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Philosophy at Occidental College

Philosophy at Occidental College

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

Oxy is located in Los Angeles, California and approximately 1,839 students attend the school each year.

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

Oxy Philosophy Degrees Available

  • Bachelor’s Degree in Philosophy

Oxy Philosophy Rankings

The philosophy major at Oxy 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 Oxy

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

Oxy Philosophy Bachelor’s Program

40% Women
30% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
For the most recent academic year available, 60% of philosophy bachelor's degrees went to men and 40% went to women.

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

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 1
Black or African American 0
Hispanic or Latino 1
White 5
International Students 0
Other Races/Ethnicities 3

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 CA, the home state for Occidental College.

Occupation Jobs in CA Average Salary in CA
Philosophy and Religion Professors 2,220 $114,370

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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