Philosophy at Loyola University New Orleans

If you are interested in studying philosophy, you may want to check out the program at Loyola University New Orleans. The following information will help you decide if it is a good fit for you.

Loyola New Orleans is located in New Orleans, Louisiana and has a total student population of 4,497. Of the 705 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from Loyola University New Orleans in 2021, 12 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 New Orleans Philosophy Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Philosophy

Loyola New Orleans Philosophy Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the philosophy progam at Loyola New Orleans compares to programs at other colleges and universities.

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 Loyola New Orleans 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 Schools	145

Philosophy Student Demographics at Loyola New Orleans

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

Loyola New Orleans Philosophy Bachelor’s Program

The philosophy program at Loyola New Orleans awarded 12 bachelor's degrees in 2020-2021. About 58% of these degrees went to men with the other 42% going to women. The typical philosophy bachelor's degree program is made up of only 41% women. So female students are more repesented at Loyola New Orleans since its program graduates 1% more women than average.

About 58% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in philosophy at Loyola New Orleans are white. This is typical for this degree on the nationwide level. Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 8% 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 University New Orleans with a bachelor's in philosophy.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	1
Hispanic or Latino	3
White	7
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

Loyola New Orleans 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 LA, the home state for Loyola University New Orleans.

Occupation	Jobs in LA	Average Salary in LA
Natural Sciences Managers	320	$94,850
Mathematical Science Professors	230	$76,900
Philosophy and Religion Professors	30	$56,200

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 Infrogmation of New Orleans under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.