Philosophy at Virginia Commonwealth University

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

VCU is located in Richmond, Virginia and has a total student population of 29,070.

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

VCU Philosophy Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Philosophy

VCU Philosophy Rankings

The philosophy major at VCU 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 VCU

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

VCU 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 40% women. So female students are more repesented at VCU since its program graduates 4% more women than average.

About 56% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in philosophy at VCU are white. This is typical for this degree on the nationwide level.

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	2
Black or African American	1
Hispanic or Latino	2
White	9
International Students	1
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

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 VA, the home state for Virginia Commonwealth University.

Occupation	Jobs in VA	Average Salary in VA
Philosophy and Religion Professors	830	$72,280

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 user:mentes under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.