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Philosophy at Northeastern University

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Philosophy at Northeastern University

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

Northeastern is located in Boston, Massachusetts and approximately 22,905 students attend the school each year. Of the 4,358 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from Northeastern University in 2021, 9 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.

Northeastern Philosophy Degrees Available

  • Bachelor’s Degree in Philosophy

Northeastern Philosophy Rankings

The philosophy major at Northeastern 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 Northeastern

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

Northeastern Philosophy Bachelor’s Program

56% Women
44% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
During the 2020-2021 academic year, 9 philosophy majors earned their bachelor's degree from Northeastern. Of these graduates, 44% were men and 56% were women. The typical philosophy bachelor's degree program is made up of only 41% women. So female students are more repesented at Northeastern since its program graduates 15% more women than average.

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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 Northeastern University with a bachelor's in philosophy.

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 1
Black or African American 1
Hispanic or Latino 1
White 4
International Students 0
Other Races/Ethnicities 2

Northeastern also has a doctoral program available in philosophy. In 2021, 0 student graduated with a doctor's degree in this field.

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 Northeastern University.

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.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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