Philosophy at University of Maine

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 Maine stacks up to those at other schools.

UMaine is located in Orono, Maine and approximately 11,741 students attend the school each year. In 2021, 8 philosophy majors received their bachelor's degree from UMaine.

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

UMaine Philosophy Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Philosophy

UMaine Philosophy Rankings

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

Note: Rankings don't always give a complete picture of a school's strengths and weaknesses, so it's a good idea to extend your research and also look at other factors when trying to decide if the school is right for you.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The philosophy major at UMaine 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 Bachelor’s Degree Schools	408

Philosophy Student Demographics at UMaine

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

UMaine Philosophy Bachelor’s Program

In the 2020-2021 academic year, 8 students earned a bachelor's degree in philosophy from UMaine. About 50% of these graduates were women and the other 50% were men. The typical philosophy bachelor's degree program is made up of only 41% women. So female students are more repesented at UMaine since its program graduates 9% more women than average.

About 100% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in philosophy at UMaine are white. This is above average for this degree on the nationwide level.

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	8
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

UMaine 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 ME, the home state for University of Maine.

Occupation	Jobs in ME	Average Salary in ME
Natural Sciences Managers	300	$135,840
Mathematical Science Professors	260	$66,770
Philosophy and Religion Professors	120	$82,740

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 Jalnet2 under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.