to be a philosophy major, you may want to focus your studies on one of the following concentrations. The table shows all degrees awarded in this field awarded for all degree levels at Lake Forest College. A concentration may not be available for your level.

Concentration Annual Degrees Awarded
Philosophy 14

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 Lake Forest College.

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.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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