Philosophy at University of Florida

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 Florida stacks up to those at other schools.

UF is located in Gainesville, Florida and approximately 53,372 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.

UF Philosophy Degrees Available

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

UF Philosophy Rankings

The philosophy major at UF 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 #93 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

Philosophy Student Demographics at UF

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

UF Philosophy Bachelor’s Program

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 UF since its program graduates 4% more women than average.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 25% 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 Florida with a bachelor's in philosophy.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	2
Black or African American	3
Hispanic or Latino	16
White	16
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	4

UF 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 100% of degree recipients. That is 67% better than the national average.*

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

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

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 FL, the home state for University of Florida.

Occupation	Jobs in FL	Average Salary in FL
Philosophy and Religion Professors	640	$86,410

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 DouglasGreen under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.