Philosophy at The University of West Florida

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 The University of West Florida stacks up to those at other schools.

UWF is located in Pensacola, Florida and has a total student population of 13,061. In 2021, 9 philosophy majors received their bachelor's degree from UWF.

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

UWF Philosophy Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Philosophy

UWF Philosophy Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the philosophy progam at UWF 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 UWF 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 Schools	300
Most Focused Philosophy Schools	587

Philosophy Student Demographics at UWF

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

UWF Philosophy Bachelor’s Program

During the 2020-2021 academic year, 9 students graduated with a bachelor's degree in philosophy from UWF. About 56% were men and 44% were women. The typical philosophy bachelor's degree program is made up of only 41% women. So female students are more repesented at UWF since its program graduates 4% more women than average.

About 78% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in philosophy at UWF 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 The University of West Florida with a bachelor's in philosophy.

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

UWF 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 FL, the home state for The University of West Florida.

Occupation	Jobs in FL	Average Salary in FL
Mathematical Science Professors	2,160	$73,990
Philosophy and Religion Professors	640	$86,410
Mathematicians	90	$87,820

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 Ebyabe under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.