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Philosophy at University of California - Santa Cruz

Philosophy at University of California - Santa Cruz

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 University of California - Santa Cruz stacks up to those at other schools.

UC Santa Cruz is located in Santa Cruz, California and has a total student population of 19,161.

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 #83 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

47% Women
55% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
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 40% women. So female students are more repesented at UC Santa Cruz since its program graduates 7% more women than average.

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Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 22% 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.

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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.

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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.

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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

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
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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