Philosophy at Reed College

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

Reed is located in Portland, Oregon and has a total student population of 1,385. In the 2020-2021 academic year, 6 students received a bachelor's degree in philosophy from Reed.

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

Reed Philosophy Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Philosophy

Reed Philosophy Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the philosophy progam at Reed 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 Reed 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	55
Most Focused Philosophy Schools	64
Most Popular Philosophy Bachelor’s Degree Schools	371
Most Popular Philosophy Schools	411

Philosophy Student Demographics at Reed

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

Reed Philosophy Bachelor’s Program

In the 2020-2021 academic year, 6 students earned a bachelor's degree in philosophy from Reed. About 50% of these graduates were women and the other 50% were men. The typical philosophy bachelor's degree program is made up of only 41% women. So female students are more repesented at Reed since its program graduates 9% more women than average.

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	3
International Students	2
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

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

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 OR, the home state for Reed College.

Occupation	Jobs in OR	Average Salary in OR
Natural Sciences Managers	1,250	$109,610
Mathematical Science Professors	700	$92,210
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 Visitor7 under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.