Philosophy at University of California - Santa Cruz

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

UC Santa Cruz is located in Santa Cruz, California and approximately 19,161 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 Santa Cruz Philosophy Degrees Available

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

UC Santa Cruz Philosophy Rankings

The philosophy major at UC Santa Cruz 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 1 student who received their doctoral degrees in philosophy, making the school the #86 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

Philosophy Student Demographics at UC Santa Cruz

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

UC Santa Cruz Philosophy Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 53% of philosophy bachelor's degrees went to men and 47% went to women. The typical philosophy bachelor's degree program is made up of only 41% women. So female students are more repesented at UC Santa Cruz since its program graduates 6% more women than average.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 21% 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 - Santa Cruz with a bachelor's in philosophy.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	8
Black or African American	1
Hispanic or Latino	15
White	20
International Students	1
Other Races/Ethnicities	6

UC Santa Cruz Philosophy Master’s Program

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

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

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

Concentrations Within Philosophy

The following philosophy concentations are available at University of California - Santa Cruz. The completion numbers here include all graduates who receive any type of degree in this field from University of California - Santa Cruz. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Philosophy	67

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 - Santa Cruz.

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 Satyriconi under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.