Philosophy at Saint Mary’s College of California

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

SMC is located in Moraga, California and approximately 3,439 students attend the school each year. In the 2020-2021 academic year, 10 students received a bachelor's degree in philosophy from SMC.

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

SMC Philosophy Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Philosophy

SMC Philosophy Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the philosophy progam at SMC compares to programs at other colleges and universities.

Note: Although rankings can help you see some information about a school, it's not a good idea to depend on them alone. Be sure to check out other things about the school before making your decision to attend.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The philosophy major at SMC 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 SMC

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the philosophy majors at Saint Mary’s College of California.

SMC Philosophy Bachelor’s Program

During the 2020-2021 academic year, 10 philosophy majors earned their bachelor's degree from SMC. Of these graduates, 40% were men and 60% were women. The typical philosophy bachelor's degree program is made up of only 41% women. So female students are more repesented at SMC since its program graduates 19% more women than average.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 17% 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 Saint Mary's College of California with a bachelor's in philosophy.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	5
White	5
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

SMC 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 CA, the home state for Saint Mary's College of California.

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 Smcj0001 under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.