Philosophy at University of Southern California

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

USC is located in Los Angeles, California and has a total student population of 46,287.

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

USC Philosophy Degrees Available

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

USC Philosophy Rankings

The philosophy major at USC 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 USC

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

USC 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 41% women. So female students are more repesented at USC since its program graduates 3% more women than average.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 14% 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 Southern California with a bachelor's in philosophy.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	12
Black or African American	10
Hispanic or Latino	13
White	28
International Students	11
Other Races/Ethnicities	3

USC Philosophy Master’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 100% of philosophy master's degrees went to men and 0% went to women.

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

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

Concentrations Within Philosophy

Philosophy majors may want to concentrate their studies in one of these areas. The completion numbers here include all graduates who receive any type of degree in this field from University of Southern California. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Other Philosophy	43
Philosophy	32

Related Majors

• Religious Studies

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 CA, the home state for University of Southern California.

Occupation	Jobs in CA	Average Salary in CA
Natural Sciences Managers	7,870	$168,790
Mathematical Science Professors	5,160	$127,480
Philosophy and Religion Professors	2,220	$114,370
Mathematicians	530	$100,000

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 Original uploader was Padsquad19 at en.wikipedia under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.