Philosophy at Santa Clara University

If you are interested in studying philosophy, you may want to check out the program at Santa Clara University. The following information will help you decide if it is a good fit for you.

SCU is located in Santa Clara, California and approximately 8,616 students attend the school each year. In the 2020-2021 academic year, 28 students received a bachelor's degree in philosophy from SCU.

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

SCU Philosophy Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Philosophy

SCU Philosophy Rankings

Each year, College Factual ranks philosophy programs across the country. The following shows how SCU 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 SCU 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	81
Most Focused Philosophy Bachelor’s Degree Schools	142
Most Focused Philosophy Schools	157

Philosophy Student Demographics at SCU

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

SCU Philosophy Bachelor’s Program

Of the 28 philosophy students who graduated with a bachelor's degree in 2020-2021 from SCU, about 46% were men and 54% were women. The typical philosophy bachelor's degree program is made up of only 41% women. So female students are more repesented at SCU since its program graduates 13% more women than average.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 13% 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 Santa Clara University with a bachelor's in philosophy.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	2
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	9
White	12
International Students	1
Other Races/Ethnicities	4

SCU 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 Santa Clara University.

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 Arnaudh under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.