Philosophy at Spelman College

Every philosophy school has its own distinct culture and strengths. We've pulled together some statistics and other details to help you see how the philosophy program at Spelman College stacks up to those at other schools.

Spelman is located in Atlanta, Georgia and has a total student population of 2,207. Of the 485 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from Spelman College in 2021, 6 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.

Spelman Philosophy Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Philosophy

Spelman Philosophy Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the philosophy progam at Spelman 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 Spelman 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	106
Most Focused Philosophy Schools	121
Most Popular Philosophy Bachelor’s Degree Schools	371
Most Popular Philosophy Schools	411

Philosophy Student Demographics at Spelman

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

Spelman Philosophy Bachelor’s Program

The philosophy program at Spelman awarded 6 bachelor's degrees in 2020-2021. About 0% of these degrees went to men with the other 100% going to women. The typical philosophy bachelor's degree program is made up of only 41% women. So female students are more repesented at Spelman since its program graduates 59% more women than average.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 67% 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 Spelman College with a bachelor's in philosophy.

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

Spelman 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 GA, the home state for Spelman College.

Occupation	Jobs in GA	Average Salary in GA
Mathematical Science Professors	730	$76,640
Philosophy and Religion Professors	360	$77,770

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 Energy.gov under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.