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. In 2021, 14 philosophy majors received their bachelor's degree from Lake Forest.

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 following rankings from College Factual show how the philosophy progam at Lake Forest compares to programs at other colleges and universities.

Note: Although rankings can help you see some information about a school, it's not a good idea to depend on them alone. Be sure to check out other things about the school before making your decision to attend.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable 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.

Ranking Type	Rank
Most Focused Philosophy Bachelor’s Degree Schools	17
Most Focused Philosophy Schools	26
Most Popular Philosophy Bachelor’s Degree Schools	176
Most Popular Philosophy Schools	208

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

During the 2020-2021 academic year, 14 philosophy majors earned their bachelor's degree from Lake Forest. Of these graduates, 43% were men and 57% were 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 17% more women than average.

About 64% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in philosophy at Lake Forest are white. This is above average 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.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	3
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	1
White	9
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

Lake Forest 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 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.

• College Factual
• National Center for Education Statistics
• O*NET Online
• Image Credit: By Eudaimonia86 under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.