Philosophy at University of California - Merced

86% Racial-Ethnic Minorities* (Bachelor's)

If you plan to study philosophy, take a look at what University of California - Merced has to offer and decide if the program is a good match for you. Get started with the following essential facts.

UC Merced is located in Merced, California and approximately 9,018 students attend the school each year.

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

UC Merced Philosophy Degrees Available

Bachelor’s Degree in Philosophy

UC Merced Philosophy Rankings

The philosophy major at UC Merced 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.

Philosophy Student Demographics at UC Merced

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the philosophy majors at University of California - Merced.

UC Merced Philosophy Bachelor’s Program

86% Women

86% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*

For the most recent academic year available, 14% of philosophy bachelor's degrees went to men and 86% went to women. The typical philosophy bachelor's degree program is made up of only 40% women. So female students are more repesented at UC Merced since its program graduates 46% more women than average.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 52% 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 University of California - Merced with a bachelor's in philosophy.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	6
White	1
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

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 CA, the home state for University of California - Merced.

Occupation	Jobs in CA	Average Salary in CA
Philosophy and Religion Professors	2,220	$114,370

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.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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