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Philosophy at University of South Dakota

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Philosophy at University of South Dakota

If you are interested in studying philosophy, you may want to check out the program at University of South Dakota. The following information will help you decide if it is a good fit for you.

USD is located in Vermillion, South Dakota and has a total student population of 9,459. In the 2020-2021 academic year, 7 students received a bachelor's degree in philosophy from USD.

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

USD Philosophy Degrees Available

  • Bachelor’s Degree in Philosophy

USD Philosophy Rankings

The philosophy major at USD 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.

Philosophy Student Demographics at USD

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

USD Philosophy Bachelor’s Program

43% Women
14% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
During the 2020-2021 academic year, 7 philosophy majors earned their bachelor's degree from USD. Of these graduates, 57% were men and 43% were women. The typical philosophy bachelor's degree program is made up of only 41% women. So female students are more repesented at USD since its program graduates 2% more women than average.

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About 71% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in philosophy at USD 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 South Dakota with a bachelor's in philosophy.

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 0
Black or African American 0
Hispanic or Latino 1
White 5
International Students 1
Other Races/Ethnicities 0

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

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 SD, the home state for University of South Dakota.

Occupation Jobs in SD Average Salary in SD
Mathematical Science Professors 140 $65,870
Natural Sciences Managers 80 $105,190
Philosophy and Religion Professors 40 $66,600

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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