Philosophy at University of California - Riverside

If you are interested in studying philosophy, you may want to check out the program at University of California - Riverside. The following information will help you decide if it is a good fit for you.

UCR is located in Riverside, California and approximately 26,434 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.

UCR Philosophy Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Philosophy
• Master’s Degree in Philosophy

UCR Philosophy Rankings

The philosophy major at UCR 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.

There were 0 student who received their doctoral degrees in philosophy, making the school the #96 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

Philosophy Student Demographics at UCR

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

UCR Philosophy Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 48% of philosophy bachelor's degrees went to men and 52% went to women. The typical philosophy bachelor's degree program is made up of only 41% women. So female students are more repesented at UCR since its program graduates 11% more women than average.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 37% 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 - Riverside with a bachelor's in philosophy.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	6
Black or African American	4
Hispanic or Latino	21
White	13
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

UCR Philosophy Master’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 50% of philosophy master's degrees went to men and 50% went to women.

In the philosophy master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 50% of degree recipients. That is 16% better than the national average.*

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from University of California - Riverside with a master's in philosophy.

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

Concentrations Within Philosophy

If you plan to be a philosophy major, you may want to focus your studies on one of the following concentrations. The table shows all degrees awarded in this field awarded for all degree levels at University of California - Riverside. A concentration may not be available for your level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Philosophy	59
Other Philosophy	8

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

Occupation	Jobs in CA	Average Salary in CA
Natural Sciences Managers	7,870	$168,790
Mathematical Science Professors	5,160	$127,480
Philosophy and Religion Professors	2,220	$114,370
Mathematicians	530	$100,000

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 Amerique under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.