Philosophy at Simmons University

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

Simmons is located in Boston, Massachusetts and approximately 6,263 students attend the school each year. Of the 476 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from Simmons University in 2021, 3 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.

Simmons Philosophy Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Philosophy

Simmons Philosophy Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the philosophy progam at Simmons 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 Simmons 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 Bachelor’s Degree Schools	504
Most Popular Philosophy Schools	567
Most Focused Philosophy Schools	704

Philosophy Student Demographics at Simmons

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

Simmons Philosophy Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 0% of philosophy bachelor's degrees went to men and 100% went to women. The typical philosophy bachelor's degree program is made up of only 41% women. So female students are more repesented at Simmons since its program graduates 59% more women than average.

About 67% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in philosophy at Simmons 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 Simmons University with a bachelor's in philosophy.

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

Simmons 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 MA, the home state for Simmons University.

Occupation	Jobs in MA	Average Salary in MA
Natural Sciences Managers	4,040	$183,490
Mathematical Science Professors	1,700	$92,200
Philosophy and Religion Professors	700	$84,290

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 Daderot under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.