Philosophy at Mount Holyoke College

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

Mt. Holyoke is located in South Hadley, Massachusetts and has a total student population of 2,040. In 2021, 8 philosophy majors received their bachelor's degree from Mt. Holyoke.

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

Mt. Holyoke Philosophy Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Philosophy

Mt. Holyoke Philosophy Rankings

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

Note: Rankings don't always give a complete picture of a school's strengths and weaknesses, so it's a good idea to extend your research and also look at other factors when trying to decide if the school is right for you.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The philosophy major at Mt. Holyoke 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	118
Most Focused Philosophy Schools	133
Most Popular Philosophy Bachelor’s Degree Schools	300
Most Popular Philosophy Schools	331

Philosophy Student Demographics at Mt. Holyoke

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

Mt. Holyoke Philosophy Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 0% of philosophy bachelor's degrees went to men and 100% went to women. The typical philosophy bachelor's degree program is made up of only 41% women. So female students are more repesented at Mt. Holyoke since its program graduates 59% more women than average.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 17% 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 Mount Holyoke College with a bachelor's in philosophy.

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

Mt. Holyoke 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 MA, the home state for Mount Holyoke College.

Occupation	Jobs in MA	Average Salary in MA
Natural Sciences Managers	4,040	$183,490
Mathematical Science Professors	1,700	$92,200
Philosophy and Religion Professors	700	$84,290

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 Daderot under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.