Philosophy at Rockhurst University

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

Rockhurst is located in Kansas City, Missouri and approximately 3,688 students attend the school each year. Of the 657 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from Rockhurst University in 2021, 10 of them were philosophy majors.

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

Rockhurst Philosophy Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Philosophy

Rockhurst Philosophy Rankings

Each year, College Factual ranks philosophy programs across the country. The following shows how Rockhurst performed in these rankings.

Note: Rankings don't always give a complete picture of a school's strengths and weaknesses, so it's a good idea to extend your research and also look at other factors when trying to decide if the school is right for you.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The philosophy major at Rockhurst 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 Popular Philosophy Schools	278

Philosophy Student Demographics at Rockhurst

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

Rockhurst Philosophy Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 50% of philosophy bachelor's degrees went to men and 50% went to women. The typical philosophy bachelor's degree program is made up of only 41% women. So female students are more repesented at Rockhurst since its program graduates 9% more women than average.

About 70% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in philosophy at Rockhurst 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 Rockhurst University with a bachelor's in philosophy.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	1
Hispanic or Latino	2
White	7
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

Rockhurst 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 MO, the home state for Rockhurst University.

Occupation	Jobs in MO	Average Salary in MO
Mathematical Science Professors	720	$95,240
Natural Sciences Managers	670	$116,190
Philosophy and Religion Professors	520	$72,220

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 JZSJ under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.