Philosophy at United States Military Academy

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 United States Military Academy stacks up to those at other schools.

West Point is located in West Point, New York and approximately 4,536 students attend the school each year. Of the 1,058 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from United States Military Academy in 2021, 14 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.

West Point Philosophy Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Philosophy

West Point Philosophy Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the philosophy progam at West Point 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 West Point 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	95
Most Focused Philosophy Schools	109
Most Popular Philosophy Bachelor’s Degree Schools	176
Most Popular Philosophy Schools	208

Philosophy Student Demographics at West Point

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the philosophy majors at United States Military Academy.

West Point Philosophy Bachelor’s Program

Of the 14 students who earned a bachelor's degree in Philosophy from West Point in 2020-2021, 57% were men and 43% were women. The typical philosophy bachelor's degree program is made up of only 41% women. So female students are more repesented at West Point since its program graduates 2% more women than average.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 31% 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 United States Military Academy with a bachelor's in philosophy.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	3
Hispanic or Latino	4
White	5
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	2

West Point 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 NY, the home state for United States Military Academy.

Occupation	Jobs in NY	Average Salary in NY
Mathematical Science Professors	4,700	$105,070
Philosophy and Religion Professors	3,530	$80,480
Natural Sciences Managers	1,360	$148,460

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 Ahodges7 under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.