Philosophy at Loyola Marymount University

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

Loyola Marymount is located in Los Angeles, California and has a total student population of 9,686. Of the 1,856 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from Loyola Marymount University in 2021, 16 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.

Loyola Marymount Philosophy Degrees Available

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

Loyola Marymount Philosophy Rankings

The philosophy major at Loyola Marymount 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, 5 students received their master’s degree in philosophy from Loyola Marymount. This makes it the #54 most popular school for philosophy master’s degree candidates in the country.

Philosophy Student Demographics at Loyola Marymount

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

Loyola Marymount Philosophy Bachelor’s Program

Of the 16 students who earned a bachelor's degree in Philosophy from Loyola Marymount in 2020-2021, 56% were men and 44% were women. The typical philosophy bachelor's degree program is made up of only 41% women. So female students are more repesented at Loyola Marymount since its program graduates 3% more women than average.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 11% 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 Loyola Marymount University with a bachelor's in philosophy.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	2
Black or African American	1
Hispanic or Latino	3
White	5
International Students	4
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

Loyola Marymount Philosophy Master’s Program

During the 2020-2021 academic year, 5 philosophy majors earned their master's degree from Loyola Marymount. Of these graduates, 100% were men and 0% were women.

Of the students who received a philosophy master's degree from Loyola Marymount, 60% were white. This is above average for this degree on the natiowide level. In the philosophy master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 40% of degree recipients. That is 7% better than the national average.*

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

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

Loyola Marymount 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 CA, the home state for Loyola Marymount University.

Occupation	Jobs in CA	Average Salary in CA
Natural Sciences Managers	7,870	$168,790
Mathematical Science Professors	5,160	$127,480
Philosophy and Religion Professors	2,220	$114,370
Mathematicians	530	$100,000

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 Mishigaki under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.