Philosophy at Pacific University

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

Pacific is located in Forest Grove, Oregon and approximately 3,808 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.

Pacific Philosophy Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Philosophy

Pacific Philosophy Rankings

The philosophy major at Pacific 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 Pacific

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

Pacific 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 40% women. So female students are more repesented at Pacific since its program graduates 27% more women than average.

About 67% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in philosophy at Pacific are white. This is above average for this degree on the nationwide level.

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

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

Related Majors

• Other Philosophy

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 OR, the home state for Pacific University.

Occupation	Jobs in OR	Average Salary in OR
Philosophy and Religion Professors	310	$74,050

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 M.O. Stevens under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.