Philosophy at Sonoma State University

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

SSU is located in Rohnert Park, California and approximately 8,018 students attend the school each year. In the 2020-2021 academic year, 20 students received a bachelor's degree in philosophy from SSU.

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

SSU Philosophy Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Philosophy

SSU Philosophy Rankings

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

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 SSU 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 Schools	171

Philosophy Student Demographics at SSU

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

SSU Philosophy Bachelor’s Program

Of the 20 students who earned a bachelor's degree in Philosophy from SSU in 2020-2021, 55% were men and 45% were women. The typical philosophy bachelor's degree program is made up of only 41% women. So female students are more repesented at SSU since its program graduates 4% more women than average.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 32% 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 Sonoma State University with a bachelor's in philosophy.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	1
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	11
White	7
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

SSU 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 CA, the home state for Sonoma State 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 Stepheng3 under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.