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Philosophy at Rutgers University - New Brunswick

Philosophy at Rutgers University - New Brunswick

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

Rutgers New Brunswick is located in New Brunswick, New Jersey and has a total student population of 50,411.

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

Rutgers New Brunswick Philosophy Degrees Available

  • Bachelor’s Degree in Philosophy

Rutgers New Brunswick Philosophy Rankings

The philosophy major at Rutgers New Brunswick 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 Rutgers New Brunswick

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

Rutgers New Brunswick Philosophy Bachelor’s Program

31% Women
41% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
For the most recent academic year available, 69% of philosophy bachelor's degrees went to men and 31% went to women.

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Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 8% 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 Rutgers University - New Brunswick with a bachelor's in philosophy.

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 6
Black or African American 2
Hispanic or Latino 6
White 16
International Students 5
Other Races/Ethnicities 4

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 NJ, the home state for Rutgers University - New Brunswick.

Occupation Jobs in NJ Average Salary in NJ
Philosophy and Religion Professors 520 $84,620

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.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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