Philosophy at Pomona College

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 Pomona College stacks up to those at other schools.

Pomona is located in Claremont, California and approximately 1,475 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.

Pomona Philosophy Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Philosophy

Pomona Philosophy Rankings

The philosophy major at Pomona 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 Pomona

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

Pomona Philosophy Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 38% of philosophy bachelor's degrees went to men and 63% went to women. The typical philosophy bachelor's degree program is made up of only 41% women. So female students are more repesented at Pomona since its program graduates 21% more women than average.

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

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

Concentrations Within Philosophy

The following philosophy concentations are available at Pomona College. The table shows all degrees awarded in this field awarded for all degree levels at Pomona College. A concentration may not be available for your level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Philosophy	5

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 CA, the home state for Pomona College.

Occupation	Jobs in CA	Average Salary in CA
Natural Sciences Managers	7,870	$168,790
Mathematical Science Professors	5,160	$127,480
Philosophy and Religion Professors	2,220	$114,370
Mathematicians	530	$100,000

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 Nostalgicwisdom under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.