Philosophy at Salisbury University

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

Salisbury is located in Salisbury, Maryland and approximately 8,124 students attend the school each year. In the 2020-2021 academic year, 7 students received a bachelor's degree in philosophy from Salisbury.

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

Salisbury Philosophy Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Philosophy

Salisbury Philosophy Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the philosophy progam at Salisbury 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 Salisbury 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	404
Most Focused Philosophy Schools	453

Philosophy Student Demographics at Salisbury

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

Salisbury Philosophy Bachelor’s Program

In the 2020-2021 academic year, 7 students earned a bachelor's degree in philosophy from Salisbury. About 43% of these graduates were women and the other 57% were men. The typical philosophy bachelor's degree program is made up of only 41% women. So female students are more repesented at Salisbury since its program graduates 2% more women than average.

About 86% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in philosophy at Salisbury 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 Salisbury University with a bachelor's in philosophy.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	1
White	6
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

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

Related Majors

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 MD, the home state for Salisbury University.

Occupation	Jobs in MD	Average Salary in MD
Natural Sciences Managers	3,370	$148,310
Mathematical Science Professors	860	$87,300
Philosophy and Religion Professors	440	$99,870
Mathematicians	180	$115,940

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 Kane5187 under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.