Philosophy at St. Mary’s University

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

St. Mary's is located in San Antonio, Texas and approximately 3,458 students attend the school each year. In 2021, 4 philosophy majors received their bachelor's degree from St. Mary's.

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

St. Mary’s Philosophy Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Philosophy

St. Mary’s Philosophy Rankings

Each year, College Factual ranks philosophy programs across the country. The following shows how St. Mary's 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 St. Mary's 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	351
Most Popular Philosophy Bachelor’s Degree Schools	452
Most Popular Philosophy Schools	506

Philosophy Student Demographics at St. Mary's

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

St. Mary’s Philosophy Bachelor’s Program

The philosophy program at St. Mary's awarded 4 bachelor's degrees in 2020-2021. About 50% of these degrees went to men with the other 50% going to women. The typical philosophy bachelor's degree program is made up of only 41% women. So female students are more repesented at St. Mary's since its program graduates 9% 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 St. Mary's University with a bachelor's in philosophy.

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

St. Mary's 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 TX, the home state for St. Mary's University.

Occupation	Jobs in TX	Average Salary in TX
Mathematical Science Professors	4,780	$83,460
Natural Sciences Managers	2,620	$127,270
Philosophy and Religion Professors	1,520	$87,240

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 Ngood under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.