Philosophy at University of Colorado at Colorado Springs

What traits are you looking for in a philosophy school? To help you decide if University of Colorado at Colorado Springs is right for you, we've gathered the following information about the school's philosophy program.

UCCS is located in Colorado Springs, Colorado and has a total student population of 12,380. In the 2020-2021 academic year, 24 students received a bachelor's degree in philosophy from UCCS.

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

UCCS Philosophy Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Philosophy

UCCS Philosophy Rankings

Each year, College Factual ranks philosophy programs across the country. The following shows how UCCS performed in these rankings.

Note: While rankings may be a good starting point when you're researching a school, they don't necessarily highlight all of a school's strengths. Don't forget to check out the other details that are available for a school to see if it has what you're looking for in a program.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The philosophy major at UCCS 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.

Ranking Type	Rank
	30
Best Philosophy Schools	55
Most Focused Philosophy Schools	179

How Much Do Philosophy Graduates from UCCS Make?

The median salary of philosophy students who receive their bachelor's degree at UCCS is $33,144. This is great news for graduates of the program, since this figure is 16% higher than the national average of $28,602 for all philosophy bachelor's degree recipients.

Philosophy Student Demographics at UCCS

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

UCCS Philosophy Bachelor’s Program

In the 2020-2021 academic year, 24 students earned a bachelor's degree in philosophy from UCCS. About 58% of these graduates were women and the other 42% were men. The typical philosophy bachelor's degree program is made up of only 41% women. So female students are more repesented at UCCS since its program graduates 18% 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 Colorado at Colorado Springs with a bachelor's in philosophy.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	2
Black or African American	1
Hispanic or Latino	5
White	10
International Students	1
Other Races/Ethnicities	5

UCCS also has a doctoral program available in philosophy. In 2021, 0 student graduated with a doctor's degree in this field.

Related Majors

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 CO, the home state for University of Colorado at Colorado Springs.

Occupation	Jobs in CO	Average Salary in CO
Natural Sciences Managers	1,230	$141,750
Mathematical Science Professors	1,010	$69,150
Philosophy and Religion Professors	460	$65,220
Mathematicians	80	$122,840

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 Jeffrey M Foster under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.