Philosophy at Michigan State University

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

Michigan State is located in East Lansing, Michigan and has a total student population of 49,695.

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

Michigan State Philosophy Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Philosophy

Michigan State Philosophy Rankings

The philosophy major at Michigan State 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 Michigan State

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

Michigan State Philosophy Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 43% of philosophy bachelor's degrees went to men and 57% went to women. The typical philosophy bachelor's degree program is made up of only 40% women. So female students are more repesented at Michigan State since its program graduates 17% more women than average.

About 71% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in philosophy at Michigan State are white. This is above average for this degree on the nationwide level.

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	1
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	5
International Students	1
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

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 MI, the home state for Michigan State University.

Occupation	Jobs in MI	Average Salary in MI
Philosophy and Religion Professors	780	$77,990

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 Jeffness under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.