Philosophy at Oglethorpe University

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

Oglethorpe is located in Atlanta, Georgia and approximately 1,452 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.

Oglethorpe Philosophy Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Philosophy

Oglethorpe Philosophy 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.

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

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 40% women. So female students are more repesented at Oglethorpe since its program graduates 60% 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 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	1
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

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
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.