Philosophy at St Mary’s College of Maryland

If you plan to study philosophy, take a look at what St Mary's College of Maryland has to offer and decide if the program is a good match for you. Get started with the following essential facts.

SMCM is located in St. Mary's City, Maryland and approximately 1,508 students attend the school each year. Of the 387 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from St Mary's College of Maryland in 2021, 2 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.

SMCM Philosophy Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Philosophy

SMCM Philosophy Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the philosophy progam at SMCM 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 SMCM 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	274
Most Focused Philosophy Schools	301
Most Popular Philosophy Bachelor’s Degree Schools	570

Philosophy Student Demographics at SMCM

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the philosophy majors at St Mary’s College of Maryland.

SMCM Philosophy Bachelor’s Program

Of the 2 students who earned a bachelor's degree in Philosophy from SMCM in 2020-2021, 50% were men and 50% were women.

About 100% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in philosophy at SMCM 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 St Mary's College of Maryland 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	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

SMCM 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 MD, the home state for St Mary's College of Maryland.

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 Steve Pribut under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.