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. Of the 5,745 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from University of Southern California in 2021, 73 of them were philosophy majors.

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
• Doctorate Degree in Philosophy

USC Philosophy Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the philosophy progam at USC 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 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.

Ranking Type	Rank
Most Popular Philosophy Schools	8

Earnings of USC Philosophy Graduates

The median salary of philosophy students who receive their bachelor's degree at USC is $28,506. Unfortunately, this is lower than the national average of $28,602 for all philosophy students.

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

Of the 73 philosophy students who graduated with a bachelor's degree in 2020-2021 from USC, about 53% were men and 47% were 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 6% more women than average.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 17% 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	4
Hispanic or Latino	19
White	30
International Students	6
Other Races/Ethnicities	2

USC also has a doctoral program available in philosophy. In 2021, 2 students graduated with a doctor's degree in this field.

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.