Philosophy at University of Hawaii at Hilo

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

UH Hilo is located in Hilo, Hawaii and has a total student population of 3,165. In the 2020-2021 academic year, 9 students received a bachelor's degree in philosophy from UH Hilo.

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

UH Hilo Philosophy Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Philosophy

UH Hilo Philosophy Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the philosophy progam at UH Hilo compares to programs at other colleges and universities.

Note: Although rankings can help you see some information about a school, it's not a good idea to depend on them alone. Be sure to check out other things about the school before making your decision to attend.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The philosophy major at UH Hilo 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
Most Focused Philosophy Schools	134
Most Popular Philosophy Bachelor’s Degree Schools	273

Philosophy Student Demographics at UH Hilo

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

UH Hilo Philosophy Bachelor’s Program

The philosophy program at UH Hilo awarded 9 bachelor's degrees in 2020-2021. About 22% of these degrees went to men with the other 78% going to women. The typical philosophy bachelor's degree program is made up of only 41% women. So female students are more repesented at UH Hilo since its program graduates 37% more women than average.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 33% 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 Hawaii at Hilo with a bachelor's in philosophy.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	1
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	2
White	3
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	3

UH Hilo 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 HI, the home state for University of Hawaii at Hilo.

Occupation	Jobs in HI	Average Salary in HI
Natural Sciences Managers	250	$115,240
Mathematical Science Professors	190	$69,800

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 Vreed under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.