Philosophy at Northwest Nazarene University

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

NNU is located in Nampa, Idaho and approximately 2,109 students attend the school each year. In the 2020-2021 academic year, 3 students received a bachelor's degree in philosophy from NNU.

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

NNU Philosophy Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Philosophy

NNU Philosophy Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the philosophy progam at NNU 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 NNU 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 Popular Philosophy Schools	567

Philosophy Student Demographics at NNU

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

NNU Philosophy Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 33% of philosophy bachelor's degrees went to men and 67% went to women. The typical philosophy bachelor's degree program is made up of only 41% women. So female students are more repesented at NNU since its program graduates 26% more women than average.

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

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

NNU 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 ID, the home state for Northwest Nazarene University.

Occupation	Jobs in ID	Average Salary in ID
Natural Sciences Managers	360	$93,940
Philosophy and Religion Professors	80	$79,120

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 Moonraker0022 under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.