Philosophy at Oglethorpe University

Every philosophy school has its own distinct culture and strengths. We've pulled together some statistics and other details to help you see how the philosophy program at Oglethorpe University stacks up to those at other schools.

Oglethorpe is located in Atlanta, Georgia and has a total student population of 1,452. In 2021, 4 philosophy majors received their bachelor's degree from Oglethorpe.

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

Oglethorpe Philosophy Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Philosophy

Oglethorpe Philosophy Rankings

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

Note: While rankings may be a good starting point when you're researching a school, they don't necessarily highlight all of a school's strengths. Don't forget to check out the other details that are available for a school to see if it has what you're looking for in a program.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The philosophy major at Oglethorpe 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	101
Most Focused Philosophy Schools	116
Most Popular Philosophy Bachelor’s Degree Schools	452
Most Popular Philosophy Schools	506

Philosophy Student Demographics at Oglethorpe

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

Oglethorpe Philosophy Bachelor’s Program

The philosophy program at Oglethorpe awarded 4 bachelor's degrees in 2020-2021. About 50% of these degrees went to men with the other 50% going to women. The typical philosophy bachelor's degree program is made up of only 41% women. So female students are more repesented at Oglethorpe since its program graduates 9% more women than average.

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

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

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

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 GA, the home state for Oglethorpe University.

Occupation	Jobs in GA	Average Salary in GA
Mathematical Science Professors	730	$76,640
Philosophy and Religion Professors	360	$77,770

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 Boston Public Library under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.