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Philosophy at University of California - San Diego

Philosophy at University of California - San Diego

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

UCSD is located in La Jolla, California and has a total student population of 39,576.

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

UCSD Philosophy Degrees Available

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

UCSD Philosophy Rankings

The philosophy major at UCSD 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 3 students who received their doctoral degrees in philosophy, making the school the #49 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

Philosophy Student Demographics at UCSD

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

UCSD Philosophy Bachelor’s Program

44% Women
59% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
For the most recent academic year available, 56% of philosophy bachelor's degrees went to men and 44% went to women. The typical philosophy bachelor's degree program is made up of only 40% women. So female students are more repesented at UCSD since its program graduates 4% more women than average.

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Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 26% 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 - San Diego with a bachelor's in philosophy.

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 6
Black or African American 1
Hispanic or Latino 13
White 15
International Students 1
Other Races/Ethnicities 3

UCSD Philosophy Master’s Program

100% Women
For the most recent academic year available, 0% of philosophy master's degrees went to men and 100% went to women.

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

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

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 - San Diego.

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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